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		<title>A Window Into Your Company</title>
		<link>http://cimx.wordpress.com/2011/11/21/a-window-into-your-company/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:54:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A short awareness questionnaire for production managers and executives. 1. Why don&#8217;t your software systems last as long as your production machines?      a. Custom software is too expensive to change      b. Support gets too expensive on older technology      c. &#8230; <a href="http://cimx.wordpress.com/2011/11/21/a-window-into-your-company/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cimx.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7921922&amp;post=502&amp;subd=cimx&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lean Manufacturing Gets Lean Results &#8211; Is it worth it?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 14:59:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a recent survey by AlixPartners of 100 C-level and senior-level manufacturing executives across a variety of industries, it was reported that most manufacturers failed to reach their cost-savings targets despite investing heavily in lean manufacturing. 70% of manufacturing executives &#8230; <a href="http://cimx.wordpress.com/2011/10/26/lean-manufacturing-gets-lean-results/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cimx.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7921922&amp;post=473&amp;subd=cimx&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Collaborative Manufacturing: Fact or Fiction?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 15:16:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We’ve all heard the phrase “collaborative manufacturing,” but what is it and does it really exist? As defined by MESA (Manufacturing Enterprise Solutions Association), a collaborative manufacturing environment is one in which “designated individuals and organizations- both internal to a manufacturing &#8230; <a href="http://cimx.wordpress.com/2011/09/20/collaborative-manufacturing/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cimx.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7921922&amp;post=439&amp;subd=cimx&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Facing Your Fears</title>
		<link>http://cimx.wordpress.com/2011/08/09/manufacturing-technology/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 12:51:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What do manufacturers both embrace and avoid? CHANGE. Change is a double-edged sword. It’s both welcomed and feared, accepted and resisted yet necessary for growth and sustainability. In the past ten years we have seen technology change at an astonishing &#8230; <a href="http://cimx.wordpress.com/2011/08/09/manufacturing-technology/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cimx.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7921922&amp;post=421&amp;subd=cimx&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Upper Hand: Combining Mobility and Flexibility</title>
		<link>http://cimx.wordpress.com/2011/07/14/mobility-on-shop-floor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 15:26:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many shop floor employees and supervisors are responsible for a broad work area. That means they need access to specifications and drawings at various sites around the plant, they need to move around with the work instructions and they need &#8230; <a href="http://cimx.wordpress.com/2011/07/14/mobility-on-shop-floor/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cimx.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7921922&amp;post=384&amp;subd=cimx&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Manufacturing Sweet Spot</title>
		<link>http://cimx.wordpress.com/2011/06/25/manufacturing-sweet-spot/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jun 2011 19:59:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gartner – “Software is altering how manufacturers innovate and execute.”  “Software solutions must enable growth but not disrupt existing processes to prove their value.  For manufacturers, they must align IT with operational technology and enable flexible product architectures and agile &#8230; <a href="http://cimx.wordpress.com/2011/06/25/manufacturing-sweet-spot/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cimx.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7921922&amp;post=308&amp;subd=cimx&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Power of Software: A Transformative Technology</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 18:45:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Engineering software is a transformative technology that has improved company design and development processes for many years. Product engineering depends on sophisticated software systems to create new competitive products. In many cases, the software systems can automatically optimize design elements &#8230; <a href="http://cimx.wordpress.com/2011/05/10/transformative-technology/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cimx.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7921922&amp;post=332&amp;subd=cimx&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Paperless Manufacturing: An IT Friendly Application</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 18:47:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the most challenging divisions in a manufacturing company today is IT.  IT personnel face a daunting task: how to keep up with rapidly changing software technology for the shop floor..  Technology that will solve company problems today becomes &#8230; <a href="http://cimx.wordpress.com/2011/04/05/paperless-manufacturing-and-it/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cimx.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7921922&amp;post=335&amp;subd=cimx&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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