Resolving the Challenges of Outsourced Manufacturing through Integrated Decision-Making (14410)
Today’s enterprise has emerged as a shared resource of global manufacturing relationships. When a company outsources manufacturing, critical data for operations planning and execution is now beyond the scope of traditional Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems. As a result, the enterprise has poor visibility into this fragmented and discontinuous information now held in these external systems. In creating a lean manufacturing enterprise, organizations must address key challenges inherent in outsourced manufacturing including weak supply chain visibility, limited agility associated with supply and demand matching, diminished control over quality and challenges associated with Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance. Frustrating efforts to streamline outsourced manufacturing are increasing supply-chain complexity and pressure for real-time decision support.

Ohio Expands National Leadership Position in the Wind Industry. State invests millions of dollars to support accelerated creation of green collar industry. (14402)
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The state of Ohio is expanding its national leadership role in the wind industry through significant investments recently made through the Ohio Third Frontier Program. The Third Frontier Program provides grants to Ohio companies creating technological innovations to accelerate the development of an emerging advanced energy industry. According to the Ohio Business Development Coalition, the nonprofit organization that markets the state for capital investment, Ohio is the premier location in the U.S. to develop a business in the advanced energy industry, and these funds will only accelerate innovation and promote economic growth throughout the state.

Fueling The Future (14397)
As energy prices spiral out of control, companies like Bill Bivins’ Louisville Clean Energy are scrambling to get alternative sources to market and in the process they’re creating a mainstream industry.

Carbide Probes, Inc. Has Become the World’s First ISO 9000:2001 Replacement Contact Manufacturer (14351)
Carbide Probes, Inc. in Dayton, Ohio has been awarded ISO900:2001 certification. This makes them the only full line replacement contact point / styli manufacturer in the world to achieve this prestigious certification.

Fibermark Converts Manufacturing Operations At Vermont Headquarters To Run On Used Vegetable Oil. "Green Steam" Powers the Paper Machine Turbine, Dries Papers, and Provides Heat for Plant (14343)
FiberMark, a producer of specialty papers and fiber-based materials for a variety of applications, today announced that it has converted the manufacturing operations at its Vermont headquarters to be able to run up to 100% used vegetable oil. With this conversion, FiberMark has become the first manufacturer in the state of Vermont and in the paper industry to generate part of its process energy from waste biofuel. The ˇ§green steamˇ¨ produced by the vegetable oil not only powers FiberMark's Brattleboro paper machine turbine and dries its papers, but also provides heat for the plant.

Rockwell Automation To Acquire Incuity Software (14339)
MILWAUKEE, -- Rockwell Automation, Inc. (NYSE: ROK) has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Incuity Software, Inc., a privately held company that is a leading supplier of Enterprise Manufacturing Intelligence (EMI) software. Incuity's software provides real-time intelligence for business decision support to improve operations and reduce production waste by providing valuable management insight into a company's operations. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

LXE Introduces Bluetooth® Ring Scanner and Enhances HX2 Wearable Computer. New 8650 Wearable Bluetooth Device Delivers Comfortable Bar Code Scanning for Mobile Workers (14338)
ATLANTA – LXE Inc., the mobile logistics business of EMS Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: ELMG), announces the introduction of the 8650 Bluetooth Ring Scanner for use by mobile workers in a multitude of supply-chain environments. The small, lightweight 8650 ring scanner rests on the finger, with the Bluetooth module worn comfortably on the back of the hand or the wrist. The Bluetooth module pairs with any Bluetooth-enabled handheld, wearable, fixed-station or vehicle-mount computer and reliably transmits critical data from up to 30 feet away. This gives the operator the unprecedented movement necessary to perform bar code reading tasks quickly and in comfort.

NA 2008 Is Coming to Cleveland’s I-X Center April 21-24. Event will Address Green Trends, Showcase Latest Equipment and Technologies for Manufacturing, Distribution and the Supply Chain (14296)
CLEVELAND -- When the 2008 Material Handling & Logistics Show and Conference (NA 2008) opens it's doors on April 21 it will include over 500 exhibits and an Educational Conference featuring a Keynote on green manufacturing and supply chain solutions. In addition, over 70 educational sessions that will outline leading trends, best practices and state-of-the-art equipment and technology solutions that can make manufacturing and the entire supply chain work more productively and profitably.

Physical Prototypes: A Necessary Step or Needless Bottleneck? (14291)
Building and testing physical prototypes — an expensive, time-consuming task in traditional product development — is one area that manufacturers are critically examining to reduce overall design costs and speed time to market. Physical prototyping can be a major bottleneck, slowing down the product development process and seriously constraining the number of design alternatives that can be examined.

RedTail Debuts SaaS EDI Integraton With Microsoft's Great Plains ERP (14266)
WESTBOROUGH, Mass., RedTail Solutions, a provider of Software as a Service (SaaS) supply chain solutions for EDI and data synchronization, today announced the availability of out-of-the-box integration for the latest release of MS Dynamics GP (Great Plains) 10.0, a popular mid-market accounting software system from Microsoft Corporation. RedTail's SaaS solution handles all order to cash transactions between trading partners and manufacturers and distributors using MS Dynamics GP through its RedTail Transaction Manager™ (RTTM).