


 The New Money Machine September 02, 2008-
Forget the banks. Software and tech can keep money moving around your supply chain and improve your working capital.
New E2open Chief Outlines Plan to Accelerate Growth August 24, 2008-
Mark Woodward plans to drive growth at E2open by tightening the company's vertical industry focus, standardizing its product offerings, and doubling 
The OMAC Group Attempts to Widen Its Influence August 24, 2008-
The Organization for Manufacturing Automation and Control (OMAC) intends to be the organization that will shape how the industry, as a whole, applies 
Automation Federation Names Chief, Plots Growth August 24, 2008-
The Automation Federation names a new managing director to help guide it toward greater recognition and outreach.
Citing Sluggish M2M Market, RF Monolithics Retrenches August 18, 2008-

Maintenance Software Stirs Improvements Across Malting Enterprise August 15, 2008-
England’s Simpsons Malt had to impose cultural changes to reap full rewards.
Revisiting Supply Chain Priorities July 31, 2008-
High fuels costs, green concerns, exchanges rates, and other factors are bumping low labour costs out of top priority position.
At 100, Foxboro Reinvents Around Its Customers July 27, 2008-
As part of its redesigned go-to-market strategy - emphasizing services, solutions, and information management - Invensys Process Systems has formed 
i2 Chief Focuses on Services Plan July 27, 2008-
The settlement of a two-year-old patent suit against SAP - which called for a payment of $83 million by SAP to i2 - will help finance a new, 
Siemens to Sue Former CEOs over Bribery Scandal July 23, 2008-
The industrial conglomerate will levy charges against former high-ranking officials in connection with the ongoing corruption scandal.
ABB Taps GE Veteran for Top Job July 17, 2008-
GE Healthcare''s Joseph Hogan will step into the CEO role Sept. 1, filling a position vacated abruptly last February.
Motoman Names Barhorst President July 14, 2008-
Successor to Craig Jennings will pilot robotics company in its global growth effort.
It’s Official: Siemens Axing 16,750 Jobs July 08, 2008-
Earlier reports prove true as the German automation and industrial giant announces that it will shrink its workforce by 4% to cut costs.
New CEO Takes Reins at ILS July 03, 2008-
The purveyor of the deviseWISE factory-to-enterprise connection offering promotes its COO after CEO leaves the company.
Oracle: Damages Will Run to $1 Billion in SAP Case July 02, 2008-
In court filings, Oracle puts a tentative dollar figure on damages it says it incurred at the hands of SAP’s TomorrowNow subsidiary.
Siemens Layoffs Loom July 01, 2008-
Although the company remains mum on details, various reports indicate that the automation and engineering giant will soon slash its workforce.
Swiss Process Vendor Endress+Hauser Expands Exec Board in Face of Slowdown June 30, 2008-
Predicting that growth in the fiscal year ahead will be tempered by higher materials prices and a weak U.S. dollar, Endress+Hauser adds executives at 
U.S. Manufacturing Looking Up, Survey Says June 18, 2008-
Deloitte and the National Association of Manufacturers poll North American manufacturing executives and find them surprisingly optimistic about their 
General Dynamics Wins Progressive Manufacturer of the Year Prize June 13, 2008-
Managing Automation also recognizes winners in eight categories of Progressive Manufacturing mastery.
Manufacturing Leaders Take Aim at Collaboration June 11, 2008-
At the Progressive Manufacturing Summit in Las Vegas, manufacturers large and small emphasize the need to collaborate in order to succeed.
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