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McLaren to tame big data with SAP HANA software

The McLaren Group is to deploy SAP ERP systems in a bid to integrate its business centres, while also driving productivity and providing what it describes as a foundation for future growth.

The Formula 1 car builder has agreed a new contract with SAP that includes the SAP HANA database. Ron Dennis, executive chairman, McLaren Group, made the announcement at the Sapphire Now confrence, ...
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Not brain surgery

There are powerful arguments today for changing the way we think about software – even ERP and PLM systems. Brian Tinham brings us up to date

Where are the SMEs?

When it comes to product lifecycle management (PLM), size and scope matter, as Dr Charles Clarke reports

Hozelock’s IT journey to be unraveled

Hozelock's IT journey to be unraveled at the WMMC Business IT Conference

Right systems, right metrics

Having the right shopfloor information at the right time can boost bottom-line performance, says WM's technology editor Brian Tinham

Stepping up to the Mark

Manufacturers say the job market is saturated with a generation of the illiterate and unemployable. So what's Mark Prisk, the man behind future industry policy, going to do about it? The WM Leaders Forum – our think-tank for the sector – ...
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American idol

The UK has long been a follower of US fashion. Bob Davis of the Association for Manufacturing Excellence tells Max Gosney about the latest manufacturing trends heading our way across the Atlantic

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Precise savings from bearing improvements

Leicester-based high precision machining firm AETC has cut maintenance costs by several thousand pounds, just by correctly specifying and fitting machine bearings.

Dawnfresh nets the benefits of new maintenance software

Dawnfresh Seafoods has installed a new computerised maintenance management system (CMMS) to manage engineering maintenance at its main production site in Uddingston, Lanarkshire.

Handheld terminal wins design award

Casio Computer Co. has announced that the DT-X7 handheld terminal - intended for users in retail, transportation, logistics and other industries - has been recognised with the iF product design award 2008, one of the worlds leading industrial design honours.