Turbo-charge engineering drawings
Many manufacturers are undecided on choosing between 2D and 3D for their product development processes. John J McEleney argues that embracing 3D CAD is a faster, better way to produce 2D drawings, bringing in faster time-to-market benefits, higher quality and product innovation, all at a lower cost

RFIDs: Enabling ‘sense and respond’ businesses
Increasing volumes and a consequent dip in costs should lead to a widespread use of radio frequency identification (RFID) across a number of industries to track the movement of objects, says Puneet Gupta

Lowering cost with capacity on demand
Finding the right balance between what you need today and expect to require tomorrow can be a difficult task. Most user firms either overshoot their requirements or fall short of what they need.