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Articles Authored By Marty Weil

2009
Quality of life factors into business location decisions
Area Development

Annual capital expending report
Food Processing

2008
Animal planet: Another avenue to renewable fuels
Renewable Energy World

Secrets: Izzy’s Coffee Den
Specialty Coffee Retailer
Link to Article PAGE 36

Drilling into wireless
Managing Automation, 2008

Electronics: High demand for high-tech
Area Development

To build or not to build: annual capital spending report
Food Processing

3PLs & PLM
Inbound Logistics

Nature’s barecode: DNA traceability for meat
Natural Food Network
Link to Article PAGE 19

School CIO: Recent tech initiatives from the nation’s school…
Technology & Learning

In line with insourcing
APICS

Consider alternative and renewable energy sources
Food Processing

Curves RFID case study
RFID Journal

Meet your new school library media specialist
Scholastic Administrator

The four pillars of service data management
Managing Automation

Midwest flooding shuts food processing plant
Food Processing

Ending the endless waves of paper
Managing Automation

The quest for the perfect order
Managing Automation

Short circuit (mechatronics failures)
Managing Automation

Is more automation the answer?
Managing Automation

The housing crisis hits schools
Scholastic Administrator

In the money: Where to find extra education tech bucks
Technology & Learning

2007
Money makers: The districts that land the biggest grants get to pursue
Scholastic Administrator

Managing outsourcing: Is more automation the answer?
Managing Automation

A necessary foundation (RFID)
APICS

Harvesting the suggestion box (customer service)
Manufacturing Executive

2006
Meet the press
Scholastic Administrator

How to save $500,000 a year
Scholastic Administrator

Charlotte antique show enjoys spectacular success
AntiqueWeek

Myriad opportunities (3PLs)
APICS

They're in the money: how did these 10 districts...
Scholastic Administrator

2005
Predicting the unpredictable
The Manufacturer

Life after the deadline: Wal-Mart RFID mandate
APICS

They’re in the money: How these 10 districts…
Scholastic Administrator

2004
Confusion and possibility: The meaning of the Wal-Mart mandate
APICS–The Performance Advantage

Easier said than done
The Manufacturer

Are clusters the last stand?
The Manufacturer

Eureka! Realizing the power of MES—at last
APICS

2003
Knowledge management
The Manufacturer

2002
The role of sales in the product
Alchemy

2001
Inside sell-side e-commerce
Manufacturing Systems

Men in the middle: How supply chain visibility...
Alchemy

Closer than ever: Internet-based technologies...
Manufacturing Systems

2000
Beyond transactions
Manufacturing Systems

Sell-side e-commerce grows up
Manufacturing Systems

Back to the future (e-procurement)
Manufacturing Systems

Front-office software
Manufacturing Systems

Beyond transactions
Manufacturing Systems

Tool at the crux: product configurators play a key role in enterprise integration
Manufacturing Systems

Adapting to market changes
IQ

Closer to the consumer (demand management)
Manufacturing Systems

Tool at the crux
Manufacturing Systems

Buying into e-procurement
Manufacturing Systems

Web-based procurement taking off
Manufacturing Systems

New take on product data management
Manufacturing Systems

Buying into e-procurement: Web-based systems for procurement of indirect and direct…
Manufacturing Systems

A new take on product data management: Systems emerge from engineering cloister, become…
Manufacturing Systems

Back to the future
Manufacturing Systems

Beyond transactions: Internet-based trading exchanges pursue collaborative functionality as…
Manufacturing Systems

Sell-side e-commerce grows up: Fujitsu, GE Aircraft Engines,and Aeroquip among the manufacturers…
Manufacturing Systems

Segments emerging rapidly: B2B on the Internet exceeds initial expectations
Manufacturing Systems

Forecasting & demand management: Closer to the customer-Weber looks at demand-chain…
Manufacturing Systems

Segments emerging rapidly
Manufacturing Systems

Sell-side e-commerce grows up
Manufacturing Systems

Integrate or build (consumer packaged goods)
Manufacturing Systems

Process meets discrete
Control

1999
Straight to the source-3COM, others move component information databases to the desktop for…
Manufacturing Systems

Taking their IT medicine (pharmaceuticals)
Manufacturing Systems 

DNA spells supply chain integration
Manufacturing Systems

Supply chain management extends the reach of small manufacturers
Target

Flow pulls out the power: Flow manufacturing helps Alberto-Culver, others meet wider product…
Manufacturing Systems

Make it so: Assemble-to-order manufacturers rely on product configuration and other…
Manufacturing Systems

EAM's crystal ball:Textron, others use enterprise asset management data to enhance plant…
Manufacturing Systems

Countdown to catastrophe? Industrial-strength advice on how to keep your plant running…
Manufacturing Systems

Another revolution: ADC is on the brink…
Manufacturing Systems

The price you pay: 3COM, other implement strategic sourcing…
Manufacturing Systems

Getting the goods: Libbey, BIC, other manufacturers...
Manufacturing Systems

A need to feed: Remington, others add data collection solutions…
Manufacturing Systems

Promise keepers, losers weepers (front-office systems)…
Manufacturing Systems

The reigning champ (Windows NT)…
Manufacturing Systems

Dynamic duo: Kodak faces challenges of electronic commerce…
Manufacturing Systems

1998
Web-housing wonders
Manufacturing Systems

Beyond just bar codes
Manufacturing Systems

Simulation suits systems integrator
Control

Scintillating simulations (discrete-event simulation)
Manufacturing Systems

Decisions, decisions (executive information systems)
Manufacturing Systems

So many components, so little time
Manufacturing Systems

Have printer will travel
Manufacturing Systems

What the heck is metadata anyway?
Manufacturing Systems

More important than ever
Manufacturing Systems

Customize the customer
Manufacturing Systems

Moving more for less (transportation management software)
Manufacturing Systems

Run for the boarders (logistics software)
Manufacturing Systems

Raising the bar: mergers, acquisitions lead to enhanced...
Manufacturing Systems

Better than the Joe report...
Manufacturing Systems

1997
A new take on product data management
Manufacturing Systems

Not mere amusement: A serious look at critical roller coaster control...
A-B Journal

Intellution gains Wizdom in acquisition
Start

2D 4 U?
Software Strategies

Database wizardry
Software Strategies

Safety initiatives boost morale and profits
Industrial Equipment News

The rush is on there's gold in them there databases
Software Strategies

The friendly interface comes of age
Software Strategies

Accurate forecasts: Oxymoron or attainable goal?
Software Strategies

Software quenches water department's thirst for data
Start

Can the Internet keep up with the demands of EDI?
Software Strategies

Plan for the future when evaluating OI technology
Software Strategies

It's time for change management software
Software Strategies

Services offer online data backups via Web
Webweek

Remote-control software provides off-site Windows NT support
Start

Mobile technology sees the future of computing
Start

AutoDesk keeps Bushido racing ahead of the pack
Start

Windows-based program simplifies complex water system
Start

ObjectAutomation aims at preeminence in the industrial software market
Start

New specifications makes enginee's desktop more efficient
Start

Volvo Truck achieves high plant standards with Wonderware Software
Start

Fool's gold: data mining avoids results based on poor-quality data
Manufacturing Systems

Marching orders (product configuration)
Manufacturing Systems

A new take on product data management
Manufacturing Systems

Buying into e-procurement
Manufacturing Systems

Year 2000: offshore vs. domestic
Computer Finance

The value of mining data warehouses
Computer Finance

Retooling the process engineer's desktop
Control

1996
Browsing for the best Internet access provider?
Online User

Crossing over to client-server
Software Strategies

Best-in-class or single source solutions?
Software Strategies

EDI on the Cheap
Software Strategies

Why software agents will be manufacturing's new best friend
Software Strategies

Water challenges
AB Journal

Closing the communications gap (process manufacturers)
Control

Keep your motors running (motor protection)
A-B Journal

Automating in small batches
A-B Journal

On the verge of Internet manufacturing
Managing Automation

Accessing remote, real-time data
Managing Automation

MES speeds ITT's brake line
Managing Automation

World-class auto ID tools on view at Scan-Tech
Managing Automation

Honeywell upgrades SDS product offering
Managing Automation

Compliance labeling is anything but standard
Managing Automation

Warehouse management holds center stage
Managing Automation

Plug-and-play opens the door to interoperability
Managing Automation

Keeping a finger on the pulse of technology
Managing Automation

Cleaning up today's water challenges
A-B Journal

1995
Neural net technology is key to self-learning vision system
Managing Automation

Tactics for Web site publicity
Online User

An industry insider takes a look at scanning technology
Managing Automation

Lasers take their rightful place in manufacturing
Managing Automation

ID Expo showcases key technology trends
Managing Automation

DC Expo spotlights warehouse automation
Managing Automation

EDI over the Internet is here
Managing Automation

ADC market on the move to open systems
Managing Automation

ADC at the low end and high end
Managing Automation

Data acquisition rides the PC bandwagon
Managing Automation

Open-system computing: How close to open?
Managing Automation

Material handling industry faces new challenges
Managing Automation

Video control panels save dough
Managing Automation

Inventory and distribution are streamlined with data collection
Managing Automation

TROD helps New York power plant mop up spill
Managing Automation

Manufacturers take a second look at infrared
Managing Automation

The factory floor: manufacturing's new horizon
Managing Automation

1994
The focus is on new products at ID Expo
Managing Automation

MES roundtable document user benefits
Managing Automation

Meet the prospect your prospects respect most
Tradeshow & Exhibit Manager

Is optical character recognition ready for prime time?
Managing Automation

The fast lane to customer satisfaction
Managing Automation

AIA market study sees machine vision growing
Managing Automation

Winds of change blowing through Chicago (World Mfg. Conf.)
Managing Automation

New opportunities for service robots arise
Managing Automation

Competition is the fuel that drives NC software market growth
Managing Automation

Intellution offers first SCADA product for Windows NT
Managing Automation

New openness brings auto ID into the fold
Managing Automation

Manufacturing agility: The 21st century strategy
Managing Automation

McKession Minimizes mispicks with wearable computers
Managing Automation

HPs open migration program adds leading tech-transfer firm
Managing Automation

The road to machine distributed control
Managing Automation

Impressive growth forecast for wireless LANs
Managing Automation

Experts system solves process problems at caterpillar
Managing Automation

Maintenance management is mission-critical
Managing Automation

Good examples and other annoyances
Managing Automation

A focus on Fuzzy Logic: The gray area of controls
Managing Automation

1993
Laser systems to see stronger growth in the '90s
Managing Automation

Camstar's MES drives quality at HMT
Managing Automation

Industry experts ID the issues driving the market
Managing Automation

Warehouse management system pouts footwear retailer back on fast track
Managing Automation

BHP Steel reaps benefits from technology-driven mill pacing systems
Managing Automation

CAT attains world-class manufacturing with MES
Managing Automation

Sybase opts for Avalon order-entry system on Sun hardware
Managing Automation

Integration tech helps to achieve superior quality
Managing Automation

Lucas Western's manufacturing system soars like a new jet with Cincom Software
Managing Automation

Powerhouse Manufacturing Week is a huge success
Managing Automation

Sparcstation's extra pay-load gives unit rig a boost
Managing Automation

Panasonic presents new production technology
Managing Automation

Anderson's MES aids Geon in 'specialty' manufacturing
Managing Automation

Harnischfeger takes control with emulation modeling
Managing Automation

The positive effects of concurrent engineering
Managing Automation

Innovation reduces cost of operating new Reis robot
Managing Automation

Thinking about bar coding? Here's how to get started
Managing Automation

COMMS software soars as manufacturing firms become more responsive
Managing Automation

Zebra earns its stripes via concurrent engineering
Managing Automation

2-D codes bring bar coding to a higher plane
Managing Automation

Auto parts maker doubles transaction speed
Managing Automation

A-B and system integrators put best methods into action
Managing Automation

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