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Vertical Industries >
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ALSO CALLED:
High Tech Manufacturing Industry,
Industrial Equipment Industry,
Engineering Industry,
Manufacturing Services,
Furniture Industry,
Industrial Automation Industry,
Manufacturing Industries,
Machinery Industry,
Industrial Manufacturing Industry
DEFINITION: Planned obsolescence, also called built-in obsolescence, is the conception, design and production of a product, such as hardware or software, with the intent that it should be useful, functional or popular for a limited length of time. The term was coined in the 1950s by Brooks Stevens who suggested that new and improved products are in constant demand by consumers and that corporations can best respond
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Manufacturing Industry Multimedia
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Reducing Costs from Supplier Part Nonconformance Through Collaboration
sponsored by TAKE Supply Chain
WEBCAST:
This webcast discusses a new method for dealing with part nonconformance. Additionally, this webcast will present a demonstration of software that will was created to deal with part nonconformance that can reduce costs and save time for any organization.
Posted: 16 Nov 2009 | Premiered: 16 Nov 2009
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Seven Proven Strategies to Succeed in Reverse Logistics
sponsored by TAKE Supply Chain
WEBCAST:
In this webcast you'll learn about the seven best practice strategies that your company needs to transform your reverse logistics into a value-added process. You will also gain a fresh perspective on developing the practices and methods needed to recapture value from returned items, protecting your brand’s integrity, and more!
Posted: 16 Nov 2009 | Premiered: 16 Nov 2009
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Fixed Assets Past, Present and Future: Realizing Maximum Value from Enterprise Investments
sponsored by TAKE Supply Chain
WEBCAST:
This webcast explores the emerging paradigm for fixed asset management -- including new approaches and technologies for tracking the logical and physical deployment of fixed assets within the enterprise to extend asset life, improve utilization, and squeeze every dollar out of a company’s investment in equipment and facilities.
Posted: 16 Nov 2009 | Premiered: 16 Nov 2009
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Be Prepared! Leverage SAP PLM to Navigate Through Uncertain Times - Podcast
sponsored by SAP America Inc
PODCAST:
This podcast explores the business value of product lifecycle management (PLM) in an uncertain economy and explores SAP's approach to becoming more innovative, agile and efficient.
Posted: 24 Jul 2009 | Premiered: 24 Jul 2009
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Be Prepared! Leverage SAP PLM to Navigate Through Uncertain Times
sponsored by SAP America Inc
WEBCAST:
This webcast explores the business value of product lifecycle management (PLM) in an uncertain economy and explores SAP's approach to becoming more innovative, agile and efficient.
Posted: 08 Jul 2009 | Premiered: 08 Jul 2009
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MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY DEFINITION (continued): … by manufacturing items that don't last very long.In the computer industry, planned obsolescence occurs in a synergistic manner between the hardware and software sectors. New applications and operating systems (OSs) demand more memory, hard disk space, storage capacity and throughput. This demand leads to the development of improved memory technology, increasingly capacious hard drives and storage media and faster microprocessors. These developments, in turn, are followed by still more sophisticated applications and OSs, driving the cycle to continue. All of this is fueled by the geek's love of … Manufacturing Industry definition sponsored by WhatIs.com, powered by WhatIs.com an online computer dictionary
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