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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, and 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  … 
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Recent Vendor Reports on Manufacturing Industry
SingTel IP VPN Manufacturing Industry
sponsored by Singapore Telecommunications Ltd
WHITE PAPER: This white paper details how implementing an IP VPN solution within your enterprise can ensure that you are holding up your high level of service standard as well as keeping it secure, while increasing your offerings.
Posted: 30 May 2008 | Published: 01 Nov 2007
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Product Information Management - Business and Technology Trends
sponsored by DataFlux Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Ventana Research defines product information management as the process and technologies required for managing master data about products, items or materials.
Posted: 20 May 2008 | Published: 01 Jun 2007
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System Integrator Slashes Retrofit Price While Adding Value with AutomationDirect Products
sponsored by AutomationDirect
TECHNICAL ARTICLE: CorrTech was able to reduce mechanical complexity and increase flexibility of the machine's bundle pusher assembly with the addition of the GS series AC variable speed drive and Marathon inverter duty motor.
Posted: 02 May 2008 | Published: 30 Apr 2008
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Tainted Food: Responsibility of Manufacturers
sponsored by SoftBrands, Inc.
PODCAST: Tim Farey, vice president and general manager of SoftBrands Asia, discusses the product safety and how Chinese companies are addressing the problems, his knowledge and experience will help you see the issues in a new light.
Posted: 23 Apr 2008 | Premiered: 23 Apr 2008
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Enterprise Technology: Food and Beverage
sponsored by SoftBrands, Inc.
PODCAST: This podcast is the compilation of three individual podcast which were done in 2007, in which the food safety issues were discussed regarding the inventory control, lab trace and yield management as it pertains to food and beverage manufacturing.
Posted: 23 Apr 2008 | Premiered: 23 Apr 2008
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TranS1 - Medical Device Manufacturing, FDA Validation
sponsored by SoftBrands, Inc.
WEBCAST: Because of SoftBrands unique service, TranS1 was able to achieve validation in just a few weeks without disrupting their software implementation and with minimal staff time required.
Posted: 23 Apr 2008 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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Supply Chain Collaboration Services: Supply Chain Assessment and Implementation
sponsored by Bristlecone
PRODUCT OVERVIEW: Explore a service deployment methodology that enables rapid assessment of your supply chain environment or a fast implementation of your supply chain system.
Posted: 14 Apr 2008 | Published: 01 Jan 2007
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Accelerated Demand Planning: Reduce Planning Time and Increase Forecast Accuracy
sponsored by Bristlecone
WHITE PAPER: Explore how you can quickly implement best practices in demand planning and avoid typical project management traps, without sacrificing any capabilities.
Posted: 14 Apr 2008 | Published: 01 Jan 2007
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SAP Paybacks and Chargebacks by Vistex
sponsored by SAP America Inc
WHITE PAPER: Learn how you can strengthen your ability to compete and grow profitably in today's consumer products industry by managing trade spending, providing a key service to channel partners and strengthening your ability to compete and grow profitably.
Posted: 27 Mar 2008 | Published: 01 Jul 2008
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The impact of Microsoft .NET on the ERP market
sponsored by Intuitive ERP
WHITE PAPER: Discover the impact and benefits that .NET will provide for the manufacturing industry such as better enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, lower costs and more.
Posted: 21 Mar 2008 | Published: 21 Mar 2008
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MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY DEFINITION (continued): …  that corporations can best respond 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 … 
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