San Francisco CA Sept 16 2008: Pacific Group Consultancy and BusinessLaunch announced that they have combined operations to create a new company called Aventi Group Consulting Services Both firms have successfully delivered consulting expertise Learn more

People always want to know "What's the best product?" From IEN's most recent Brand Preference Studies we've collected and analyzed the results of your favorite brands in the industrial marketplace.In each category four brand leaders were Learn more

Small to medium size (SMB) manufacturers and the ERP vendors that serve them have explored the concept of "ERP Light" for many years However the search for core ERP functionality not needed by small companies produces a relatively short list A new Learn more

Sleepless Nights for IT Executives The questions in the minds of today's information technology (IT) executives run in an endlessly agonizing loop Do I have the right infrastructure in place? Are my servers and databases and applications doing Learn more

In May 2006 IEN participated with noted research organization The Aberdeen Group in a survey of warranty management practices The resulting report Winning with Integrated Warranty Management, identifies best practices and provides a framework Learn more

Global petrochemicals producer Huntsman produces products for a variety of end-use applications With 11,300 employees Huntsman companies operate in 22 countries generating annual revenues of approximately $15 billion Huntsman's Rozenburg facility Learn more

Thermal prototyping is a challenge for design engineers many of whom do not understand that a heater must be properly configured to the thermal demands of the intended application in order to perform most effectively The complex physics of heat Learn more

The challenge of responding to the threat of cheap offshore labor is not new to North American businesses Nearly a hundred years ago Henry Towne wrote about the need for increased efficiency and productivity We are justly proud of the high wage Learn more

Project Summary Parker Hannifin turned to Autodesk for one of the main product design tool sets it uses throughout its global enterprise Parker divisions share their Autodesk Inventor designs globally so that other divisions can reuse them in Learn more

Outsourcing in recent months has become a contentious issue for the public Even government officials are feeling the pressure as they try to cut bottom-line costs by outsourcing jobs overseas.Plant managers have been feeling similar pressures Learn more