Index_M

M

maintenance of applications, 107

managing Web services, 51–52, 104, 145

manual touch points, 152–153

manufacturing cycle time, 3

Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), 4

Manufacturing Resources Planning (MRP), 126

manufacturing value chain, 95–96

manufacturing verticals, 122–132

aerospace and defense industries in, 131

automotive industry and, 128–129

Business to Business (B2B) and, 126

capacity planning in, 124

collaboration in, 125–131

Collaborative Planning, Forecasting, and Replenishment (CPFR) in, 130

common activities in, 123–127

computers and electronics manufacturers and, 127–128

Customer Relationship Management (CRM) in, 124, 131

customer self service in, 124

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) in, 129

Engineering Change Notifications (ECN) in, 125

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and, 123–125, 131

integration in, 127–130

Manufacturing Resources Planning (MRP) in, 126

Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) and, 125

pharmaceutical industry and, 129–130

Point-Of-Sales (POS) systems and, 130

product development in, 125

retail/Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) industry and, 130

Supply Chain Management (SCM) in, 123–125, 127, 131

supply chain visibility in, 123–124

Manugistics, 185

market share, for vendors, 184

market time, 141–142

marketing, 98

Mercator, 189

Merger and Acquisition (M&A), 1–2, 136–137, 194

meta language layer, 35

metering, 51

microprocessor development, 76

Microsoft, 12–13, 31–32, 41–42, 44–46, 52, 54–55, 83, 148, 176, 182–185, 187, 191, 193, 195–197, 201

Microsoft Message Queue (MMQ), 177

Microsoft Office, 12

middleware, 13

vendors of, 187–190

migrating legacy systems, 106

modular building blocks, 105

multichannel/multiformat distribution, 200

MyServices (Hailstorm), in .NET, 176–178