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With the Content Management System (CMS) module, page contents can be managed and viewed. The following functions are available in the module: Edit text, Link and show images, Link e-mail and website addresses, Link documents for downloading and much more...News January 2006
ARC Advisory Group has finalised the first quarter schedule of the ARC WebForum Series. The ARC WebForum Series is a webcast schedule of educational, online sessions which highlight recent ARC research findings in the manufacturing and supply chain industries. Each WebForum will be presented by an ARC senior analyst and will be followed by an interactive question and answer session.
'The state of logistics in China', will be held on 18th January 2006 at 1600 GMT.
Logistics in China is in the early development stage and is quickly becoming a constraint in the country's economy.
In August 2005, ARC participated in a professional delegation to China to get a first-hand look at the state of logistics in the country.
During the two week visit, ARC met with over 14 organisations in Beijing and Shanghai, obtaining perspectives from shippers, academia, government ministries, logistics service providers and software vendors.
This WebForum highlights the key findings from the trip, along with information gathered via ARC's ongoing China research.
'Discrete Automation Market Trends' will be covered on 25th January 2006 at 1600 GMT.
This WebForum will review the latest trends in automation systems for discrete manufacturing.
Specifically, this webcast will focus on how manufacturers are benefiting from automation systems that integrate with production management, asset management, and supply chain software.
A new generation of solutions that are more reliable than existing systems as well as being more effective in improving productivity, increasing utilisation and preventing accidents will all be highlighted in this WebForum.
Working with a group of over 20 leading manufacturing companies, ARC has launched a Benchmarking Consortium, which will be discussed on 8th February 2006 at 1600 GMT.
The main goal of this consortium is to establish common metrics for benchmarking the performance and practices for automation, control, and maintenance of plant assets.
Through the diligent efforts of several owner-operator working groups, 18 metrics have been released for use.
This WebForum will discuss the progress made so far and plans for the consortium going forward.
'User need and future trends for MES applications' will be covered on 15th February 2006 (again starting at 1600 GMT).
What are manufacturers in the discrete industries looking for when they select a production management application (MES)?.
This WebForum provides the answers using responses from a recently conducted ARC survey for end users who currently use or plan to acquire a production management application.
A summary of the responses from those in the discrete industries will be presented providing a better understanding of current and future needs and trends, including industry-specific issues.
'Global trade management' is the topic for 22nd March 2006 at 1600 GMT.
Historically, many C-level executives (CEOs, CFOs etc) have failed to grasp the role and importance of Global Trade Management relative to financial performance and strategic objectives.
GTM was simply viewed as 'paperwork' and a cost centre.
But this perspective is beginning to change.
The 9/11 terrorist attacks taught many executives a lesson on how disrupting the flow of global trade can have significant financial consequences.
The labour disputes that closed ocean ports on the West Coast for 10 days in 2002 was another 'eye-opening' experience for executives, as well as the current Sarbanes-Oxley compliance audits which are revealing poorly controlled processes.
This webcast highlights the key findings of ARC's 'Global trade management' (GTM) market study, scheduled to be published in February 2006.
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News & Stories
2009/05/26
Iran blocks access to Facebook
Ahead of the presidential election next month Iran has
blocked the access to the popular social network Facebook.
The site was banned because supporters of Mir Hossein
Mousavi were using Facebook to better disseminate the
candidate’s position. Facebook expressed disappointment
about the blocked site. So far there has been no
comment from the Theran authorities.
2009/05/13
YouTube assists at a birth
The engineer Marc Stephens watched an instructional
video on YouTube to help deliver his wife’s baby son.
Before the ambulance could arrive at their home, Marc’s
wife Jo started to feel some discomfort. Marc then
googled how to deliver a baby and started giving
birth with the help of the video instruction.
2009/04/22
YouTube new with Movies and TV Shows
Google has signed deals with various film companies such
as Sony, MGM and Lionsgate to showcase thousands of
movies and TV shows on the most popular video-sharing
website YouTube. The offer will be financed by advertising
and is planned to be available outside the USA in the near future.
2009/04/07
The search engine Wikia Search has been ditched
In January 2008 Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales
launched another search engine called Wikia Search.
With personal ratings the users could influence the
search results. Due to the difficult economic situation
and the unsatisfactory number of users the open-source
search engine has now been stopped again.
2009/03/09
Facebook makes Twitter competition
The currently largest social network platform
Facebook is responding to the increasing popularity
of the micro-blogging service Twitter by forcing the
dissemination of texts, photos and videos in real time.
The goal is a faster information flow for companies
and larger organizations on Facebook, which is one
of the main arguments of Twitter.
2009/02/20
Web 2.0 without any boundaries
Social networking and micro blogging are present in
almost all areas of life and work. Even surgeons are
now twittering information about their surgeries by
using the social networking site Twitter. According
to a report from CNN the chief resident from the
Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit (USA) was using his
laptop to inform about the removal of a cancerous
from a man’s kidney in real time.
2009/02/05
YouTube is negotiating with Sony and Panasonic
The popular video-sharing website YouTube is planning
to present its contents also on television. According to the
head of the company, Chad Hurley, YouTube is currently in
negotiations with the leading equipment manufacturers Sony
and Panasonic. With the new project the users should get the
opportunity to watch the videos on their computer, the
mobile phone as well as on television.
2009/01/15
The beta version of Windows 7 has
been released
Since 9 January members of the public got the
chance to download the successor to Windows for themselves.
The newest version of the Windows operating system will make
it easier for customers to do more with the different Microsoft
gadgets and services they use. Some of the Windows 7's features
help it work with other devices.
2008/12/22
Yahoo limits retention of search data
example in limiting the time it holds some personally
identifiable information. It now keeps search logs
for the period of 90 days. Previously, Yahoo kept
the data for 13 months. Google keeps personally
identifiable information for nine months, Microsoft
keeps them for 18 months.
2008/12/10
The Computer Mouse celebrates its
40th anniversary
The primary input device for computers,
next to the keyboard, hits the 40-year milestone.
The father of the mouse is Douglas C. Engelbart,
who researched together with William English
experimental devices pointer at the Stanford Research
Institute. The first mouse was presented to the public
in December 1968 on the American Federation
of Information Processing Societies.
2008/11/04
Online network for solar research
The Harvard University and IBM started a
joint project to discover new solar and energy
storage materials. The Clean Energy Project
uses for this purpose distributed computing to
number-crunch molecular equations and a grid
server assigning tasks. The project is part of
IBM's World Community Grid, which assists
research projects that benefit humanity.
2008/07/03
Flash Indexing
Adobe has given Google and Yahoo the possibility
to index their proprietary flash format. Google has
already started with integrating the new technical
solution in their index. This could boost the importance
of flash content because it gets more accessible with
search engines.
2008/06/05
Tobacco Exports From Switzerland
Almost nobody knows that Swiss farmers are exporting
tobacco. The temperatures in Switzerland are high
enough to grow tobacco plants in Switzerland.
The biggest part of this tobacco is worked into cigarettes,
and as the Swiss are smoking less and less, the tobacco
can be exported more and more.
2008/05/20
Support for Swiss Filmers
Most movies that are produced in Switzerland have a
big problem: the cannot be shown in cinemas. They are
not technically compatible to the equipment of cinemas.
The Federal Office for Culture has started a new pilot
project: Filmers who want to bring their movies into
cinema can get support from the Confederation if
the film is convenient to the criteria.
2008/04/28
Security at Euro 2008
Security is one of the main phrases that can be heard in
combination with Euro 2008. Switzerland and Austria
have incubated security plans for every situation that
could take place at Euro 2008. It is important that sport
fans can find together without any severe dangers be it
hooligans or other security dangers. The championship
should become a party for everyone, who wants to take
part in.
2008/04/23
Panini Stickers Fever
The fever of Panini stickers has started again! For the
European Championship, Panini produces the officially
licensed stickers collection. These stickers can be stuck
into an album that holds the whole collection. This year
it is even possible to produce one’s own sticker from
a
picture. Many children from Switzerland are collecting
Panini stickers — an understandable fact, as Switzerland
is the place, where the championship takes place.
2008/04/02
Adolf Wölfli Exhibition in Bern
These days an exhibition has its doors open:
the Adolf Wölfli exhibition in the Museum of Fine Arts in
Bern.
The exhibition shows some parts of his monumental works
that include 25,000 pages of illustrated narratives.
The artist became as productive when he was in the
psychiatric hospital of Waldau.
2008/04/02
UBS: No re-election of Marcel Ospel
Marcel Ospel announced that he is not willing to be re-elected
into the Board of Directors of UBS, the United Banks of
Switzerland. This after a long and difficult period in the history
of the Swiss Bank. The prospects for the first quarter of the
year will be a loss of 12 billions in Swiss Francs.The Board
of Directors proposes to elect Peter Kurer for the job of
Marcel Ospel. The events on finance markets since the
summer
of 2007 have led the bank to big problems.
2008/02/01
More and More Students at Swiss Universities
The new statistics show the trend: at Swiss universities,
more and more students are enrolled.
These statistics also
show a big loss in primary schools: The years with many
born children are out of school now. The times, when in
Switzerland had to be more and more new schools could
be over by now.
2008/01/07
Climate Conference in Bali
The talks in Bali for another time just stay talks.
Even if there is big interests in reducing climate change,
the big – and therefore – important nations, such as China
or the United States don’t participate in the programs
of reducing carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.
In Greenland, ice keeps melting and politicians need to talk
one more time to find a solution.