In the early 1990s, manufacturers began to see the value of single enterprise-wide resource planning solutions that integrated manufacturing, logistics, distribution, inventory, shipping and accounting.

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But Adit Rathi felt the traditional executive dining room did not fit his vision of a dynamic manufacturing enterprise.

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The high stakes that define automotive manufacturing have driven these automotive companies to become leaders in enterprise innovation.

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Analysts said that Futong achieved a breakthrough in the manufacturing of optical fiber preform, the core raw material for optical fiber production, and is the first enterprise in China that can make this material with the latest all-synthesis technology.

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The Scottish National Party's economy and enterprise spokesman, Andrew Wilson, said the "gloom has yet to lift from Scotland's manufacturing industry".

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Modern manufacturing has succeeded in delivering levels of quality, safety and sheer variety that would have been inconceivable to the enterprise owner of even 20 years ago.

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