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Information and Communication Technology
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Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server
Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server adds entire classes of functionality to the enterprise, connecting
people, teams and knowledge across business processes. For manufacturing companies, the key benefit is
the capability for distributed teams and individuals to work directly from shared, consistent information.
www.microsoft.com/sharepoint
Microsoft Exchange Server
Microsoft Exchange Server provides asynchronous person-to-person collaborative e-mail and place
based calendar services. People in manufacturing companies can use Exchange Server to send messages,
distribute files, gather comments, schedule meetings and manage contacts.
www.microsoft.com/exchange
Microsoft Office Live Communication Server
Microsoft Office Live Communications Server is a scalable, enterprise-grade solution offering enhanced
security, seamless integration with Microsoft products, and an extensible, industry-standard development
environment. This creates the basis for staff in new product introduction and operations to work with coworkers,
partners, suppliers and customers in real time, sharing critical and time-sensitive information,
taking advantage of built-in security measures to help safeguard proprietary business information.
www.microsoft.com/livecomm
Microsoft Office Live Meeting
Microsoft Office Live Meeting can help your organisation participate in meetings around the world, at a
moment’s notice, and at a fraction of the cost. This easy access to suppliers and co-workers can encourage
frequent, effective, two-way interactive communication to ensure everyone is up to date with the latest
requirements and changes.
www.microsoft.com/livemeeting
Microsoft Office Project Server
Microsoft Office Project Server implements resource management services, and can optionally employ
SharePoint Services to provide an integrated document library, and risk and issue tracking sites.
Manufacturers are familiar with the need to plan, organise, and track tasks and resources to keep projects
on time and within budget. Project Server is a companion product to Microsoft Project, and extends
individual management of project plans to ensure sharing of resources, central and local plan
coordination, visibility of resources across multiple plans, and management of planning standards and
best practices.
www.microsoft.com/projectserver
Microsoft BizTalk Server
Microsoft BizTalk Server integrates inter-process XML message routing and transforming capability, with
an ability to initiate and track ad-hoc workflows. The wide use of XML by applications means that BizTalk
Server is increasingly positioned as a communications hub – by creation of one interface to BizTalk Server,
each application can be connected to every other application with a BizTalk Server interface.
Manufacturers use BizTalk Server to simplify application integration and support data communication
between departments and across companies.
www.microsoft.com/biztalk
LEADING EDGE COLL ABORATIVE ENVIRONMENTS IN DISCRETE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES