Microsoft .NET for Manufacturing Enables Users to 'See. May96 Apr96 Mar96 Feb96 Jan96 Microsoft .NET for Manufacturing Enables Users to 'See. Production lines at Delphi Automotive Systems' Packard Electric division run day and night, producing 40 billion parts annually in 36 countries.
Coordination is more than important.
The investment has paid off. Delphi Packard Electric has realized productivity improvements every time it has networked more of its machines or improved other machine processes using Windows DNA technologies, Ventura said. Now Delphi Packard Electric wants to extend this integrated approach by bringing all of its plants, suppliers and customers around the world into the network. And it expects Microsoft .NET for Manufacturing to do the job. Microsoft .NET for Manufacturing is a new platform of software and services Microsoft is developing to allow manufacturers to coordinate their operations around the globe over the Internet and smaller intranets, and over communication networks within buildings and organizations.