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Hertzler Systems has released a new Enterprise Dashboard product to beta testing. The new module, part of the GainSeeker Suite, summarizes key performance indicators and helps business managers visualize data.

Goshen, IN (PRWEB) January 17, 2007 — Hertzler Systems Inc. has released the beta version of their new Enterprise Dashboard module. The Enterprise Dashboard module summarizes data so that business leaders can see at a glance how their business is performing.

style='text-decoration:none;color:#748DA7; font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial,
Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold'>The Enterprise Dashboard takes advantage of the robust GainSeeker database and summarizes information in an attractive and easy-to-understand format.

Available in both Client and Server configurations, GainSeeker Enterprise Dashboard summarizes key performance indicators in easy-to-read graphical tables or images. In addition, users can:

Combine status reports of Variable and Defect data on the same screen. Deliver data in a more attractive and easy-to-read summary format. Connect data to all levels of the organization. Publish information using HTML or XML for easy access from anywhere using a browser (e.g. from corporate office) (Server Edition only) Roll up information from various departments or facilities Easily drill down to get to the root cause of alarms and process shift; View real-time dashboards on PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) devices such as Palm TRIO or Dell Axim.

According to Byron Shetler, CTO of Hertzler Systems, the new Enterprise Dashboard rounds out the GainSeeker Suite. “GainSeeker Suite users have a rich set of real-time data collection and analytical tools, but theyve been asking us for easier ways to see the big picture. They want to know what is really going on across their business, and see it at a glance,” he said. “The Enterprise Dashboard takes advantage of the robust GainSeeker database and summarizes information in an attractive and easy-to-understand format.”

Nearly a dozen companies have been selected to participate in the beta test program. The test will run through the end of February, 2007.

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Boeing (NYSE: BA) has announced orders for 11 Boeing 787-8 Dreamliners and 50 Next-Generation 737s from TUI Group, an integrated-tourism company.

The company said the orders were previously recorded on Boeing’s Orders and Deliveries website as unidentified and the value of the orders is approximately USD4.7bn at list prices. Two of the aircraft have since been delivered and identified.

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Charles O. (Chad) Holliday, Jr., Chairman and CEO DuPont, headlines a stellar list of speakers from industry and top universities at the Institute of Industrial Engineers Annual Conference and Expo 2007, focusing on “Industrial Engineerings Critical Role in a Flat World.” This is the most significant event of the year for anyone in process improvement, operations research, industrial engineering, supply chain management, and logistics.

Norcross, GA (PRWEB) April 21, 2007 — Charles O. (Chad) Holliday, Jr., Chairman and CEO DuPont, headlines a stellar list of speakers from industry and top universities at the Institute of Industrial Engineers Annual Conference and Expo 2007, focusing on “Industrial Engineerings Critical Role in a Flat World.” This is the most significant event of the year for anyone in process improvement, operations research, industrial engineering, supply chain management, and logistics.

More than 1400 people will assemble in Nashville May 19-23 to hear Chad Holliday and others discuss how industrial engineerings principles and tools enable the worlds largest companies to compete effectively in the worlds puzzle.

Other keynote speakers include:

- James P. Womack, Ph.D., Founder and Chairman of Lean Enterprise Institute, who will also be doing a book signing following his talk;

- John Birge, Ph.D., professor of Operations Management and Neubauer Family Faculty Fellow Graduate School of Business at the University of Chicago;

- Eugene S. Meieran, Ph.D., Director of Manufacturing Strategic Support Intel, Intel Senior Fellow, NAE Member; and

- John A. White, Ph.D., P.E., Chancellor and Distinguished Professor Industrial Engineering, University of Arkansas

The conference offers several days of educational sessions, tutorials, stimulating speakers, networking, awards and tours of Nashvilles distinguished companies. It is open to the public.

A key segment of the annual conference is the Enterprise Management Forum where executives from across the world will reveal strategies to mastering the integral processes in a world with no boundaries. In addition to Chad Holliday, other panel members include:

- Jacob Chen, VP, Foxconn Technology Group;

- Georg Kell, Executive Head of the United Nations Global Compact; and

- Jim Spohrer, Director, Almaden Services Research, IBM Research.

Media representatives are offered a complimentary registration to attend and get your brain ignited with all the corporate and academic leaders that will be assembled in one place. See the list below of prospective companies you can meet.

Tours include Fleetwood Homes, Inc, Hot Topic Distribution Facility, Genesco, Inc. Lebanon Distribution Center, Old Navy Southern Distribution Center, Bowling Green Assembly Plant, and Nissan North America Manufacturing Plant.

The following companies are a sample of the presenters and attendees who will be at this conference. For complete lists, please see www.iieannual.org.

Air Force Inst of Tech

Auburn U

Deere

Dept. of Homeland Security

DuPont

East Carolina U

Embry-Riddle

Florida Intl U

Florida State U

Gap, Inc.

GE

Georgia Tech

Hersheys

IBM

International Paper

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The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA) has confirmed that UK-based carrier and integrated-tour operator First Choice Airways has ordered an additional two Boeing 787-8 Dreamliners with deliveries beginning in 2011.

Boeing also said that this order was previously listed on Boeing’s Orders and Deliveries webpage attributed to an unidentified customer.