Precision Holemaking at High Cpk
Makers of fluid-power components, small-engines, and gears are finding honing is a first-place winner for producing quarter-micron dimensional accuracy with precision geometry and surface finish.

Achieving Efficient GRC Through Process and Automation
Now more than ever, organizations of all sizes and descriptions are struggling to comply with regulations and manage the risks and penalties of failing to operate within the rules. New Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) technologies can help manage these risks and penalties. This white paper discusses the drivers behind the growing awareness of GRC information technology and introduces the elements of an effective automated GRC system. It also presents a suggested method for a low-risk, high-impact approach to launching GRC automation.

Increase Productivity by Hard Milling Stainless Steels
For years, machining stainless steel has been a time consuming and costly enterprise. The desirable combination of corrosion resistance and mechanical strength of stainless steel is challenging to productively and economically machine. Many applications today also require that the stainless steel be hardened, which can make machining these materials with indexable carbide inserts an even more difficult enterprise.

11 Criteria For Selecting The Best ERP System Replacement
It's no light matter to replace your Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system. By definition, the ERP system is your information backbone and reaches into all areas of your business and value-chain. Replacing it appears to be a difficult and painful process, but done right, it can open unlimited business opportunities. The cornerstone of this effort is finding the partner that can show you how to make this hard transition easy, and a specialist with the confidence to walk side-by-side with you until your goals are achieved.

Your ERP provider must be part of your vision. They must have faced these challenges many times in their history and learned how to help manufacturers adopt new technologies. The future of your business depends on whether they have successfully made the leap from one technology curve to the next and continue to innovate and deliver technologies, which help companies like yours lead that change.

Keys to ISO Success
When a California manufacturer of hydraulic, pneumatic, and electronic systems set out to be ISO certified with zero findings, everyone told them it could not be done. Exact Software helped Apex Design Technology defy the odds.