In this issue, we examine:

• Are Engineering Standards Developed Fast Enough?
• Strategies For Free Online Parts Research
• What Happened to industry.net?

Are Engineering Standards Developed Fast Enough?

In a recent address, Dr. Mark W. Hurwitz, CAE, President and CEO of the American National Standards Institute, said, "...We must be constantly aware of, and responsive to, the impact of forces around us---including the need for faster time-to-market for new standards..."

In a meeting earlier this year, Dr. Robert Schwarzwalder of the Ford Motor Company's Research Library said, "The standards development process... is often lengthy, and unsuitable for developing technologies." more

Strategies For Free Online Parts Research

Phil Kutzinger, a planner and estimator for AMSEC, a contractor at the Bremerton Naval Ship Yard, says his targeted parts searches have increased his sourcing productivity by a factor of 40. Phil is the TechSavvy Search Meister of the Month! more

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What Happened to industry.net?

Industry.net was ahead of its time. In an attempt to bake a better business, former Lotus Development Corp. chairman, Jim Manzi, opened the oven too soon on hot topics like: industrial B2B, exchanges, and e-commerce. The result: industry.net fell.

In 1997, IHS Engineering, the owner of Global Engineering Documents, purchased industry.net and promised to rebuild it.

Visit IHS Engineering at SUPERnet

SUPERnet, a broadband conference and exhibition, will take place in Santa Clara, CA, January 14-17. As a leading partner with the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), IHS Engineering is excited to attend the first conference dedicated to broadband telecommunications. Joe Kroog, editor of the Electro Newsletter will be available in Booth #120, next to the TIA.

Electro Newsletter: http://www.global.ihs.com/news/indexe.html

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