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• Medical Device Manufacturers and Suppliers Guide New Research Study
  4/25/2012
  Cambashi, a leading research and consulting firm for production industries, today revealed the make-up of the Industry Council guiding the newly launched research study focused on Improving Quality and Agility in Highly Regulated Medical Device Manufacturing.   more »
• Cambashi Launches New Market Study on How to Best Improve Quality and Agility in Highly Regulated Medical Device Manufacturing
  4/18/2012
  Cambashi has launched a new research survey today that aims to better understand the best practices Medical Device industry leaders use to improve margins and grow market share.  more »
• Cambashi’s Peter Thorne to Present International Business Update at COFES 2012
  3/27/2012

  Cambashi's Peter Thorne, managing director, will present an international business update on April 12 at 4 p.m. during the COFES 2012 Conference (Congress on the Future of Engineering Software) which is being held April 12-15 at the Scottsdale Plaza Resort in Scottsdale, AZ.  more »

• Cambashi News Flash - Financial Times quotes Cambashi
  3/21/2012

  Financial Times Rod Newing's column on Risk Management in the Supply Chain quotes Cambashi Research Director Mike Evans on managing risk in the supply chain to add value for the final customer.  more »

• Cambashi News Flash - EE Times quotes Cambashi
  3/20/2012

  EE Times Eric Marks March article titled, Not in Kansas anymore: Securing SCADA, features a quote from Principal Consultant Christine Easterfield.  more »

• Cambashi News Flash - Material Handling & Logistics quotes Cambashi
  3/19/2012

  Material Handling & Logistics quotes Principal Industry Analyst Julie Fraser in an article titled, Conveyors in Manufacturing Link People to Safety and Productivity.   more »

• Cambashi News Flash - Financial Times quotes Cambashi
  3/19/2012

  Financial Times Rod Newing's March article titled Reshoring: a change of location brings risk of its own quotes Cambashi Research Director Mike Evans on the inherent risks in reshoring.  more »

• Cambashi News Flash - The Manufacturer quotes Cambashi
  3/08/2012

  The Manufacturer quotes Managing Director Peter Thorne in an article titled, IT in manufacturing:  niche ERP solutions.  more »

• Cambashi News Flash - Manufacturing.net quotes Cambashi
  3/07/2012

  Manufacturing.net quotes Director Tony Christian in an article titled, The Rise of Cloud Computing Extends to PLM.  more »

• Test Blind Spots in Electronics Supply Chain Hurt OEM Profits
  3/6/2012

  Cambashi and Averna will present a webcast about how to gain visibility and control across the entire global electronics supply chain.  The Webcast will feature Julie Fraser, Principal Industry Analyst at Cambashi Inc., and Michael Weizmann, Director of Product Marketing at Averna and will be held at 12:00 Noon on Wednesday, March 28.  more »

• Cambashi News Flash - Rock Products quotes Cambashi
  3/05/2012

  Rock Products quotes Principal Industry Analyst Julie Fraser in an article titled, Research Reveals the Best Operations Use Metrics.  more »

• Cambashi News Flash - Supply Chain Management Review quotes Cambashi
  3/01/2012

  Supply Chain Management Review quotes Principal Industry Analyst Julie Fraser in an article titled, Measurement needed if Supply Chains are to Improve.  more »

• Cambashi News Flash - Material Handling & Logistics quotes Cambashi
  2/29/2012

  Material Handling & Logistics announced the availability of the MESA Metrics Research Study and quoted Principal Industry Analyst Julie Fraser on study findings, including the correlation between informed works and safe workers.  View the webcast.  more »

• New Research Reveals Manufacturers Using Predictive and Holistic Plant Operations Metrics More Likely to Make Financial Improvements
  2/29/2012
  Cambashi and Manufacturing Enterprise Solutions Association (MESA) International announce the availability of the new MESA Metrics research study, Pursuit of Performance Excellence.  The study shows how manufacturers and producers with more mature performance measurement programs improved their financial results significantly and how you can use metrics to drive up earnings (EBITDA), net operating profit, and financial metrics.  more »
• Cambashi News Flash - Automation World quotes Cambashi
  2/29/2012

  Automation World announced the availability of the MESA Metrics Research Study and quoted Principal Industry Analyst Julie Fraser on secrets of successful manufacturers.  View the webcast.  more »

• Cambashi News Flash - Works Management quotes Cambashi
  2/17/2012

  Works Management announced the MESA Metrics Research Study Webcast featuring Principal Industry Analyst Julie Fraser, who revealed secrets of successful manufacturers.  View the webcast.  more »

• Webcast February 23 - "Sneak Preview" of Findings from New Research Study
  2/14/2012
  Every two years, MESA and its research partner Cambashi conduct new research on performance metrics in both manufacturing plants and the enterprise.  Don’t miss this webcast where we unveil some key findings even before this new research report is available!  In this webcast, an industry analyst and two practitioners will discuss which performance metrics and practices in the plant make a positive impact on financial results.  The panel will go beyond the data to provide practical examples of what works to achieve meaningful business improvements.  more »
• Cambashi News Flash - The Manufacturer quotes Cambashi
  2/7/2012
  The Manufacturer interviewed Principal Industry Analyst Julie Fraser about how IT can be used in manufacturing to deliver excellence.   more »
• Cambashi News Flash - Food Manufacturing quotes Cambashi
  1/4/2012
  Food Manufacturing interviewed Principal Industry Analyst Julie Fraser about the new metrics research study that revealed delayed visibility of metrics inhibits manufacturing improvements.   more »
• Cambashi News Flash - Peter Thorne Chairs Business Intelligence Conference Session
  1/5/2012
  At a conference to highlight the returns offered by Business Intelligence, Malcolm Wheatley finds solid evidence of the technology's benefits for manufacturers in a conference session chaired by Peter Thorne.  more »
• Cambashi News Flash - Electricity Today quotes Cambashi
  12/16/2011
  Article title, Automation Infrastructure 101: Build your landscape with these 10 Essentials, quotes Cambashi on Security.  more »
• Cambashi News Flash - Manufacturing Business Technology quotes Cambashi
  12/12/2011

  Article title, Delayed Visibility of Metrics Inhibits Manufacturing Improvements, quotes Julie Fraser on current MESA study findings.  more »

• Cambashi News Flash - Material Handling & Logistics quotes Cambashi
  12/6/2011
  Article title, Squeezing Productivity Out of Mature Technology, published in Material Handling & Logistics quotes Julie Fraser on labor productivity and automation.  IndustryWeek reprinted this article.  more »
• Cambashi News Flash - Material Handling & Logistics covers Cambashi Metrics Presentation
  11/28/2011
  Material Handling & Logistics reviewed Cambashi's presentation about its ongoing Metrics Study at the MESA European Conference.  more »
• Cambashi predicts growth in technical applications for manufacturing across Asia/Pacific region
  11/21/2011
  Today Cambashi released its market forecast figures for the Asia Pacific region derived from the Cambashi Country Observatory.  The forecast predicts continued growth for technical software applications in the manufacturing industry sector.  Among the larger economies, Cambashi expects Vietnam to have higher growth than India, second only to China in the region.   more »
• Cambashi News Flash - Works Management quotes Cambashi
  11/18/2011
  Works Management featured an article by Brian Tinham in which he quotes Cambashi's Julie Fraser about the need for shop floor systems that help manage demand volatility, product mix and customer service standards.  more »
• Cambashi News Flash - Works Management quotes Cambashi about Metrics
  11/11/11
  Works Management featured an article by Brian Tinham in which he quotes Cambashi's Julie Fraser about how the delayed visibility of metrics inhibits manufacturing improvements.  more »
• Delayed Visibility of Metrics Inhibits Manufacturing Improvements
  11/10/2011
  Preliminary results from the on-going study, Pursuit of Performance Excellence, show that in most manufacturing companies, employees do not have visibility into performance to change outcomes during their work shift, or even at the end of it.  In a presentation to the MESA European Conference, Cambashi’s Tony Christian provided a sneak peek based on the first 100 responses to the studies' on-line survey.  more »
• Producers and Manufacturers Guide New MESA Metrics Research Study
  11/3/2011
  Manufacturing Enterprise Solutions Association (MESA) International and Cambashi today announced that managers from a group of varied manufacturer and producer organizations have formed an Industry Council to guide their newly launched research study, Pursuit of Performance Excellence:  Business Success through Effective Plant Operations Metrics.  This group brings a range of experience and perspectives to the improvement of the study – from continuous process, packaged goods, discrete, and hybrid industries as well as a variety of disciplines from IT, supply chain, continuous improvement and operations.  more »
• Producer and Manufacturer Response Needed for New Research Study
  10/27/2011

  Manufacturing and production are acknowledged as the foundation industries to cause a shift in the global economy.  Leaders in these industries have a proven ability to improve performance in their operations – but are they improving what really matters to the success of their business overall?   To find out, Manufacturing Enterprise Solutions Association (MESA) International and its research partner Cambashi Inc. are now inviting producers and manufacturers to respond to a new industry survey, Pursuit of Performance Excellence:  Business Success through Effective Plant Operations Metrics.  more »

• Cambashi News Flash - Fierce Smart Grid quotes Cambashi
  9/19/2011
  How much money is downtime costing your utility? published in Fierce Smart Grid quotes Cambashi on the crucial role communications protocols play in delivering safe and secure utilities.   more »
• Cambashi to Sponsor and Speak at 2011 MESA International North American Conference
  8/30/2011
  Cambashi is proud to be an analyst sponsor of MESA's North American Conference - a meeting of manufacturers, producers, industry leaders and solution providers.  Principal Industry Analyst and President of Cambashi Inc. Julie Fraser will introduce two workshops and lead an Unconference discussion session on Metrics.  more »
• Cambashi News Flash - The Manufacturer quotes Cambashi
  8/11/2011
  Summary execution, published in The Manufacturer magazine quotes Cambashi on the rising popularity of Manufacturing Execution Systems.  more »
• Cambashi News Flash - Material Handling & Logistics Magazine interviews Peter Thorne
  8/10/2011
  Good News! The economy is weak and productivity has fallen! Material Handling & Logistics magazine quotes Cambashi on the role IT will play in blending productivity in manufacturing with productivity in logistics to boost the economy.  more »
• Cambashi’s Julie Fraser to Deliver Analyst Keynote at ISA Marketing & Sales Summit 2011
  8/2/2011
  The ISA Marketing & Sales Summit will feature Principal Industry Analyst and President of Cambashi Inc., Julie Fraser as the Analyst Keynote speaker. Fraser will address understanding and delivering all that the customer values.  more »
• Cambashi News Flash - Fierce Smart Grid quotes Cambashi
  7/27/2011
  Protocols driving smart grid interoperability, published in Fierce Smart Grid quotes Cambashi on the critical need to continue to ensure secure and safe communications protocols to utilities.  more »
• Cambashi Recommends MESA International Global Education Program
  7/15/2011
  Principal Industry Analyst and President of Cambashi Inc., Julie Fraser, is among the first graduates of the recently launched Manufacturing Enterprise Solutions Association (MESA) Global Education Program (GEP). Fraser was awarded the MESA Certificate of Awareness (CoA) for MES/MOM Business Awareness after taking the course.  more »
• Cambashi Research Reveals Opportunistic Market - Embedded Software development tools
  07/11/2011
  Development tools for embedded software represent a continuing surge in opportunities for IT vendors according to the latest research from Cambashi predicting the global market to be $2.6 billion.  more »
• Cambashi News Flash - Manufacturing Business Technology quotes Cambashi
  7/5/2011
  How Software and Initiatives Fuel Smart Grid Technology, published in Manufacturing Business Technology quotes Cambashi in an article about the software and initiatives that fuel smart grid technology.  more »
• Cambashi News Flash - Product Design & Development quotes Cambashi
  6/30/2011
  Fueling the Growth of Smart Grid Technology, published in Product Design & Development quotes Cambashi in an article announcing that project timelines are being shortened and communication is improving.  more »
• Cambashi News Flash - EE Times Design quotes Cambashi
  6/21/2011
  How software and initiatives are fueling the growth of smart grid technology published in EE Times Design quotes Cambashi in an article announcing that project timelines are being shortened and communication is improving.  more »
• Cambashi to Sponsor International Society of Automation (ISA) Summit
  6/2/2011
  Cambashi, an independent IT industry research, training and consulting firm, announced today that it is supporting the 2011 International Society of Automation (ISA) Marketing and Sales Summit occurring September 7-9 in St. Louis, Missouri in multiple ways, signaling the company’s commitment to industrial automation markets.  Cambashi is a Platinum sponsor of the Summit, and Cambashi Inc. President and Principal Industry Analyst Julie Fraser will deliver a Keynote address as well as co-host a sales focused “speed-dating” session along with Rick Albrecht of Dynatech Control Solutions.  more »
• Cambashi to Participate in Supply Chain World Session
  5/19/2011
  Cambashi Principal Analyst Julie Fraser will participate in The Pundits and Influencers Panel session at Supply Chain World North America.   more »
• Cambashi Predicts 2011 Software Spending to Grow in Key Industrial Sectors
  5/16/2011
  Latest research into technical software application spending from Cambashi indicates that, in 2011, worldwide recovery is likely to be fastest in the Aerospace and Defence and the Process and Utility industries.  more »
• Cambashi, Vecco International To Speak On Supply Chain Visibility, Collaboration Issues At OpsInsight Leadership Forum
  4/20/2011
  Cambashi, a global market research, industry analyst and consulting firm and Vecco International, delivering world-class supply chain collaboration solutions, today announced that they will jointly present at the 2011 OpsInsight Leadership Forum, to be held April 28-29 in Boston.  more »
• Cambashi and DFL Consulting Sign Partnership Agreement
  1/14/2011
  Cambashi announces a landmark agreement with DFL Consulting for technical software application markets.  more »
• Principal Industry Analyst & President of Cambashi, Inc., Julie Fraser, Selected As Industry Expert
  11/18/2010
  Multi-Media Productions (USA), Inc. announces that Julie Fraser, Principal Industry Analyst and President of Cambashi, Inc., will be a featured expert on 21st Century Business.  Business leaders globally will be interviewed about manufacturing solutions and innovations and how companies can enter this growing marketplace.  more »
• Cambashi Announces Sponsorship of the ISA Summit
  8/18/2010
  Cambashi announces Gold-level sponsorship of the 5th Annual International Society of Automation (ISA) Marketing and Sales Summit occurring September 1-3 in Atlanta, Georgia. Cambashi's Julie Fraser will co-host a forum on consultative selling.  more »
• Cambashi Updates Online Manufacturing Industry Training Program
  8/4/2010
  Cambashi has issued Release 6.0 of its suite of self-paced, online, industry awareness courses, Cambashi ItM. The eleven vertical industry courses have been updated with market, company and technology news from the last twelve months, together with updates reflecting the impact of the 2009/10 economic downturn and partial recovery. All courses now have access to a common and extensive glossary of manufacturing terminology.  more »
• BRIC Narrows the Gap on Japan
  8/2/2010
  Cambashi predicts that by 2012, the market for technical applications software from the combined emerging economies in Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC) will nearly match Japan.  more »
• Developed Economies are Major Drivers
  7/25/2010
  New figures from Cambashi forecast that in 2012 the world market for technical applications software in the manufacturing sector will recover to 2008 levels.  more »
• Specialist AEC Suppliers Lead the Way in Europe
  7/23/2010

  New figures from the Cambashi Observatories show that specialist AEC (architecture, engineering and construction) software developed in Europe accounts for the majority of recent spending on such solutions by the AEC industries in Europe. Cambashi defines specialist AEC software as being tools developed or sold specifically for AEC tasks; as a result, although much use is made of other general purpose drafting and modelling tools in the AEC sector, these are excluded from the analysis.  more »

• Cambashi in the News - Peter Thorne COFES 2010 Interview
  4/15/2010
  Peter Thorne, Managing Director of Cambashi, was interviewed at COFES 2010 after his presentation titled, International Business Update.  In the interview, Peter explains his belief that the next big opportunity is to integrate Requirements Management, System Engineering and product development into a seamless process.  more »
• 2010 Recovery Forecasts Mostly Positive
  3/05/2010
  Latest research into engineering and enterprise IT applications from market research and analysis firm, Cambashi, shows a recovery of spending on technical applications software. This covers AEC (architecture, engineering & construction), geospatial (GIS) and manufacturing (CAD/CAM/CAE and PDM/PLM) applications.  more »
• Despite Economy, Manufacturers and Producers Can Improve Earnings, Profits
  2/4/2010
  Cambashi recently conducted research on behalf of Manufacturing Enterprise Solutions Association (MESA) International about the role that plant operations play in the effort to improve business performance.  The good news: some production companies actually improved their financial performance in the past few years.  more »
• MESA Metrics Study Shows Vast Majority Need Faster KPI Views
  10/27/2009
  This year's Manufacturing Enterprise Solutions Association (MESA) International research survey, Correlating Plant Performance to Business Performance, reveals that the vast majority of production companies who responded to the survey could improve the speed of visibility into their operations performance results if not for IT challenges and a lack of understanding.  more »
• Cambashi Burnishes Global Image and Illuminates Value to Industry with Launch of new fully interactive Web Site
  10/22/2009
  Cambashi's new web site helps the world understand the company's value and unique business model. The new site helps current clients and others to navigate to an understanding of Cambashi's data-driven research, training and consulting. It also shows off new branding.  more »
• Industry Rallying behind New MESA Research Initiative
  9/21/2009
  The Manufacturing Enterprise Solutions Association (MESA) and Cambashi today disclosed that MESA’s Metrics Working Group is guiding the new research initiative Correlating Plant Performance to Business Performance.  A group of MESA manufacturer/producer members with deep metrics experience has provided particularly useful input.  more »
• Forecasts show Recovery is Coming
  8/3/2009
  Asia/Pacific leads the recovery and APAC expansion is maintained.  more »
• Managing Supplier Relationships beyond Strategic Sourcing
  7/21/2009
  Strategic sourcing is a critical start to a supplier relationship, but it is not sufficient. So
  why is it that we hear so little about supplier relationship management (SRM)?  more »
• Research Supports FDA Recommendation for Medical Device Companies to Improve Total Product Lifecycle Practices
  6/4/2009
  Axendia, Cambashi, and FDAnews today presented findings from their research Total Product Lifecycle Management: Lowering Costs while Increasing Quality at the Sixth
  Annual FDAnews Medical Device Quality Congress.  more »
• UK Science & Innovation Minister Visits Cambashi
  4/2/2009
  Lord Drayson, Minister for Science and Innovation, visited Cambashi’s offices in Cambridge on 31st March where he met a small group of executives from Cambridge’s high technology cluster. The meeting was facilitated by the prospective parliamentary candidate for Cambridge, Daniel Zeichner.  more »
• Best Practices for Medical Device Companies include Customer Focus, Risk-based Approaches, Formal Collaboration, Application Software Use
  6/26/2008
  FDAnews and Cambashi Inc. today released an Industry Directions report: Risk Management: Best Practices for Medical Device Profitability, presenting the findings at the Medical Device Quality Congress currently in progress in Cambridge, MA.  This study finds companies that improved both revenue and profitability are more likely to adopt all of the practices and software applications that facilitate keeping risk minimal to both patients and the business.  more »
• Indian Market for Engineering Software Grew 31% in 2007
  2/27/2008
  According to the latest figures released by engineering and enterprise IT applications
  market research and analysis consultants, Cambashi, in 2007 the Indian market for
  engineering applications software grew 31% to US $186m (7.7 Bn INR). Cambashi
  expects growth to continue at similar rates to the end of the decade with the market
  growing to over US $400m (16.5 Bn INR) in 2010.  more »