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By Jonathan Skillings Before the Calgary Parking Authority bought its Poqet PC, collecting data involved outfitting surveyors with an oversized clipboard and paper and pen. Creating a spreadsheet to crunch […]

By Kathleen O'Malley Ask Arthur Block how Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co. made a smooth transition from paper to 35 LANs, and he'll say the payoff is in the training and […]

Aided by 50 Microcomputers, One of the World's Premier Cente r s For Wood-Products Technology Continues Its Pioneering Studies While the federal government ponders how to protect America's computer secrets […]

As their company neared its sesquicentennial anniversary, Arkwright Mutual Insurance Co. officials realized that it had accumulated something less desirable than old-fashioned values. It had become mired in an old […]

Voice Technology Offers Constructive Conversation To Make Jo b s More Convenient and Efficient Brokers at the American Stock Exchange no longer need to take time away from buying and […]

Mayhem in the Moving Biz Means PCs Play Doubly Important Ro le For Allied Van Lines Inc. and its competitors in the household-goods moving business, the Motor Carrier Deregulation Act […]

PC-based Computer-Aided Design and Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAD/ CAM) is helping more people than ever before reap the benefits of automating their design efforts. In particular, plotters in the price range […]

In Many Fields, the Fine Art of Job Estimating Is Now Being P erformed by Personal Computers For some industries, an important precursor to project management is job estimating--the art […]

Computer-Aided Design (CAD) provided IBM PC-compatibles with the 'foot in the door' to shop-floor production monitoring and control. However, while PC CAD applications are well-documented, PC Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAM) applications […]

The benefits of PCs for the average office worker are obvious--the machines speed mundane tasks and generally enhance office productivity. Ironically, the class of users who interact with the machines […]

Sophisticated Script Languages Help Users Automate Complex Applications An increasing number of users are using the script languages included in many communications software packages to automate complex applications, according to […]

Rockwell Designs 'Prefab' Workstations SEAL BEACH, Calif.--It's a classic case of serendipity. Corporate wanted to improve the productivity of Rockwell International Corp.'s 2,700 purchasing agents who spend $4 billion a […]

Electronic-Payment Growth Presents New IS Challenges Corporate information-system professionals are hearing more from their companies' financial people lately, but not because of budget overruns. Cash managers are contacting systems people […]

Taking Control of Explosive Growth Gore-Tex is fast emerging as the wonder substance of the 1980s--a new material used in everything from raincoats to artificial arteries. The waterproof, breathable fabric, […]

TV Station's 'Wizard' Bridges and Gap Between Technology, Production BOSTON--Steve Curcuru is a Westerner at heart, right down to his cowboy hat and boots. He enjoys singing folk music and, […]

Making Humans Masters of Their Machines Human-Factors Engineers Give People, Not Machines, the Highest Priority in Computer Design It's a cliche by now to cite the Charlie Chaplin film 'Modern […]

Airline deregulation, overcrowded skies and an understaffed air-traffic control system are all being blamed for deteriorating safety and service levels for commercial air travelers. Another potential air-safety problem lurks within […]

'Some people believe computer-integrated manufacturing [CIM] is akin to science fiction. Others view it as an instant fix to all manufacturing problems,' said Paul W. Brauninger, administrative manager at Ex-Cell-O […]

Microcomputers are as critical to manufacturing in today's 'informational revolution' as steam power was in the Industrial Revolution of the 1840s. Called computer-integrated manufacturing (CIM), this revolution combines spread-sheets, word […]

The link from computer-aided design (CAD) to computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) is especially important to users who will be involved either directly or through clients with the manufacturing of components. CAD […]

Job applicants respond better to computerized interviews than they do to human interviewers in some cases, according to recently published scientific research. Christopher Martin of Louisiana State University's College of […]

Steeped in tradition, accounting firms are not usually known for occupying a place on the cutting edge of office automation. Most firms, in fact, have been content to replace their […]

With the increase in PC processing power and memory capacity, word-processing features that once were technically impractical or regarded as low-priority frills have become essential tools in many occupations. Each […]

Network Technologies International Inc. (NETI), of Ann Arbor, Mich., is about to release docuFORUM, a network-based system designed to aid in the development and management of documents that require input […]