Cover Story: New Face of Manufacturing

• Integrated Manufacturing
  Manufacturing is becoming a sophisticated science, where complex components and technologies integrate seamlessly.

• Logistics Key to Globalised Economy
  To become a leading logistics hub in Asia-Pacific, Singapore is leveraging advanced technologies.

• Optimal Inventory Logistics Networks Boost Competitive Edge
  New software evaluates and forecasts inventory.

• Spurring Web Services
  Web services present a standardised way for companies to share information and provide assistance in manufacturing.

• Precision Engineering: Great Strides through the Generations
  How precision engineering progressed through the 20^th century.

• Nanomachining: Bridge between Precision Engineering and Nanotechnology
  Advances in nanotechnology enable ultra-precision machining.

• First Multipurpose Miniature Machine Tool
  A local micromachining tool opens up new possibilities in the fabrication of microcomponents.

• Miniature World
  Pioneering research on the development of MEMS fabrication and packaging.

• Singapore Packs It In

• Industrial Lasers: More Than Just a Cutting Tool

• Breathing New Life into Old Tools
  Direct metal deposition machines give a second lease of life to outdated tools.

• Cradle to Cradle: Product Life-Cycle Management

• Manufacturing in Auto-Pilot Mode
  Using intelligent distributed control to smarten up manufacturing.

• Intelligent Maintenance for Manufacturing

• Smart Prediction to Prevent Downtime

• Future of Biologics Manufacturing in Singapore
  Production of therapeutic proteins is a key manufacturing sector.

• Building Biologics Contract-Manufacturing Capacity

Features

• Nurturing Scientific Interest in the Young
  Nobel laureates discuss how to nurture youthful minds.

• Asian Young Inventors
  Bright minds in Asia show off research.

• Plugging Bone the Painless Way
  Biodegradable “bone” patches holes in the skull at half the cost of conventional titanium plates.

• Tapping Brain Waves
  Communicating just by thinking about it.

• Moving Thoughts
  Different brain–computer interface systems.

• FriarTuck Goes to Mars
  Singapore firm takes on the complex scheduling of NASA scientists in charge of the Mars exploration mission.

• Flexible, Disposable Electronics
  Coming soon — foldable computer screens, electronic paper, and disposable smart tags.

• Generating Dollars from Nanotechnology
  One company produces real nanotechnology products and makes money.

• Hitting the Jackpot in the Drug Discovery Process
  Pharmaceutical company uses multiple strategies to ensure winners.

• Value-Centred Approach to Evaluating R&D
  To make marketable products possible, R&D must be valid, acceptable, and viable.

Departments

• Editorial
  The changing face of manufacturing.

• In Brief
  Innovative highlights in various fields.

• Industry Updates
  Significant industry developments.

• Spotlight
  Educationalist in Touch with Industry Needs
  A newly minted British peer believes that academic excellence goes hand-in-hand with business relevance.

• Viewpoint
  SMEs Reverse Technology Flows
  Small companies can actually achieve greater effectiveness in transferring technology to foreign transnational corporations.

• Calendar

• Advertiser Index