DETROIT - The Southeast Michigan Purchasing Managers Index is showing improvement for the second consecutive month, further indication of a strengthening Michigan economy. The index value of 58.9 in October is a considerable improvement over the September PMI of 50.6. An index value greater than 50 generally indicates an expanding economy. The Southeast Michigan PMI
ANN ARBOR - Merit Network announced Friday the release of a Request for Proposals for a Wireless Local Area Network solution vendor. The RFP seeks to identify the most appropriate WLAN vendor for a Wireless as a Service solution that Merit will offer its membership. The selected vendor will work with Merit to offer a
TROY - Plex Systems Inc., provider of Plex Online, Cloud ERP for manufacturers, said third quarter revenue increased 33.1 percent, in part from the addition of 12 new customers, seven from automotive, two from aerospace and three from diversified industries. The private company, which does not release exact figures, said 26 new employees joined Plex
DEARBORN- The ISSA November chapter meeting looks at how software keeps credit card data safe in the mobile cloud. The discussion looks at a point of sale system developed for the restaurant industry. Today we put that same credit card on a mobile device and store the data on the cloud. Now who has your
GRAND RAPIDS - As a way to recognize veterans for their military service, during times of war or peace, Davenport University and its chapter of the Student Veterans of America is celebrating Veteran's Day on Nov. 12 on its W.A. Lettinga Campus in Grand Rapids where members of the military will display vehicles, and equipment
LANSING - With more than 1.1 million Michigan residents annually seeking food assistance, the Department of Natural Resources encourages hunters to consider making a donation to Michigan Sportsmen Against Hunger when purchasing hunting licenses this year. Donations will be used to support the processing of deer donated to participating processors. Last year, the venison donated
TROY ? ERP Solutions provider Plex Systems has a new app, SmartPlex, a service allowing users of Plex Online to access and manipulate data through a variety of mobile devices such as smartphones, including those based on the iOS and Android operating systems. Designed to enhance connectivity of executives and other staff who benefit from
DETROIT - The Southeast Michigan Region of the Michigan Small Business & Technology Development Center Detroit service center has a new home, the former Barden Building across from Comerica Park. Formerly housed in TechTown, the Eastern Michigan University-operated MI-SBTDC service location will counsel clients out of the historic, 1908 building, now owned by Grand Valley
ANN ARBOR - Rubicon Genomics has partnered with Diagenode SA to integrate Rubicon's ThruPLEX technology into Diagenode's epigenetics platforms to increase the efficiency and quality of DNA sample preparation for chromatin immunoprecipitation applications. The new agreement allows Diagenode to incorporate the Rubicon ThruPLEX-FD technology into its new MicroPLEX Library Preparation Kit for ChIP-seq studies requiring
ANN ARBOR - Augment Ventures recently made its second investment, in leading analytics software company LLamasoft. Terms were not disclosed. LLamasoft will use the investment to further development of its supply chain solutions software. ?LLamasoft is an attractive investment because its leading analytics software has a huge potential to unlock business intelligence and optimization in