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Bell & Howell Mail-Processing Systems (Skokie, Ill.), a manufacturer of mail sorting, folding, and inserting equipment, has implemented an expert system solution at the core of its integrated service information technologies ( The goal is to facilitate the design of exhaust mufflers of inlet manifolds in hours instead of days. Aerospace manufacturer Lockheed Martin (Bethesda, Md.) and the U.S. Air Force Manufacturing Technology Directorate (MANTECH) (Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio) are working together on a virtual manufacturing project to apply modeling and simulation technology during the design process to prove out and select optimal new concepts. David Blanchard is the editor of Intelligent Systems Report, Intelligent Manufacturing, and the new Electronic Commerce Update.