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Today’s Showdown is based on an industry-specific case study. Five enterprise resource planning vendors were selected for
the evaluation. All the results were based on the latest request for information (RFI) supplied to us by the vendors, and
all priorities were assigned by the client. (...)
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Today’s Showdown is based on an industry-specific case study. Five enterprise resource planning vendors were selected for
the evaluation. All the ...
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2008-03-10
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By using software tools that help you forecast and work together with others inside your organization, and even with your
customers, the forecasts may become more accurate. You can make an assumption on how much improvement might be possible.
This part discusses the challenge of performing the data anal (...)
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By using software tools that help you forecast and work together with others inside your organization, and even with your
customers, the forecasts...
Published:
2001-07-17
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Get insight into manufacturing production metrics and best practices in the US, and benchmark your operations to better understand
how to improve in today’s difficult economic climate. The Manufacturing Performance Institute (MPI) presents its findings,
comparing and contrasting the responses of plants (...)
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... White Paper Description: Get insight into manufacturing production metrics and ...
Performance Institute (MPI) presents its findings, comparing and contrasting the ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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The SCT User Conference featured industry analysts from Gartner Group, AMR Research and Meta Group each sharing its vision
for the future of enterprise systems with the audience. Customers, in special interest groups and in presentations discussed
their success with SCT’s products. SCT showed both th (...)
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... shown success with integrating its SCM products with ... on its success
in forecasting, production, and capacity ... Groups by company type (food, chemical,
etc.) and ...
Published:
2001-05-21
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If you are not experiencing organizational stress in some of the areas where the benefits may occur, then perhaps a decision
to invest in supply chain management software should be postponed. If you do have some pain in one or more of these areas,
then you can follow the concepts in this article to unde (...)
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If you are not experiencing organizational stress in some of the areas where the benefits may occur, then perhaps a decision
to invest in supply c...
Published:
2001-07-13
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Infor's latest acquisitions and vertically-focused "assembler strategy" are furthering its goal to be number three (after
SAP and Oracle) in the world of enterprise resource planning vendors. (...)
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Infor's latest acquisitions and vertically-focused "assembler strategy" are furthering its goal to be number
three (after SAP and Oracle) in the w...
Published:
2006-04-27
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You are currently using enterprise resource planning (ERP) software. You want to improve your warehouse management and operations
and are considering a warehouse management system (WMS) solution. However, there is significant overlap between ERP software
and a WMS regarding inventory-related functionalit (...)
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You are currently using enterprise resource planning (ERP) software. You want to improve your warehouse management and operations
and are consider...
Published:
2003-06-17
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The Supply Chain Management (SCM) RFP Template covers industry-standard functional criteria of SCM that can help you easily
gather and prioritize your business needs in a simple and categorized excel document. More than a RFP template, it is a working
document that serves as a knowledge base reference thr (...)
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... the life-span of your SCM software project. Includes: Demand Management, Supply Chain
Optimization, Warehouse Management System (WMS), Production and Supply ...
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This complete rating detail report covers the vendor or provider's responses to TEC's comprehensive research model. The report
answers your concerns about how your chosen vendors will support your requirements. (...)
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... Evaluation Report; Production Modeling Corporation Supply Chain Management (SCM)
Software Evaluation Report; PeopleSoft Enterprise ...
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Driving Costs Out of the Supply Chain: Inbound Logistics.Reports and Other Software Program to Use In Your Complex System
for Driving Costs Out of the Supply Chain. One of the most neglected areas of the manufacturing and retail supply chain is
the inbound logistics segment. Following best practices and c (...)
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Driving Costs Out of the Supply Chain: Inbound Logistics.Reports and Other Software Program to Use In Your Complex System
for Driving Costs Out of ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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From Agilisys' fresh start illustrated in new account wins, a profitable quarter, and new product enhancements; the market
should expect at least a continuation of the past but more likely its improvement. (...)
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From Agilisys' fresh start illustrated in new account wins, a profitable quarter, and new product enhancements; the market
should expect at least ...
Published:
2002-10-14
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Any manufacturing business is faced with promising accurate delivery dates for customer orders. At the same time, the manufacturer
has to ensure that every order taken, is profitable. This article focuses on the issues related to order delivery date promising
in view of profitability of orders to the man (...)
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Any manufacturing business is faced with promising accurate delivery dates for customer orders. At the same time, the manufacturer
has to ensure t...
Published:
2005-11-24
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Managers weighing an investment in software for supply chain face pressure to be right. Looking for a precise calculation
of ROI often results in making an uninformed decision. Part four discusses the difficulty in predicting the future. (...)
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Managers weighing an investment in software for supply chain face pressure to be right. Looking for a precise calculation
of ROI often results in ...
Published:
2001-07-18
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Chemical company H.B. Fuller has leveraged the Internet to improve their level of customer service. (...)
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Chemical company HB Fuller has leveraged the Internet to improve their level of customer service.
Published:
2001-09-15
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Under Invensys, Marcam has seen things change frequently including reorganizations, management changes, strategy changes,
and the loss of many employees with deep domain knowledge. (...)
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Under Invensys, Marcam has seen things change frequently including reorganizations, management changes, strategy changes,
and the loss of many emp...
Published:
2004-10-16
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The requirements for the fashion industry are some of the most demanding and unforgiving in the world of manufacturing. If
you're not careful, you may find your profits falling on the cutting floor and money being swept out with the scraps. The
product segmentation in the fashion industry brings into pla (...)
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The requirements for the fashion industry are some of the most demanding and unforgiving in the world of manufacturing. If
you're not careful, you...
Published:
2004-10-05
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Companies are looking for more areas to squeeze savings out of operations. One such area that may be fertile ground to explore
is equipment maintenance. The class of software that can help to cultivate these savings is computerized maintenance management
systems (CMMS). This article discusses the basics (...)
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Companies are looking for more areas to squeeze savings out of operations. One such area that may be fertile ground to explore
is equipment mainte...
Published:
2003-07-07
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As enterprise applications systems developed over time, a continuous stream of new terminology surfaced. This is a glossary
of those terms. (...)
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As enterprise applications systems developed over time, a continuous stream of new terminology surfaced. This is a glossary
of those terms.
Published:
2004-12-25
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SCT Corporation is selling its Process Manufacturing and Distribution Solutions Division to two California-based investors.
SCT is thus joining the fray of companies taking the divestiture route to profitablility, a prominent recent example being
CA's sell-off of its interBiz division. (...)
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SCT Corporation is selling its Process Manufacturing and Distribution Solutions Division to two California-based investors.
SCT is thus joining t...
Published:
2002-05-02
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Before an important game, you create a game plan. Before you start building a house, you have a blueprint. And before you
start looking at a warehouse management system (WMS), you must define how you want your warehouse to be organized and function.
This article looks at basic warehouse strategies that n (...)
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Before an important game, you create a game plan. Before you start building a house, you have a blueprint. And before you
start looking at a wareh...
Published:
2003-05-29