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Web-based collaboration with international partners, suppliers, and customers helps companies make end-to-end processes more
efficient and cost-effective. An electronic enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution allows you to set up various types
of external connections to your business applications, an (...)
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... Internal and External Collaboration. Source: Sage. Document Type: White Paper Description:
Web-based collaboration with international partners, suppliers, and ...
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2010-03-11
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In February SAP AG announced a web-enabled version of their product data management (PDM) software, the application that
lets manufacturers collect and manage databases of information about the products they make. (...)
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... said. "And the new collaboration tools should make it more viable to open up the PDM system to external
suppliers", he added. But ...
Published:
2000-03-20
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The appeal of global sourcing is understandable given the benefits of seemingly lower costs. But without discerning hidden
challenges and eliminating potential shortcomings, the process may be more costly than anticipated—a situation especially
true for companies using inadequate, out-of-date enterpris (...)
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The appeal of global sourcing is understandable given the benefits of seemingly lower costs. But without discerning hidden
challenges and eliminat...
Published:
2007-08-06
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Flow manufacturing leverages techniques to help manufacturers create any product on any given day, in any given quantity
including the "quantity of one" (i.e., through the so-called mixed-model production), while keeping inventories to a minimum
and shortening cycle times in order to quickly fill custome (...)
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Flow manufacturing leverages techniques to help manufacturers create any product on any given day, in any given quantity including
the "quantity o...
Published:
2004-01-14
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QAD has long shifted its focus from being a mere ERP vendor dedicated to the industrial mid-market to fully leveraging the
Internet in the applications it provides to manufacturers and distributors to link their back-office systems to those of their
business partners via private trading exchanges. (...)
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QAD has long shifted its focus from being a mere ERP vendor dedicated to the industrial mid-market to fully leveraging the
Internet in the applica...
Published:
2003-09-22
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As supply chains become increasingly integrated and synchronized, we are witnessing the evolution of the business/production
models (in some industries) that merge virtual integration with elements of the older vertically integrated enterprise. This
has profound consequences, in particular for suppliers (...)
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As supply chains become increasingly integrated and synchronized, we are witnessing the evolution of the business/production
models (in some indus...
Published:
2003-12-09
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IQMS's IQ EDI module is a natively-built solution that deals with the complexities of data synchronization among EDI documents
and eliminates the need for third-party translators. (...)
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IQMS's IQ EDI module is a natively-built solution that deals with the complexities of data synchronization among EDI documents
and eliminates the ...
Published:
2005-04-08
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Collaborative planning for businesses carries great potential for reducing the hidden costs that inevitably result from poor
planning and limited visibility among trading partners. With new OEM partner Great Plains, Logility has made a good move
in targeting this growing area and organizing its applicat (...)
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Collaborative planning for businesses carries great potential for reducing the hidden costs that inevitably result from poor
planning and limited ...
Published:
2000-07-17
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Deliverng Operational Excellence with Innovation. Read White Papers and Other Software for Your Assessment and for Deliverng
Operational Excellence. Changing business practices, especially those that consolidate business and IT functions, requires
careful research and decision making. For companies needin (...)
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Deliverng Operational Excellence with Innovation. Read White Papers and Other Software for Your Assessment and for Deliverng
Operational Excellence...
Published:
2010-03-11
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Cover-time planning (CTP) is a "pull" system, but with the intent of planning and not merely waiting for the execution time
to act. (...)
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Cover-time planning (CTP) is a "pull" system, but with the intent of planning and not merely waiting for the execution
time to act.
Published:
2005-08-09
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Response Management: Rapid Response to Change Drives Improved Operating Performance. Get Free Data and Other Software to Define
Your Assessment about Response Management and Operating Performance. Increasingly, success depends not only on how fast manufacturers
can act, but how fast they can react—a (...)
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Response Management: Rapid Response to Change Drives Improved Operating Performance. Source: Kinaxis. Document Type: White
Paper Description ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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This year at i2’s Planet conference, Texas Instruments reviewed lessons learned during their 3½-year i2-SAP implementation. (...)
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This year at i2’s Planet conference, Texas Instruments reviewed lessons learned during their 3½-year i2-SAP implementation.
Published:
2000-10-25
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With co-founder McVaney once again at the helm, J. D. Edwards flexed its new supply chain management capabilities at FOCUS
2000 in Denver. (...)
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With co-founder McVaney once again at the helm, JD Edwards flexed its new supply chain management capabilities at FOCUS 2000
in Denver.
Published:
2000-07-07
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Webplan believes its offering should benefit many departments within a manufacturing organization. When it comes to operations
and manufacturing, the benefit is in getting the right information to the right people and ensuring the results of decisions
align with goals and objectives. (...)
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Webplan believes its offering should benefit many departments within a manufacturing organization. When it comes to operations
and manufacturing, ...
Published:
2004-07-02
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There are entire books and thorough training and certification processes devoted to lean supply chain practices. But within
any manufacturing environment, there are a few relatively simple steps that will help any enterprise make its supply chain
lean. In this article, we will touch on these simple measu (...)
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There are entire books and thorough training and certification processes devoted to lean supply chain practices. But within
any manufacturing envi...
Published:
2009-09-30
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Optimize Internal Supply Chain. Reports and Other Software Program to Use In Your System to Optimize your Internal Supply
Chain. The new reality for manufacturing CIOs is that budgets are far less than what they used to be and the ability to provide
business intelligence to front line users in a simple an (...)
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Optimize Internal Supply Chain. Reports and Other Software Program to Use In Your System to Optimize your Internal Supply
Chain. The new reality fo...
Published:
2010-03-11
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Kinaxis Inc. is answering the needs of global manufacturers by delivering an on-demand response management service. These
services are designed to help manufacturers drive quick responses to ever-changing global supply chains and fulfillment networks. (...)
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Kinaxis Inc. is answering the needs of global manufacturers by delivering an on-demand response management service. These
services are designed to...
Published:
2008-03-19
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The name Omnify Software may hardly come to mind when one thinks of the product lifecycle management (PLM) leaders, but that
might change down the track (...)
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The name Omnify Software may hardly come to mind when one thinks of the product lifecycle management (PLM) leaders, but that
might change down the...
Published:
2009-02-20
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Your Challenge: Get Decision Makers' Approval for Strategies for Profitable Growth Aerospace Defense Manufacturing. Specific,
Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Time-Bound. The aerospace and defense (A&D) manufacturing industry is always changing.
That’s why A&D manufacturers are constantly seeking be (...)
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Your Challenge: Get Decision Makers' Approval for Strategies for Profitable Growth Aerospace Defense Manufacturing. Specific,
Measurable, Achievabl...
Published:
2010-03-11
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Users would do well to take PeopleSoft’s claims with a vein of salt and maintain realistic expectations regarding the challenges
they will face in integrating their supply chains. (...)
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Users would do well to take PeopleSoft’s claims with a vein of salt and maintain realistic expectations regarding the challenges
they will face in...
Published:
2000-12-29