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ERP: Origins, Developments, and Trends (4 Pages)
by TEC staff writer
May 17, 2005 Abstract : ERP first developed as a form of inventory control and later grew to link disparate bodies of information together from across the enterprise. Now, ERP enhancements include SCM, CRM, and e-commerce features, just to name a few. However, where is this technology going? What does it mean now?
Type: Article
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Justification of ERP Investments Part 1: Quantifiable Benefits from an ERP System (6 Pages)
by Dr. Scott Hamilton
Feb 10, 2004 Abstract : Studies that surveyed manufacturers about the impact of ERP systems on firm performance indicate that company size and industry do not affect the results. Benefits have been indicated for large and small firms, whether they make standard or custom products or are in discrete or process manufacturing environments. This section explains the quantifiable benefits in terms of several areas of improvement. Reprinted from Maximizing Your ERP System by Dr. Scott Hamilton.
Type: Article
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Increasing the Value of Your Enterprise Through Improved Supply Chain Decisions Part 3: Conclusion (3 Pages)
by Mark Wells
Nov 13, 2002 Abstract : There remains no shortage of experts and solutions that purport to have the keys to improving your supply chain. However, executives who bear bottom line responsibility for the performance of the enterprise would do well to evaluate every potential new program from the perspective outlined here.
Type: Article
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| 64. |
Increasing the Value of Your Enterprise Through Improved Supply Chain Decisions (3 Pages)
by Mark Wells
Nov 11, 2002 Abstract : Improving the decision process around inventory and supply chain flexibility will drive sustainable, measurable benefits in the near term that are disproportionate to the effort required.
Type: Article
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| 65. |
RFID--A New Technology Set to Explode? Part Two: Early Adopters, Challenges, and User Recommendations (5 Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic
Apr 23, 2004 Abstract : Radio frequency identification or RFID has a potential of becoming a new technology inflection point. It can be a missing piece in the long-lasting puzzle of squeezing excess inventory out of supply chains, but only when (and if) it reaches a critical mass of adoption and maturity over the next several years.
Type: Article
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| 66. |
Baan Releases New Supply Chain Products (3 Pages)
by Steve McVey
Nov 8, 1999 Abstract : November 2, 1999 05:30 PM BARNEVELD, Netherlands and HERNDON, Va., Nov. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Baan Company N.V., a global provider of enterprise business solutions, today announced the release of two major new additions to its Supply Chain Solutions suite: Baan Supply Chain Solutions Planner 2.0 for factory planning, and Baan Supply Chain Solutions Order Promising 1.0 for order acceptance. The two solutions provide advanced supply chain and logistics capabilities that enable manufacturing professionals to increase throughput, reduce inventory, improve supply chain visibility, and improve response time and service levels to customers.
Type: Article
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| 67. |
Oracle to Enlist BPA Systems in its Mid-Market Quest (3 Pages)
by Steve McVey
Oct 20, 1999 Abstract : AUSTIN, Texas -- BPA SYSTEMS (www.bpasystems.com), a leading developer of business process automation solutions for dynamic manufacturing and distribution companies, announced today that its flagship product BP LINK/SC will be integrated with Oracle's newest solution for mid-sized companies, FastForward(SM) Distribution(RPM) (Rapid Pre-configured Model). With integration from BP LINK/SC to help accelerate receiving, inventory and shipping transactions using bar code and data collection technology, Oracle's FastForward Distribution(RPM) is the only enterprise class solution for wholesale distributors available in a fixed-time, fixed-price,
Type: Article
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| 68. |
Streamlining for Success: The Lean Supply Chain by QAD
Abstract : When flexibility and speed are requisites for success, it’s the lean organizations that lead the race. World-class manufacturing organizations know the value of staying trim and focusing on the lean fundamentals: eliminating waste, simplifying processes, and continuously improving. By pursuing lean strategies—optimizing inventory and streamlining manufacturing processes—they are able to reduce inefficiencies and costs in their production processes and improve customer responsiveness. QAD has solutions to enable lean strategies. The QAD Lean Supply Chain Solution trims time and cost from every step of the manufacturing process. In this paper we discuss the growing competitive pressures facing automotive manufacturers to perform in a global market and how QAD products and services can enable your organization to capture the benefits of lean manufacturing.
Type: White Paper
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How to Optimize Application Integration in Manufacturing by Cast Iron Systems
Abstract : Data integration is a key enabler for supply chain modernization. Competition is driving increased integration of the supply chain, both due to direct cost pressures and to increased globalization. There can be little doubt that well implemented supply chain integration saves labor costs and improves inventory control. This has often been a complex and costly proposition. Standards, improved products and a common understanding of best practices for distributed systems are reducing the price of entry to supply chain automation. This will, in turn drive broader integration of manufacturing and distribution endpoints.
Type: White Paper
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Saks Inc. by Catalyst International
Abstract : Learn how Saks Inc. leveraged flow-through operations in its distribution center to move 90 percent of its goods automatically, without human intervention to get merchandise to its stores faster, while taking inventory out of the system.
Type: White Paper
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