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ERP for the Services Industry (Non-manufacturing) RFP Templates
RFP templates for ERP for the Services Industry (Non-manufacturing) help you establish your selection criteria faster, at lower risks and costs.

Process Manufacturing (ERP) Software Evaluation Reports
The software evaluation report for Process Manufacturing provides extensive information about software capabilities or provided services. Covering everything in the ERP comprehensive model, the report is invaluable toward RFI and business requirements research.

Discrete Manufacturing (ERP) Software Evaluation Reports
The software evaluation report for Discrete Manufacturing provides extensive information about software capabilities or provided services. Covering everything in the ERP comprehensive model, the report is invaluable toward RFI and business requirements research.

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SAP Manufacturing
Managing complexity while enhancing agility is a real challenge. To respond to customer needs, manufacturers must reduce their time to market and time to volume. And to respond to demand and supply shifts, they must be able to adapt to changing situations. To meet these challenges, companies require integrated solutions ensuring that manufacturing runs at the pace of their business.

AND COMPONENT MANUFACTURING: SAP Manufacturing SAP Manufacturing Source: SAP Document Type: White Paper Description: Managing complexity while enhancing agility is a real challenge. To respond to customer needs, manufacturers must reduce their time to market and time to volume. And to respond to demand and supply shifts, they must be able to adapt to changing situations. To meet these challenges, companies require integrated solutions ensuring that manufacturing runs at the pace of their business. SAP Manufacturing
10/19/2006 11:11:00 AM

How to Choose a Manufacturing System
Your Challenge: Get Decision Makers' Approval for a Manufacturing System. Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Time-Bound. If you’ve worked for more than one manufacturing company, you know that each one is different. Different processes, systems, problems—all these variations mean you need a system tailored to your needs. And with so many available solutions, you could spend months looking at demos, and still not find it. However, you can start by asking yourself eight simple questions.

AND COMPONENT MANUFACTURING: x x * x Component allocation x x * x Work orders x x x x Material Requirement Planning (MRP I) x x x x Light assembly x x Kitting x x x Routing x x x x Mamanufacturing Resource Planning (MRP II) x x x x Project accounting x x Cycle counting x x x x x Serial / Lot tracking x x x x Bin tracking x x x *This depends on the nature of your business. While some job shop manufacturers will need these features, others will not. Questions to Ask Your Software Supplier Four Mistakes People Make When They Buy
12/8/2006 12:51:00 PM

Lean Manufacturing: A Primer
Lean manufacturing emphasizes the minimization of the amount of all the resources (including time) used in the various activities of the enterprise. The typical areas of hidden waste are over-production, waiting, transportation, over-processing, motion, excessive inventory, and defective units.

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2/13/2006

Process Manufacturing ERP in a Nutshell » The TEC Blog
the quality of its components. It’s even more complicated in process manufacturing, where the quality of the production process itself is essential—not to mention all the regulations and standards that a process manufacturing company needs to comply with. Sales Management As mentioned above, products created by process manufacturing have special characteristics (expiry dates, hazardous characteristics, etc.), which can make sales difficult. It is preferable to sell ice cream before it

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06-08-2009

SaaS-ing the Manufacturing Opportunity
The software as a service (SaaS) delivery model is here to stay, and most vendors have noticed. Recently, the endorsement for SaaS in the realm of manufacturing enterprise resource planning has come from a veteran vendor and SaaS pioneer.

AND COMPONENT MANUFACTURING: SaaS-ing the Manufacturing Opportunity SaaS-ing the Manufacturing Opportunity P.J. Jakovljevic - December 14, 2007 Read Comments The Need for New Delivery Models Recently ordained the topic du jour , it is now apparent that software as a service (SaaS)—also known as on-demand, hosted delivery—models of enterprise applications are not the passing fads that the Y2K or dot-com phenomena of the late 1990s were. The rationale thereof, however, depends on whom one asks for an opinion (that is, whether the
12/14/2007

ERP in Manufacturing 2009: an Aberdeen Report
Find out in the aberdeen report, ERP in manufacturing 2009.

AND COMPONENT MANUFACTURING: ERP in Manufacturing 2009: an Aberdeen Report ERP in Manufacturing 2009: an Aberdeen Report It s no surprise. According to a recent survey of over 435 manufacturers, the number one enterprise resource planning (ERP) business driver is the need to cut costs. But what are the other major business challenges shaping ERP strategies in 2009? Are manufacturers turning to point solutions or integrated ERP modules to achieve their goals? And which ERP practices are best-in-class manufacturers employing? Find out
12/29/2009

Plex Systems: A Veteran SaaS ERP Player in Manufacturing
Over the past couple of years, resistance to ERP software delivered as a software as a service (SaaS) has been slowly giving way to acceptance. Today, for manufacturers with top-performing ERP implementations, the pendulum has definitely swung. This 2011 study by Mint Jutras on 300+ manufacturers investigated the goals, challenges, and performance of ERP implementations. Download the white paper and read the results.

AND COMPONENT MANUFACTURING: Plex Systems: A Veteran SaaS ERP Player in Manufacturing Plex Systems: A Veteran SaaS ERP Player in Manufacturing Source: Plex Systems Document Type: White Paper Description: Over the past couple of years, resistance to ERP software delivered as a software as a service (SaaS) has been slowly giving way to acceptance. Today, for manufacturers with top-performing ERP implementations, the pendulum has definitely swung. This 2011 study by Mint Jutras on 300+ manufacturers investigated the goals, challenges,
1/9/2013 4:55:00 PM

PeopleSoft Manufacturing - This Time For Sure?!
PeopleSoft claims that its next major release, PeopleSoft 8, which is due in a few weeks time, will allay persistent perceptions that PeopleSoft is still not a full-fledged player in manufacturing.

AND COMPONENT MANUFACTURING: its next major release components. PeopleSoft 8, a fully HTML-based, Web-hosted version of the ERP system is only a few weeks away from its official launch. A PeopleSoft e-business portal launch is also just around the corner. At the beginning of June, PeopleSoft also made its first shot at integrating the CRM applications it recently acquired from Vantive with its ERP applications. The company also mapped out the next phase of its new architecture - a suite of applications written in HTML and Java that
7/17/2000

Planning for Manufacturing Exceptions
No matter how sophisticated your ERP solution may be, the most critical factor in its success will be how well it handles exceptions--the seemingly quixotic mission of planning for the unplanned. These issues outside your established operational parameters can include supply, operational and demand exceptions, and can have a

AND COMPONENT MANUFACTURING: Planning for Manufacturing Exceptions Planning for Manufacturing Exceptions Source: Thoughtful Document Type: White Paper Description: No matter how sophisticated your ERP solution may be, the most critical factor in its success will be how well it handles exceptions--the seemingly quixotic mission of planning for the unplanned. These issues outside your established operational parameters can include supply, operational and demand exceptions, and can have a butterfy effect on your enterprise--impacting
5/25/2005 10:37:00 AM

Reconnecting with a Tried-and-True Manufacturing ERP Vendor
What has QAD, a leading provider of enterprise applications for global manufacturing companies, been up to lately? TEC principal analyst P.J. Jakovljevic reconnects with QAD and looks at how the company has leveraged strategic channels, highly scalable solutions, and technology partnerships to address the unique requirements global manufacturers and maintain a competitive position in the global manufacturing ERP market.

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11/24/2011 10:56:00 AM

Transitioning to Lean with Oracle Flow Manufacturing
Transitioning to Lean with Oracle Flow Manufacturing. Get Case Studies and Other Software to Use In Your Self-assessment for Transitioning to Lean with Oracle Flow Manufacturing. Lean execution strategies within enterprises and across supply chains can dramatically reduce cycle times, improve quality, reduce waste, and improve bottom lines. In other words, lean is more than an advantage: it is a competitive necessity. Oracle’s Flow Manufacturing module capabilities in lean execution can enable the transition from a discrete, push-based manufacturing environment to a flow, pull-based one.

AND COMPONENT MANUFACTURING: bill of material, the component demand at each location calculated and, using the pull sequence information, the kanban sizing calculated. As well as driving a kanban plan from forecast it is also possible to drive it from planning or from actual production and then compare the plans to see if there are any potential kanban shortages. The production kanban plan can optionally be updated with any changes and non-replenishable (one time use) kanbans can be created to satisfy any short-term demand spikes.
7/5/2006 2:19:00 PM