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Sustaining profitability in a landscape of volatile prices and exchange rates is difficult for even the best-run companies.
One key challenge is to understand the real economic costs in your business and of your products so you can make accurate
decisions about sourcing, substitutions, pricing, and logis (...)
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Accurate Costing Is Key to Profitability. ... Find out how to use the right costing
methodology and have the right information—and the right analytical tools. ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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You can leverage economies of scale to increase production by using existing equipment and people, lowering cost per unit,
and increasing profit margins. The same applies to providers of services. Using the talented personnel you have and expanding
the quality and distribution of services and support are (...)
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Riding the Growth Wave: Leveraging Economies of Scale. Source: SAP. Document Type: White Paper Description: You can leverage
economies ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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ERP Multi-site Costing Challenge and Solution. Search for Articles and Other Solutions to Characterize Your Diagnosis In Relation
To ERP Multi-site Costing Challenge and Solution. Significant management issues posed by multisite manufacturing environments
include optimizing resource use at each site and d (...)
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ERP Multi-site Costing Challenge and Solution. Search for Articles and Other Solutions to Characterize Your Diagnosis In Relation
To ERP Multi-site...
Published:
2010-03-11
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Wellman Thermal, a make-to-contract (MTC) manufacturer of boilers and industrial furnaces, needed an information system to
record actual costs and allocate resources for each project from beginning to end. It also wanted help forecasting the outcome
of individual projects. The system Wellman implemented (...)
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Case Study: Enterprise Cost Control Simplifies the Complex. Source: Jobscope. Document Type: Case Study Description: Wellman
Thermal ...
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2010-03-11
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As a process manufacturer, if you’re actively searching for the right enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, you should
focus on those ERP solutions that have a strong process manufacturing foundation. These ERP applications support many industry
best practices to which you can align your business (...)
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Essential Guide to ERP for Process Manufacturers: A Practical Guide to Successfully Addressing Your Industry-specific Requirements.
...
Published:
2010-03-11
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Sage ERP X3 v.6 is now TEC Certified for online evaluation of enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions for distribution
in the ERP Evaluation Center. The certification seal is a valuable indicator for organizations relying on the integrity of
TEC research for assistance with their software selection (...)
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... Financial Planning, and Analysis, General Ledger, E-commerce, Inventory Management, Manufacturing Management,
Costing/Part Definition, Purchasing Management ...
Published:
2011-07-05
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Companies that are project manufacturers, engineer-to-order (ETO), build-to-order, jobbing shops or contract manufacturers
should think carefully when selecting an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. Given the maturity of the ERP market,
its ongoing consolidation, and that fact that competitive ad (...)
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Companies that are project manufacturers, engineer-to-order (ETO), build-to-order, jobbing shops or contract manufacturers
should think carefully ...
Published:
2004-05-05
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In the competitive auto industry, Nissen Chemitec America knows the need for lean manufacturing. Its legacy enterprise resource
planning (ERP) system was preventing the company from adopting lean principles, and so in 2003 it looked for an ERP tailored
for contract manufacturers serving the auto industry (...)
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Case Study: Leading Automotive Supplier Accelerates Lean Operations with EnterpriseIQ. Source: IQMS. Document Type: Case Study
Description ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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When Johnstown Wire Technologies left its parent company, it had to quickly establish its own IT resources, as the legacy
system inhibited growth. The new system would have to be integrated, responsive, and include functionality for quality, lot
tracing, scheduling, and cost management. Learn about the r (...)
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Case Study: Johnstown Wire Technologies. Source: Consona. Document Type: Case Study Description: When Johnstown Wire Technologies
...
Published:
2010-03-11
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Abstract:
In the competitive auto industry, Nissen Chemitec America knows the need for lean manufacturing. Its legacy enterprise resource
planning (ERP) system was preventing the company from adopting lean principles, and so in 2003 it looked for an ERP tailored
for contract manufacturers serving the auto industry (...)
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TEC Original Research. Every day, TEC's analysts and software selection experts bring you valuable, accessible, up-to-date
research ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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Abstract:
Find out why activity-based costing (ABC) is the best solution to define your costs, accounts, and activities. In this paper,
you will learn how a payroll-oriented ABC will help you make more accurate managerial decisions for your agribusiness. (...)
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Payroll: The Key to Activity-based Costing for Nurseries, Farms, and Greenhouses. Source: Argos Software.
Document Type: White Paper ...
Published:
2011-12-02
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If you are implementing or considering Microsoft Axapta as your ERP system, or providing Axapta-related services, this note
provides an overall understanding of how the system fits together to run a business. This section reviews the major design
factors affecting system usage in a distribution environme (...)
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If you are implementing or considering Microsoft Axapta as your ERP system, or providing Axapta-related services, this note
provides an overall un...
Published:
2005-02-11
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Abstract:
If you are implementing or considering Microsoft Axapta as your ERP system, or providing Axapta-related services, this note
provides an overall understanding of how the system fits together to run a business. This section reviews the major design
factors affecting system usage in a manufacturing environm (...)
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If you are implementing or considering Microsoft Axapta as your ERP system, or providing Axapta-related services, this note
provides an overall un...
Published:
2005-02-12
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Lean Simplified: Part Two.Templates and Other Package to Use In Your Complex System of Lean Simplified. Part one of the “Lean
Simplified” series looked at manufacturing wastes, lean principles, and the benefits of lean manufacturing. Here, in Part
two, you’ll be taken through the action stage of lea (...)
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Lean Simplified: Part Two.Templates and Other Package to Use In Your Complex System of Lean Simplified. Part one of the “Lean
Simplified” series lo...
Published:
2010-03-11
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Abstract:
As with any manufacturing operation, process manufacturing has special system requirements such as formulas, unit of measure
conversions, and packaging recipes. However, within the realm of process manufacturing, specific industries have needs that
are more critical than others. This article explores th (...)
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As with any manufacturing operation, process manufacturing has special system requirements such as formulas, unit of measure
conversions, and pack...
Published:
2004-05-26
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Service or spare parts have lately become both a blessing and a curse for many manufacturers. (...)
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... capability there is no need for workarounds in regards to item planning or costing.
... would be that Relevant ERP can advise users if any given part revision can ...
Published:
2005-01-27
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Abstract:
Staples Brand Group (SBG), the group responsible for products carrying the Staples brand name, offers a wide range of products,
from items as simple as pencil leads to complex products such as ergonomic office chairs. Learn about the solutions SBG uses
to drive global sourcing, track costs and shipments, (...)
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Case Study: Staples Brand Group. Source: Arigo. Document Type: Case Study Description: Staples Brand Group (SBG), the group
responsible ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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Abstract:
ETO-oriented (engineer-to-order) systems must facilitate the near real time transfer of information and complex product knowledge
for collaboration across the extended enterprise. It should especially be suited to organizations that seek to maintain complex
selling relationships, such as businesses whose (...)
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ETO-oriented (engineer-to-order) systems must facilitate the near real time transfer of information and complex product knowledge
for collaboratio...
Published:
2004-05-04
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Whether audit expertise is provided by an internal staff or an independent, outside agency, calling in an audit specialist
is as normal as calling in a kicking specialist in a penalty or field goal situation in football. Particularly when you consider
the majority of an enterprise software implementation (...)
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Whether audit expertise is provided by an internal staff or an independent, outside agency, calling in an audit specialist
is as normal as calling...
Published:
2003-10-21
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Abstract:
If Encompix has for any reason deliberately maintained its ETO-oriented (engineer-to-order) enterprise resource planning
system as one of the best-kept secrets in the complex manufacturing mid-market, it has certainly succeeded so far. However,
given a certain number of viable solutions from more renowne (...)
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If Encompix has for any reason deliberately maintained its ETO-oriented (engineer-to-order) enterprise resource planning system
as one of the best...
Published:
2004-05-24