-
Abstract:
Tortilla and wrap manufacturer La Tortilla Factory had three software systems to manage its business: one for billing, one
for financial reporting, and one for inventory. As the company grew, this multisystem setup wasn’t providing the necessary
integration. Find out about an enterprise resource planni (...)
Excerpt related to
factory manufacturing:
Case Study: La Tortilla Factory. Source: Deacom. ... older systems. Download <strong>Case
Study: La Tortilla Factory</strong>. Comments: ...
Published:
2010-03-11
-
Abstract:
Your Challenge: Get Decision Makers' Approval for Manufacturing Success.Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Time-Bound.
Manufacturing today is fraught with uncertainties in the supply chain due to a variety of global issues, including weather
and exchange rates. You can counter supply problems (...)
Excerpt related to
factory manufacturing:
Your Challenge: Get Decision Makers' Approval for Manufacturing Success.Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and
Time-Bound. Manufacturing to...
Published:
2010-03-11
-
Abstract:
Today’s manufacturing environment requires a relentless drive for cost reduction and efficiency gains. Initiatives like lean
and six sigma can bring sustainable improvements. To make these initiatives work, you need to base operational decisions on
data rather than intuition and experience. But is your (...)
Excerpt related to
factory manufacturing:
Bring Your Manufacturing out of the Dark: The Route to a Factory Information System. Source:
Lighthouse Systems. Document Type: White ...
Published:
2010-03-11
-
Abstract:
Manufacturing operations are characterized by a need for factory transformation management. Via software that uses a "virtual
factory" approach to synchronize the supply chain, Pelion Systems is attempting to establish a new market category, manufacturing
process optimization, to satisfy this need. (...)
Excerpt related to
factory manufacturing:
Manufacturing operations are characterized by a need for factory transformation management.
Via software that uses a "virtual factory" approach to...
Published:
2006-01-31
-
Abstract:
When your quality control plan is complex because there are many features to control—and it involves many people—you
need to pay special attention to your quality control process. Also, a complex plan places high demands on your software solution.
Discover how an online integrated factory inf (...)
Excerpt related to
factory manufacturing:
Supporting Quality Control with a Factory Information System. ... Download <strong>
Supporting Quality Control with a Factory Information System</strong>. Comments: ...
Published:
2010-03-11
-
Abstract:
All good lean systems have both physical systems in the plant and near real time information technology backbones that centralize
data. The primary advantage of enterprise systems is that they can handle considerably more information than can be accommodated
manually. (...)
Excerpt related to
factory manufacturing:
All good lean systems have both physical systems in the plant and near real time information technology backbones that centralize
data. The primar...
Published:
2006-02-16
-
Abstract:
Manufacturing operations are characterized by a need for factory transformation management. Via software that uses a "virtual
factory" approach to synchronize the supply chain, Pelion Systems is attempting to establish a new market category, manufacturing
process optimization, to satisfy this need. (...)
Excerpt related to
factory manufacturing:
Manufacturing operations are characterized by a need for factory transformation management.
Via software that uses a "virtual factory" approach to...
Published:
2006-01-31
-
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 (...)
Excerpt related to
factory manufacturing:
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
-
Abstract:
Cover-time planning (CTP) is a "pull" system, but with the intent of planning and not merely waiting for the execution time
to act. (...)
Excerpt related to
factory manufacturing:
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
-
Abstract:
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 (...)
Excerpt related to
factory manufacturing:
Companies that are project manufacturers, engineer-to-order (ETO), build-to-order, jobbing shops or contract manufacturers
should think carefully ...
Published:
2004-05-05
-
Abstract:
To enable organizations to support lean and traditional manufacturing practices in a single system, Microsoft Dynamics AX
has incorporated lean manufacturing constructs into its package. Several case studies illustrate the use of kanbans in various
lean environments. (...)
Excerpt related to
factory manufacturing:
To enable organizations to support lean and traditional manufacturing practices in a single system, Microsoft Dynamics AX
has incorporated lean ma...
Published:
2009-03-09
-
Abstract:
A Manufacturing Imperative: Enterprise SOA. Search for Documents and Other Solutions to Delineate Your Diagnosis In Relation
To Enterprise SOA. In the past, full efficiency was almost impossible for most manufacturing sites thanks to lack of integration
between plant systems and business systems. But that (...)
Excerpt related to
factory manufacturing:
A Manufacturing Imperative: Enterprise SOA. Search for Documents and Other Solutions to Delineate Your Diagnosis In Relation
To Enterprise SOA. In ...
Published:
2010-03-11
-
Excerpt related to
factory manufacturing:
... This brings us to CDC Software’s CDC Factory, which is a packaged manufacturing
execution and operations intelligence management system that transforms ...
Published:
2009-01-15
-
Abstract:
A number of lean manufacturing tools and practices have long been used to reduce manufacturing waste. These include the five
S's, visual controls, standardized work, mistake proofing, total productive maintenance, cellular manufacturing, single-digit
setup, pull systems, sequencing, activity-based costin (...)
Excerpt related to
factory manufacturing:
A number of lean manufacturing tools and practices have long been used to reduce manufacturing waste. These include the five
S's, visual controls,...
Published:
2006-02-14
-
Abstract:
Red Hat, Inc., and Dell Computer Corporation today extended their strategic alliance, with Dell committing to factory-install
Red Hat Linux on all future and currently shipping Dell« PowerEdge« server models. (...)
Excerpt related to
factory manufacturing:
Dell to Factory-Install Red Hat Linux on Servers. R. Krause - December 15, 1999. Comments: 0. Read Comments
Event Summary. RESEARCH ...
Published:
1999-12-15
-
Abstract:
SAP Manufacturing—Manufacturing Intelligence Dashboards. IT Reports and Other Software Package to Use In Your Complex
System Associated with Manufacturing Intelligence Dashboards and SAP Manufacturing. Adaptiveness in the manufacturing sector
depends on being able to push decision making to the s (...)
Excerpt related to
factory manufacturing:
SAP Manufacturing—Manufacturing Intelligence Dashboards. IT Reports and Other Software Package to Use In Your Complex System
Associated with ...
Published:
2010-03-11
-
Abstract:
Even before the mega merger, PeopleSoft had already set it sights on a bigger manufacturing presence. PeopleSoft’s acquisition
of mid-to-large ERP system developer J.D. Edwards this summer, and most recently demand flow and lean manufacturing software
solution from JCIT, might indicate some deep though (...)
Excerpt related to
factory manufacturing:
Even before the mega merger, PeopleSoft had already set it sights on a bigger manufacturing presence. PeopleSoft’s acquisition
of mid-to-large ERP...
Published:
2004-01-27
-
Abstract:
Companies who build specifically for a customer have unique requirements that are often not understood or dealt with well
by some ERP vendors, particularly in the mid-market, who think that systems designed around volume manufacturing fit everywhere. (...)
Excerpt related to
factory manufacturing:
Companies who build specifically for a customer have unique requirements that are often not understood or dealt with well
by some ERP vendors, par...
Published:
2003-03-12
-
Abstract:
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 (...)
Excerpt related to
factory manufacturing:
Your Challenge: Get Decision Makers' Approval for a Manufacturing System. Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and
Time-Bound. If you’ve work...
Published:
2010-03-11
-
Abstract:
This partnership provides SAP with the opportunity to further extend its reach within its large corporate customer base by
serving the needs of its distant smaller plants and divisions dispersed around the globe. Thus, SAP should hereby have the
wherewithal to defend its major accounts from encroachment (...)
Excerpt related to
factory manufacturing:
This partnership provides SAP with the opportunity to further extend its reach within its large corporate customer base by
serving the needs of it...
Published:
2004-05-11