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Manufacturers have been slow to embrace the cloud. But the proven success of cloud-based solutions, along with the promise
of a less expensive and more responsive business solution infrastructure, is prompting many manufacturers to take a closer
look. This report explores how manufacturers can use cloud- (...)
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2011-02-14
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With acceptance of cloud-based strategies growing among manufacturers of all types and sizes, it’s easier than ever to make
the business case for transitioning to the cloud. But beyond the cost savings and responsiveness of cloud solutions, this
transition also provides new opportunities for the IT dep (...)
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2011-02-14
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Abstract:
With acceptance of cloud-based strategies growing among manufacturers of all types and sizes, it’s easier than ever to make
the business case for transitioning to the cloud. But beyond the cost savings and responsiveness of cloud solutions, this
transition also provides new opportunities for the IT dep (...)
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2011-02-14
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Manufacturers have been slow to embrace the cloud. But the proven success of cloud-based solutions, along with the promise
of a less expensive and more responsive business solution infrastructure, is prompting many manufacturers to take a closer
look. This report explores how manufacturers can use cloud- (...)
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2011-02-14
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Industrial equipment manufacturers (IEMs) have been hit especially hard by today’s economy. But the industry has come back
better than ever before by adopting new efficient manufacturing methods and new software and business processes that let them
compete head-on, satisfying customer demands while red (...)
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2010-03-11
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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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A decade ago, process manufacturing excellence was defined by long runs, high capacity utilization, and low production costs.
Today, excellence is determined by a company’s ability to respond to customer and market demand. In this report, Aberdeen
and Ross explore winning strategies leveraged by world (...)
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2010-03-11
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Throughout the 2000s, manufacturers were giving up on Lean. A “build it and we can sell it” attitude was adopted. Manufacturers
responded to the 2008 economic collapse with aggressive cuts to inventory and head count. The worst is over. This research
examines what’s changed and how to intelligently (...)
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Lean Operations: Software Strategies for Manufacturing's New Normal. Source: Infor.
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Published:
2011-01-11
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Your Challenge: Get Decision Makers' Approval for Demand-Driven Strategies. Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and
Time-Bound. Many manufacturing companies have adopted or are considering the adoption of a demand-driven strategy. However,
if you want to be demand-driven, you aren’t going to achi (...)
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Your Challenge: Get Decision Makers' Approval for Demand-Driven Strategies. Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant
and Time-Bound. Many manufac...
Published:
2010-03-11
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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 (...)
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Even before the mega merger, PeopleSoft had already set it sights on a bigger manufacturing presence. PeopleSoft’s acquisition
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Published:
2004-01-27
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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. (...)
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Manufacturing operations are characterized by a need for factory transformation management. Via software that uses a "virtual
factory" approach to...
Published:
2006-01-31
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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 (...)
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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
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Most lean manufacturing deployments target production operations, but can also be extended to other supply chain processes.
To realize the multiplicative benefits of real time information and reduced inventory, companies must assess their production
environment and supply chain activities. (...)
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Most lean manufacturing deployments target production operations, but can also be extended to other supply chain processes.
To realize the multipl...
Published:
2005-09-13
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Abstract:
The latest acquisitions of SSA Global indicate a new phase in the vendor's acquisition strategy and development cycle, and
are furthering its goal to be number three (after SAP and Oracle) in the world of enterprise resource planning vendors. (...)
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The latest acquisitions of SSA Global indicate a new phase in the vendor's acquisition strategy and development cycle,
and are furthering its goal...
Published:
2006-04-26
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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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ROI Systems continues its disciplined new technology adoption. The moderation component of its strategy has been paying off,
which proves crucial these days when many of its peers that have traditionally had more exciting and flashy products are facing
the crunch. (...)
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ROI Systems continues its disciplined new technology adoption. The moderation component of its strategy has been paying off,
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Published:
2001-06-11
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Because production systems on the shop floor are typically not synchronized and integrated with the planning ones, there
is a lack of timely and accurate information that results in disconnected business processes. (...)
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Because production systems on the shop floor are typically not synchronized and integrated with the planning ones, there is
a lack of timely and a...
Published:
2006-01-30
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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 (...)
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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
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10 Strategies for Choosing the Right ERP Finance and Accounting Solution for Your Company. Find Free Reports and Other Solutions
to Define Your Acquisition In Relation To the ERP Finance and Accounting Solution Big-name vendors are competing with those
that have long catered to midsized enterprises. With (...)
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10 Strategies for Choosing the Right ERP Finance and Accounting Solution for Your Company. Find Free Reports and Other Solutions
to Define Your Acq...
Published:
2010-03-11
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Abstract:
This article describes the unique challenges of the service supply chain, provides a framework for understanding the service
management decision hierarchy, and highlights the dramatic value proposition available to companies that deploy advanced service
strategies and decision-support tools to address th (...)
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This article describes the unique challenges of the service supply chain, provides a framework for understanding the service
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Published:
2004-06-22