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For the coffee producer Mother Parkers, scheduling coffee production across two plants was an ever-increasing challenge.
Mother Parkers decided to take proactive steps toward consolidating its day-to-day scheduling data by engaging Supply Chain
Consultants (SCC) to help. SCC applied its scheduling algori (...)
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2010-03-11
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Amid the hoopla of strong earnings projections and a record-high stock price, Oracle Corp. is letting the release of a pair
of highly touted applications slip-prompting possible user defections and problems down the road. (...)
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Amid the hoopla of strong earnings projections and a record-high stock price, Oracle Corp. is letting the release of a pair
of highly touted appli...
Published:
1999-11-24
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... in use today are: • Gantt Charts A popular type of bar chart that illustrates a product
schedule featuring the start and end dates of a series of top-level ...
Published:
2008-02-13
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“Process.” From entrepreneurs to corporate managers, the word brings up associations with running in sand, pouring molasses,
or enduring water torture. But product process needn’t be a torture. In fact, if done right, it is the key to better teamwork,
and less friction in your company. It is actual (...)
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“Lightweight” Product Process: How to Develop and Market Better Products Faster. ... But
product process needn’t be a torture. ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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Integrated Development Enterprise (IDe)'s IDeWeb 5.3 is a product portfolio management best-of-breed solution for new product
development. It is tailored to discrete and process manufacturers in the electronics, food and beverage, specialty chemicals,
and telecommunications sectors. (...)
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Integrated Development Enterprise (IDe)'s IDeWeb 5.3 is a product portfolio management best-of-breed solution for new
product development. It is t...
Published:
2006-02-08
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LSA’s need to re-deploy the product on a new technology and to deliver the needed functionality for its new desired markets,
will demand a continued hefty R&D investment, which may put a significant strain on the company’s resources in the long run,
particularly if the top line remains flat or possib (...)
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LSA’s need to re-deploy the product on a new technology and to deliver the needed functionality for its new desired markets,
will demand a continu...
Published:
2003-02-21
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Lilly continues to invest uncompromisingly in R&D, and consequently espouses a convincing broad but compact product portfolio
for its target market. (...)
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Lilly continues to invest uncompromisingly in R&D, and consequently espouses a convincing broad but compact product portfolio
for its target market.
Published:
2003-02-19
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SSI's approach appeals to process manufacturers, as well as some discrete manufacturers with short lead times and high volumes,
where the traditional manufacturing resource planning (MRP) approach often shows many shortcomings (and can even be a recipe
for disaster). (...)
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SSI's approach appeals to process manufacturers, as well as some discrete manufacturers with short lead times and high
volumes, where the traditio...
Published:
2006-07-26
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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. (...)
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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
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The nature of an S&OP game plan depends on several factors, such as the need to anticipate demand and the item's primary
source of supply. Consideration of these factors can be illustrated with four common scenarios. This is an excerpt from the
book Managing Your Supply Chain Using Microsoft Navision. (...)
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The nature of an S&OP game plan depends on several factors, such as the need to anticipate demand and the item's primary
source of supply. Conside...
Published:
2003-12-12
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The decision to support older releases is like any other business decision, it is all about the money and profitability.
If the vendor can make money at providing support for older releases, it is good business for the vendor. The decision may
be sugar-coated with pronouncements about doing what is good (...)
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The decision to support older releases is like any other business decision, it is all about the money and profitability. If
the vendor can make mo...
Published:
2003-12-17
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Due to its late expansion into the ERP world, the company has been trailed by its reputation of a best-of-breed accounting
software vendor. While Solomon has accelerated its schedule of new functionality, it will be hard pressed with tight “time-to-market”
constraints. (...)
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Due to its late expansion into the ERP world, the company has been trailed by its reputation of a best-of-breed accounting
software vendor. While ...
Published:
2000-04-12
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As enterprise applications systems developed over time, a continuous stream of new terminology surfaced. This is a glossary
of those terms. (...)
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As enterprise applications systems developed over time, a continuous stream of new terminology surfaced. This is a glossary
of those terms.
Published:
2004-12-25
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There are entire books and thorough training and certification processes devoted to lean supply chain practices. But within
any manufacturing environment, there are a few relatively simple steps that will help any enterprise make its supply chain
lean. In this article, we will touch on these simple measu (...)
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There are entire books and thorough training and certification processes devoted to lean supply chain practices. But within
any manufacturing envi...
Published:
2009-09-30
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Effective game plans lead to improved firm performance and bottom line results. Metrics include reductions in stock-outs,
delivery lead-time, missed shipments, partial shipments, expediting efforts, and improvements in customer service. This is
an excerpt from the book Managing Your Supply Chain Using Mi (...)
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Effective game plans lead to improved firm performance and bottom line results. Metrics include reductions in stock-outs,
delivery lead-time, miss...
Published:
2003-12-13
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If Relevant Business Systems has for any reason deliberately maintained its INFIMACS II ERP system as one of the best-kept
secrets in the complex manufacturing market, it has certainly succeeded so far. However, given a bevy of viable solutions
from more renowned vendors, the company will have to spread (...)
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If Relevant Business Systems has for any reason deliberately maintained its INFIMACS II ERP system as one of the best-kept
secrets in the complex ...
Published:
2001-10-30
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The Perfect Order measurement has proven to be a powerful measurement of a business. Should The Perfect Order be defined
from an internal point of view or from a customer point of view . . . inside-out or outside-in? (...)
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... actions. The action was shipping the product on schedule; the result
is the arrival of the product to the customer. Shipping on ...
Published:
2005-05-09
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FourSite 4.4 is an upgrade of its fulfillment solution oriented towards third party logistics (3PL) providers. ViaOptimize,
is an advanced step for companies who have already automated their facilities with Provia's WMS and are now looking at optimization
as a key area of improvement, efficiency and cost (...)
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FourSite 4.4 is an upgrade of its fulfillment solution oriented towards third party logistics (3PL) providers. ViaOptimize,
is an advanced step fo...
Published:
2004-08-17
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... the master scheduler. All factors of prioritization need to be considered before a product
gets prioritized in the MPS schedule. ...
Published:
2009-08-24
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This part of the series on Product Life Cycle Management in Process explores the business motivations by review business
strategies. (...)
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... itself. Which projects are behind schedule? What ... improvement. To
be successful, a product must meet the needs of the customer. The ...
Published:
2002-12-08