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The growing pressure for improving customer responsiveness and profits has lately changed the traditional role of supply
chain management (SCM) of spare and replacement parts. (...)
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The growing pressure for improving customer responsiveness and profits has lately changed the traditional role of supply chain
management (SCM) of...
Published:
2005-07-28
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By using software tools that help you forecast and work together with others inside your organization, and even with your
customers, the forecasts may become more accurate. You can make an assumption on how much improvement might be possible.
This part discusses the challenge of performing the data anal (...)
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By using software tools that help you forecast and work together with others inside your organization, and even with your
customers, the forecasts...
Published:
2001-07-17
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If you are not experiencing organizational stress in some of the areas where the benefits may occur, then perhaps a decision
to invest in supply chain management software should be postponed. If you do have some pain in one or more of these areas,
then you can follow the concepts in this article to unde (...)
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If you are not experiencing organizational stress in some of the areas where the benefits may occur, then perhaps a decision
to invest in supply c...
Published:
2001-07-13
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The nature of the organized retailing market in India may present challenges for software providers, but the opportunity
to tap into and benefit from this market's huge (and growing) potential can yield sizable returns for supply chain management
software vendors. (...)
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The nature of the organized retailing market in India may present challenges for software providers, but the opportunity to
tap into and benefit f...
Published:
2009-07-27
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Because companies focus primarily on new product development and promotion, the problem of excess and obsolete inventory,
once addressed, often leads to both the inventory and dollars flying out the door. There should be smarter ways of handling
this problem. (...)
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Because companies focus primarily on new product development and promotion, the problem of excess and obsolete inventory,
once addressed, often le...
Published:
2007-01-26
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The implementation of an enterprise level system is a tumultuous event with far reaching consequences throughout an organization.
Therefore we can see the implementation process as a means of taking the quantum leap in maintenance management techniques. (...)
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... There are a number of these but as a grouping we can generally say that there was a basic failure in
the definition of requirements. ...
Published:
2003-04-02
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If your enterprise resource planning system is "old", if it is highly modified, if it is far behind in releases, and if it
is not really serving your current needs, you may be thinking of replacing it. Many companies ignore the option of "refreshing"
the existing system up to the current release and impl (...)
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If your enterprise resource planning system is "old", if it is highly modified, if it is far behind in releases,
and if it is not really serving y...
Published:
2004-03-13
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The main cause of lean maintenance failure is that companies fail to focus on asset reliability. The reliability approach
to capacity, which includes risk prioritization analyses of assets, can help a company achieve lean success. (...)
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... define lean maintenance. In the aforementioned definition, you will find that reliability
is a key ingredient in this process. I have ...
Published:
2005-07-12
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Replace or Add-on to an aging ERP system is a dilemma faced by many companies today. This article discusses the trade-offs
involved in making that decision. (...)
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Replace or Add-on to an aging ERP system is a dilemma faced by many companies today. This article discusses the trade-offs
involved in making that...
Published:
2002-01-29
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CAMBRIDGE, MA Aspen Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: AZPN), the leading supplier of manufacturing enterprise optimization solutions
for the process industries, today announced results for its first quarter ended September 30, 1999. Total revenues for the
first quarter of fiscal 2000 increased 13.4% to $53.0 mi (...)
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CAMBRIDGE, MA Aspen Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: AZPN), the leading supplier of manufacturing enterprise optimization solutions
for the process indu...
Published:
1999-10-26
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In most cases, companies will acquire enterprise asset management (EAM) software but the interfaces to external systems will
have to be constructed. (...)
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... competition from several suppliers of ERP software that natively offer maintenance modules, bundled into
the larger ERP or supply chain management (SCM) context ...
Published:
2004-03-16
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On October 25, Hershey Foods Corporation announced a sharp decline in revenue and earnings for its third fiscal quarter ended
September 30, 1999. Consolidated net sales were $1.07 billion compared with $1.22 billion for the third quarter of 1998. Net
income for the third quarter was $87.6 million, or $ 0 (...)
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On October 25, Hershey Foods Corporation announced a sharp decline in revenue and earnings for its third fiscal quarter ended
September 30, 1999. ...
Published:
1999-11-01
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Managing assets needs to be done in a truly proactive approach, one that ties the management of physical assets to the corporate
objectives. The initial momentum to begin the sequence comes from the vision of a future state. This needs to clearly represent
the corporate objectives and goals, and expressi (...)
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... resulting analysis. When there is a clear definition of what it is that companies need
from their asset base it will allow them to. a ...
Published:
2003-12-20
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Thoughts on global trade, outsourcing, and your pay--how we can stop the downward pressure on wages and salaries. (...)
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Thoughts on global trade, outsourcing, and your pay--how we can stop the downward pressure on wages and salaries.
Published:
2004-10-20
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The integration offered by enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendors should not be unjustifiably overweighed at the expense
of RedPrairie’s functional breadth and depth and its domain expertise. Existing RedPrairie customers should evaluate the remaining
portions of the combined product suites in sear (...)
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The integration offered by enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendors should not be unjustifiably overweighed at the expense
of RedPrairie’s funct...
Published:
2004-04-30
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French integrator Cap Gemini has announced that it may buy the business consulting division of Big 5 firm, Ernst & Young.
The deal would create an $8.5 billion global consulting giant. (...)
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French integrator Cap Gemini has announced that it may buy the business consulting division of Big 5 firm, Ernst & Young.
The deal would create an...
Published:
1999-12-08
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In March, i2 Technologies announced it would acquire Aspect Development Corporation and a smaller vendor, Supplybase, Inc.
Though the record offer price – $8.6 billion in stock – raised some eyebrows, i2 will gain a mountain of potential in return. (...)
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In March, i2 Technologies announced it would acquire Aspect Development Corporation and a smaller vendor, Supplybase, Inc.
Though the record offe...
Published:
2000-04-13
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Quality Management. Search for White Papers and Other Software Related to Quality Management. In today’s global market, providing
quality products and services is essential for any manufacturer’s continued growth—but maintaining a competitive edge is not
always easy. For success, quality awareness m (...)
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Quality Management. Search for White Papers and Other Software Related to Quality Management. In today’s global market, providing
quality products ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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... suffice for the requirements of better managing product/asset definition information,
since ... a resolution of the same problem, requiring the replacement of a ...
Published:
2009-08-20
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SynQuest, Inc. with help from IBM makes good on its promise to deliver an AS/400-based version of its manufacturing software. (...)
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SynQuest, Inc. with help from IBM makes good on its promise to deliver an AS/400-based version of its manufacturing software.
Published:
2000-04-18