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Intentia, Fujitsu Glovia, QAD, and SSA Global's solutions supporting lean manufacturing are examined. Which areas the extended
enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendors excel in depends on their original ERP system's suitability for repetitive versus
to-order environments. (...)
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Intentia, Fujitsu Glovia, QAD, and SSA Global's solutions supporting lean manufacturing are examined. Which areas the
extended enterprise resource...
Published:
2006-02-20
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For automotive manufacturers and their suppliers, consumer demands are high and global competition is fierce. To compete
successfully, manufacturers must meet expectations and still generate an acceptable profit margin. By using QAD’s Just-in-time
(JIT) Sequencing process together with its Manufacturin (...)
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Moving from the Calendar to the Clock. Source: QAD. Document Type: White Paper Description: For automotive manufacturers and
their ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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Program testing and debugging is one of the most critical aspects of implementing a computer system. Without programs which
properly work, the system will never process information and produce the output for which it was designed. Testing procedures
should be established and testing roles should be demar (...)
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... program should never enter systems testing and be put into production if the ...
as disk, CD, or cartridge, whether it is relational, sequential, indexed sequential ...
Published:
2004-08-06
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Program testing and debugging is one of the most critical aspects of implementing a computer system. Without programs which
properly work, the system will never process information and produce the output for which it was designed. Testing procedures
should be established and testing roles should be demar (...)
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sequential production:
... program should never enter systems testing and be put into production if the ...
as disk, CD, or cartridge, whether it is relational, sequential, indexed sequential ...
Published:
2004-08-06
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The information technology (IT) environment in manufacturing is facing a dramatic change. Traditional systems must evolve
to support near real time, collaborative business models. This is especially prudent at the plant-level. (...)
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The information technology (IT) environment in manufacturing is facing a dramatic change. Traditional systems must evolve
to support near real tim...
Published:
2005-11-21
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Lean manufacturing emphasizes the minimization of the amount of all the resources (including time) used in the various activities
of the enterprise. The typical areas of hidden waste are over-production, waiting, transportation, over-processing, motion,
excessive inventory, and defective units. (...)
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Lean manufacturing emphasizes the minimization of the amount of all the resources (including time) used in the various activities
of the enterpris...
Published:
2006-02-13
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Supply Chain Management (SCM) once viewed as a way to obtain a competitive advantage, is now perceived as a logical and necessary
extension of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). The reasons: First, traditional ERP systems lack the advanced planning
tools necessary for companies to respond to an increa (...)
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Supply Chain Management (SCM) once viewed as a way to obtain a competitive advantage, is now perceived as a logical and necessary
extension of Ent...
Published:
2002-12-28
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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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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. (...)
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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
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Understanding And Managing Supply Chain Risk. Secure Documents and Other Software to Use In Your System, Understanding And
Managing Supply Chain Risk. As supply chains continue to grow in size and complexity, companies are focusing more of their
energies on managing supply chain risk. While the topic is g (...)
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Understanding And Managing Supply Chain Risk. Secure Documents and Other Software to Use In Your System, Understanding And
Managing Supply Chain Ri...
Published:
2010-03-11
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Abstract:
Managing constraints in any manufacturing or service environment can be difficult. But with the right tools, accurate data,
and a skilled user, a management team can manage the throughput of its constraints to support the goals of its company. (...)
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Managing constraints in any manufacturing or service environment can be difficult. But with the right tools, accurate data,
and a skilled user, a ...
Published:
2008-08-01
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Abstract:
New technology, such as virtual machines and high-speed internet communication, is leading to wider remote application hosting.
Here is a tutorial-level technical explanation of how it’s being driven (...)
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New technology, such as virtual machines and high-speed internet communication, is leading to wider remote application hosting.
Here is a tutoria...
Published:
2008-07-02
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Most manufacturers are now operating in a multi-enterprise, multi-echelon context, and their supply chain processes and supporting
IT tools need to accommodate responsive collaboration. Yet most enterprise resource planning systems currently used do not
adequately serve the needs of these businesses. (...)
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Most manufacturers are now operating in a multi-enterprise, multi-echelon context, and their supply chain processes and supporting
IT tools need t...
Published:
2008-03-14
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Falling somewhere between discrete and process manufacturing, mixed-mode manufacturers haven’t always been well served by
traditional discrete or process enterprise resource planning solutions. But that’s changing now, as mixed-mode manufacturers
finally have access to solutions that truly address th (...)
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Falling somewhere between discrete and process manufacturing, mixed-mode manufacturers haven’t always been well served by
traditional discrete or ...
Published:
2009-09-09
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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:
Your Challenge: Get Decision Makers' Approval for Respond Quickly to Changing Markets.Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant
and Time-Bound. In today’s Internet-connected global economy, the market doesn’t allow for companies to sit back and relax
into a comfortable niche. Customer loyalty is ever (...)
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Your Challenge: Get Decision Makers' Approval for Respond Quickly to Changing Markets.Specific, Measurable, Achievable,
Relevant and Time-Bound. In...
Published:
2010-03-11
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Abstract:
Supply Chain Collaboration: The Key to Success in a Global Economy. Download Free Technology Research White Papers Linked
To Supply Chain Collaboration. Outsourcing and global competition are forcing companies to transform their supply chains from
linear processes into adaptive networks. Communities of cu (...)
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Supply Chain Collaboration: The Key to Success in a Global Economy. Download Free Technology Research White Papers Linked
To Supply Chain Collabora...
Published:
2010-03-11
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Abstract:
Architecture bridges the semantic gap between the requirements and software. Application software systems must be architected
in order to deal with the current and future needs of the business organization. Managing software projects using architecture–centered
methodologies must be an intentional ste (...)
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... System transition - move the incrementally deployed system into full production. ...
It usually takes the form of a list of sequential actions described in domain ...
Published:
2002-09-11
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Abstract:
Architecture bridges the semantic gap between the requirements and software. Application software systems must be architected
in order to deal with the current and future needs of the business organization. Managing software projects using architecture–centered
methodologies must be an intentional ste (...)
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sequential production:
... System transition - move the incrementally deployed system into full production. ...
It usually takes the form of a list of sequential actions described in domain ...
Published:
2002-09-11
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ABAS Business Software has built a name for itself as a mid-market enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendor to contend with.
In his latest article, TEC principal analyst P.J. Jakovljevic reviews the company’s major ERP offering, describes how the
mid-market ERP vendor the differentiated itself from th (...)
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ABAS Business Software has built a name for itself as a mid-market enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendor to contend with.
In his latest articl...
Published:
2011-12-07