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Production and Distribution - 2006
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Cut-to-size/shape Industries
P.J. Jakovljevic 9/8/2006 12:00:00 AM
The specialized material resource planning module for cut-to-size/shape industries must be able to recognize when current demand cannot be satisfied by the in stock inventory due to dimensional issues, and include that unsatisfied demand in its reorder messages.
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Quoting and Costing for Multiple Units of Measure
P.J. Jakovljevic 9/7/2006 12:00:00 AM
A common need of plastics producers is real-time shop floor production monitoring. This serves many purposes, including tracking cycles on tools or machines, data collection, precision measurement, analysis and reporting, gage management, and material usage and labor tracking.
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Differing Plastics Flavors
P.J. Jakovljevic 9/6/2006 12:00:00 AM
There is no one process used when manufacturing plastic products, since manufacturing methods depend on the final product. Indeed, products range from injection molding and plastic extrusion, to extrusion blow molding, injection blow molding, stretch blow molding, and thermoformed plastics.
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The Tricky Enterprise Applications Needs of Plastics Producers
P.J. Jakovljevic 9/5/2006 12:00:00 AM
General enterprise resource planning (ERP) providers, even those which are viable companies with a solid product, typically do not meet the tricky requirements that are vital to the plastics industry and related so-called mill or material converter businesses.
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Professional Services Organizations Automate their Processes
Neil Stolovitsky 9/4/2006 12:00:00 AM
Major vendors are entering the professional services software market and small niche vendors are repositioning themselves to compete. This changing market is conveying mixed messages; however, users can navigate this space by separating market messages from vendors' functional capabilities.
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2006 PMI Research Conference Aims to Link Project Management Discipline with the Business Community
Neil Stolovitsky 9/1/2006 12:00:00 AM
The 2006 PMI Research Conference was an excellent venue for gauging the direction in which project management research is heading. The presentations of the areas of portfolio management and program management confirm the rising demand for project portfolio management solutions.
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Off-shoring: Are You Getting Your Money's Worth?
Joe Strub 8/30/2006 12:00:00 AM
Are companies that offshore software development, call center operations, and remote implementations really saving money? Are customers and users realizing benefits? Indeed, there are areas where savings can be misstated. But companies can do something to protect themselves against disappointments.
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Improving and Expanding: The Road Ahead for a Drop-ship Facilitator
P.J. Jakovljevic 8/29/2006 12:00:00 AM
CommerceHub may be destined for leadership in collaborative planning, forecasting, and replenishment; trade promotions; new product design and introduction; sourcing and procurement; and so on. But given its current size and low global brand recognition, it is not there yet.
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A Drop-ship Enablement Pioneer Leads the Way
P.J. Jakovljevic 8/28/2006 12:00:00 AM
By providing a single plug-and-play connection to multiple trading partners, CommerceHub strives to enable basically any retailer to electronically integrate with its suppliers, regardless of the idiosyncratic systems and capabilities that might exist among them.
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Is Enterprise Resource Planning Becoming a Commodity?
Shiv M. Kumar 8/25/2006 12:00:00 AM
All was fine, methodical, and elegant until enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendors started aspiring to new customer acquisitions in the hundreds per annum. And with the advent of "ERP for small to medium businesses," the numbers are simply mind-boggling.
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