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"Evergreen"—Environmental Regulations for High-tech and Electronics, Chemical, and Oil and Gas Industries
P.J. Jakovljevic 3/20/2009 12:00:00 AM
High-tech and electronics, chemical, and oil and gas industries each have their fair share of regulatory requirements to meet, and an increasing number include environmental directives. Enterprise applications designed to meet their distinct needs should help pave the way to compliance.
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Off-loading Some Green Compliance Burdens: Can Enterprise Applications Meet the Challenge?
P.J. Jakovljevic 3/20/2009 12:00:00 AM
The European Union’s WEEE Directive requires electronics manufacturers of member states to manage and pay for electrical and electronics waste recycling. Yet some prospective business service providers are waiting for the legislation and market to mature before offering their solutions.
Read Off-loading Some Green Compliance Burdens: Can Enterprise Applications Meet the Challenge?
Preparing for Product Development in Process Manufacturing
P.J. Jakovljevic 3/16/2009 12:00:00 AM
Combining process industry–oriented product lifecycle management capabilities with process manufacturing–oriented enterprise resource planning ones can help alleviate many of the challenges particular to the process manufacturers, especially in the areas of product development and regulatory compliance.
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A Primer on Lean Manufacturing Using Microsoft Dynamics AX: Case Studies
Dr. Scott Hamilton 3/9/2009 12:00:00 AM
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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Managing Customer Returns and RMAs Using Microsoft Dynamics AX
Scott Hamilton 3/6/2009 12:00:00 AM
Returned material authorization (RMA) built on sales order functionality, such as that used by Microsoft Dynamics AX, can drastically simplify RMA processes.
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Managing Customer Returns and RMAs
Dr. Scott Hamilton 3/4/2009 12:00:00 AM
There are common and unique variations to returned material authorizations (RMAs) that can compound a company’s enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. Identifying RMA variations enables a company to determine what needs to be simplified and what needs to be modeled in an ERP system.
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The Best-kept Secret in the Product Lifecycle Management Mid-market
P.J. Jakovljevic 2/20/2009 12:00:00 AM
The name Omnify Software may hardly come to mind when one thinks of the product lifecycle management (PLM) leaders, but that might change down the track
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Two Origins, One Destination? A Look at the Two Main Genres of PLM Solution from the Integration Standpoint
Yu (Kurt) Chen 2/4/2009 12:00:00 AM
There are two major genres of PLM solution: CAD-PLM and ERP-PLM. These two types have different integration capabilities, but the gap between them is shrinking thanks to various factors driving the market. Currently, however, the difference still matters in the solution selection process.
Read Two Origins, One Destination? A Look at the Two Main Genres of PLM Solution from the Integration Standpoint
Front-office Lean—Taking Lean Manufacturing Beyond the Shop Floor
Gregory Romanello 1/7/2009 12:00:00 AM
Lean manufacturing practices are employed to some degree on almost every manufacturing floor, but many companies aren't realizing the real benefits of lean by bringing lean to their front-office operations. Here are a few tips on lean office operations.
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Application Giants in Duel and Duet for Users’ Hearts, Minds … and Wallets
P.J. Jakovljevic 1/5/2009 12:00:00 AM
While SAP and Microsoft are concurrently partnering for certain initiatives, they are still dueling about who is bigger, better, smarter, whose user screens are prettier and more user-friendly, and so on. But the major question is whether the market and users are ultimately going to be better for it.
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