Off-loading Some Green Compliance Burdens: Can Enterprise Applications Meet the Challenge?
P.J. Jakovljevic
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.
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Blast Past Manufacturing Bottlenecks with Constraint-based Scheduling
Bill Leedale
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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Using BI and BPM to Address the Information Challenges of Midsize Companies
Technology Evaluation Centers
Business intelligence (BI) and business performance management (BPM) are two disciplines that become critical as companies progress through the midsize stage. BI and BPM provide key capabilities that every midsize company should have, to answer fundamental questions about performance, now and in the future. Learn how your operations are affected by specific challenges—and how a BI/BPM solution can help address them.
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Gibson Consulting Group, for Katy Independent School District (ISD)
Technology Evaluation Centers
To select a new enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, Katy Independent School District (Katy ISD) turned to Gibson Consulting Group to manage the project's complexities. Gibson partnered with TEC, taking advantage of the eBestMatch decision support system (DSS). Find out how TEC and Gibson helped Katy ISD reduce the cost and duration of the selection project, and deliver a compelling business case to stakeholders.
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TEC's Mid-market ERP-Distribution Buyer's Guide
Technology Evaluation Centers
Midsize manufacturers and distributors now have access to an array of powerful software solutions that simply weren't available before. But with so many choices, you need accurate and unbiased information. This comprehensive guide from TEC and SupplyChainBrain provides a state-of-the-market analysis, success stories from your peers, in-depth information on solutions, and a directory of the leading vendors in the field.
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Selecting Manufacturing ERP for ISO 26000 Compliance
Bill Leedale
ISO 26000 spells out best practices for corporate social responsibility (CSR). Are your enterprise systems, including ERP, capable of documenting CSR best practices required for ISO 26000? And how does CSR help protect investors and other corporate stakeholders?
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