What You Should Know Before Selecting a WMS

by Joseph J. Strub ... of each. The basic components of effective inventory control are: physical inventory counts; cycle counts; inventory management. A ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Scm/2003/05/research_notes/TU_SC_XJS_05_29_03_1.asp - 24k Summary: Before an important game, you create a game plan. Before you start building a house, you have a blueprint. And before you start looking at a warehouse management system (WMS), you must define how you want your warehouse to be organized and function. This article looks at basic warehouse strategies that n

Operations Technologies

... Container Tracking o Wave / Batch Picking Assistance o Forward / Reserve Pick Area o Ship Confirmation o Customer Specific Barcodes o Cycle Counts o Inventory ... http:/.../showcases/technology-Directory/D/12764/Operations-Technologies.html - 6k - 2008-09-01

Method to the (Expansion) Madness: Some Common Threads

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... and accuracy by automatically sensing inventory throughout the warehouse, and eliminating labor associated with check-in, bar code scans, and cycle counts. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/SCM/2006/11/research_notes/EN_SC_PJ_11_15_06_1.asp - 17k Summary: Click Commerce has been impressively active in its expansion efforts, and now offers quite a few solutions outside its traditional realm. While each of its solutions has a unique focus, the vendor's target market often requires solutions from several categories.

Why Systems Fail - The Dead-end of Dirty Data

by Olin Thompson ... Cycle counts or physical inventory gives us a precise picture of reality and the process allows us to compare the system to this reality. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/DataWarehousing/2003/07/research_notes/TU_DW_XOT_07_04_03_1.asp - 12k Summary: If your data does not reflect reality, the system can never be effective. In today’s world of collaboration, showing a trading partner dirty data is giving them the wrong message and tearing down the trust called for in a collaborating partnership.

Will Sage Group Cement Its SME Leadership with ACCPAC and Softline ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... Cycle count by serial numbers is included, enabling the distribution center or warehouse to assign cycle counts to specific serial numbers and allowing for ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2004/06/research_notes/EN_ER_PJ_06_04_04_1.asp - 21k Summary: ACCPAC continues to enhance the PRO series and Advantage series product lines.

Glossary of Enterprise Applications Terminology Part Two: Just-in ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... effectively manage warehouse business processes and direct warehouse activities, including receiving, put away, picking, shipping, and inventory cycle counts. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2004/12/research_notes/TU_ER_PJ_12_25_04_1.asp - 22k Summary: As enterprise applications systems developed over time, a continuous stream of new terminology surfaced. This is a glossary of those terms.

The Essential ERP - Its Genesis & Future

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... effectively manage warehouse business processes and direct warehouse activities, including receiving, put away, picking, shipping, and inventory cycle counts. ... http:/.../ResearchHighlights/BusinessApplications/2000/12/research_notes/TU_BA_PJ_12_26_00_1.asp - 44k Summary: Knowing the history and evolution of ERP is essential to understanding its current application and its future developments. Each step in the evolution of ERP is built on the fundamentals and principles developed within the previous one.

What Plant-level Systems Can Do for the Enterprise Market

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... Real time information that can be captured include cycle times, machine efficiency ... Production counts could also be automatically updated through the near real ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2005/11/research_notes/TU_ER_PJ_11_23_05_1.asp - 16k Summary: To gain the competitive edge, enterprises are seeking tools to break information silos. Collaborative planning and manufacturing has given plant-level systems a whole new meaning.

Zooming into an Inventory Free Flow

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... whose stated mission is to help customers improve product life cycle profitability through ... Consequently, the company now counts a dozen of the world's biggest ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/SCM/2007/01/research_notes/VN_SC_PJ_01_30_07_1.asp - 31k Summary: FreeFlow, a provider of business services with a patented technology, aims to help companies improve product life cycle profitability by providing a unique, online auction platform where companies can reduce their at-risk and excess inventory.

Solving Enterprise Problems: The Fully-integrated Solution of IQMS

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... Captured real-time information can include cycle times, machine efficiency, and scrap ... Production counts can also be automatically updated with the IQ RealTime ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2005/04/research_notes/PN_ER_PJ_04_06_05_1.asp - 22k Summary: Though superficially, IQMS, a small, quiet ERP provider, may be similar to its competitors, by offering fully-integrated applications and services that are typically expected from larger tier one vendors, IQMS has truly differentiated itself in the market.