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The Importance of Plant-level Systems

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... to enterprise applications like enterprise resource planning (ERP), customer relationship ... Visibility into operational measurements also provides the foundation ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2005/11/research_notes/TU_ER_PJ_11_21_05_1.asp - 14k - 2005-11-21 Summary: 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.

Inventory Planning & Optimization: Extending Your ERP System Part ...

by D Hooiman ... is for Retailers, Distributors and Manufacturers to leverage their ERP investment by ... Many of the ROI measurements below and the characteristics above rely on a ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2003/04/research_notes/MI_ER_SC_XDH_04_05_03_1.asp - 17k - 2003-04-05 Summary: Organizations today realize that although strategies focusing on outsourcing transportation, e-business and new distribution models are important, these are all secondary in relation to what lies at the heart of any supply chain: INVENTORY. Although firms have invested significantly in ERP and MRP syste

The Challenges of Integrating Enterprise Resource Planning and ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... an ERP application will deal with manufacturing pieces, such as jars of jam or pieces of widgets, whereas the process system will deal with measurements such ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2005/11/research_notes/TU_ER_PJ_11_28_05_1.asp - 17k - 2005-11-28 Summary: While enterprise applications solutions are moving closer to the plant floor, and plant-level systems are moving closer to enterprise planning application functionality, these two will not likely converge anytime soon because they use different technologies and have different user requirements.

The Challenges of Integrating Enterprise Resource Planning and ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... an ERP application will deal with manufacturing pieces, such as jars of jam or pieces of widgets, whereas the process system will deal with measurements such ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2008/03/research_notes/TU_ER_PJ_03_28_08_1.asp - 16k - 2008-03-28 Summary: While enterprise applications solutions are moving closer to the plant floor, and plant-level systems are moving closer to enterprise planning application functionality, these systems will not likely converge anytime soon, because they use different technologies and have different user requirements.

Technology Enablers for the Lean Supply Chain

by Michael Bittner ... Mega-ERP and platform vendors like SAP, Oracle, and Microsoft have built SCV ... Measurements, metrics, and key performance indicators (KPI) are tools and concepts ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/SCM/2005/09/research_notes/RN_SC_XMB_09_14_05_1.asp - 19k - 2005-09-14 Summary: Transforming an enterprise to a lean supply chain requires both enabling technology and discipline. By following some specific guidelines to extend lean methodology, you can proceed through your supply chain transformation to become effectively lean.

Contemporary Business Intelligence Tools

by Olin Thompson & P.J. Jakovljevic ... an array of corporate databases and data warehouses (DW), legacy systems, enterprise resource planning (ERP), supply chain ... They are synonyms to measurements. ... http:/.../ResearchHighlights/BusinessIntelligence/2005/06/research_notes/TU_BI_XOT_06_28_05_1.asp - 23k - 2005-06-28 Summary: Tools under the business intelligence (BI) umbrella combine to convert data into information, and information into decisions for action. Dashboards and scorecards are two such tools. Though often confused, they have functional difference, especially in modern BI suites.

SalesLogix and ACT! Officially Branded As Best Software

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... Mid-Market Division) is an integrated, SME-focused, international ERP package with ... is an alert system that tracks key activities and measurements, and notifies ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2002/07/news_analysis/NA_ER_PJ_07_29_02_1.asp - 18k - 2002-07-29 Summary: Having garnered a powerful broad enterprise applications portfolio, Best Software is challenging the competition and telling the market it will not easily be overlooked.

Quoting and Costing for Multiple Units of Measure

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... While some plastics-oriented ERP systems might feature native plant execution ... established processing parameters, and then review these measurements to ensure ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2006/09/research_notes/TU_ER_PJ_09_07_06_1.asp - 12k - 2006-09-07 Summary: 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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by test ... the business with its execution and reviews performance measurements for continuous ... complex analytics requires several hours to regenerate, so ERP updates are ... http:/.../www.technologyevaluation.com/Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2008/03/research_notes/test_1.asp - 18k - 2008-03-14 Summary: this is a test

Multi-enterprise Responsiveness Can It Ever Be Achieved?

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... the business with its execution and reviews performance measurements for continuous ... complex analytics requires several hours to regenerate, so ERP updates are ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/SCM/2008/03/research_notes/NA_SC_PJ_03_14_08_1.asp - 17k - 2008-03-14 Summary: 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.