Supply Chain Economy

by Ann Grackin ... the Fed raising interest rates ... loss of manufacturing jobs ... addition of service jobs ... China ... ... Job count is up—but what kind of jobs? ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/SCM/2005/09/research_notes/TU_SC_XAG_09_06_05_1.asp - 11k - 2005-09-06 Summary: The US Labor Department reported an increase in jobs in June and July ... but the manufacturing industry cut jobs for a third month in a row. We are moving from a manufacturing economy to a supply chain economy. This article gives the big picture.

Technical Staff Management Systems for the Aviation Industry

by Juan Francisco Segura ... Line maintenance supervisors have to assign jobs to their employees efficiently, however, the combination of several factors complicates matters. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/HumanResources/2005/08/research_notes/TN_HR_XJF_08_18_05_1.asp - 22k - 2005-08-18 Summary: In the airline industry, aircraft maintenance is an activity that has to be done throughout the day, so maintenance personnel must be available at all times. The complexity of the operation increases the need for a maintenance personnel management system.

Remote Administration - Solution Providers

(TEC) Technology Evaluation Centers offers enterprise software purchasers impartial and up to date information on software vendors and product capabilities. http:/.../showcases/technology-Directory/cat/87319-V/Remote-Administration.html - 37k - 2008-03-24

Project-oriented Software: Many Choices, Many Differences

by Charles Chewning Jr. ... The business management system is the vehicle by which this precious time is tracked, applied to the right jobs at the best possible rates, and deployed in a ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2006/06/research_notes/VN_ER_XCC_06_06_06_1.asp - 25k - 2006-06-06 Summary: Professional service organizations sell not just time, but knowledge. Thus, in addition to time and expense management, a business management software product must support a means for knowing how this knowledge is tracked, assigned, managed, and billed. But which product?

Planning Horizon of a Technical Personnel Management System

by Juan Francisco Segura ... will help managers make decisions regarding the strategies they must follow and provide supervisors enough technical staff to execute those jobs related to ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/HumanResources/2005/08/research_notes/TN_HR_XJF_08_19_05_1.asp - 22k - 2005-08-19 Summary: Airlines struggle every day to reduce costs, maintain the level of customer service, and have more efficient processes, and this puts more pressure on line maintenance supervisors and engineers. This is where a maintenance personnel management system can be useful.

Contract Management - Solution Providers

(TEC) Technology Evaluation Centers offers enterprise software purchasers impartial and up to date information on software vendors and product capabilities. http:/.../showcases/technology-Directory/cat/87240-V/Contract-Management.html - 39k - 2008-03-24

Remote Administration - Solution Providers

(TEC) Technology Evaluation Centers offers enterprise software purchasers impartial and up to date information on software vendors and product capabilities. http:/.../showcases/technology-Directory/cat/87319-CO/Remote-Administration.html - 40k - 2008-03-24

Differing Plastics Flavors

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... ERP systems should feature an intuitive (for example, drag-and-drop) scheduling control center, so that it is easy for users to schedule all their jobs, at all ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2006/09/research_notes/TU_ER_PJ_09_06_06_1.asp - 19k - 2006-09-06 Summary: 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.

How Bar Codes Can Optimize Data Recording and Information Analysis

by Juan Francisco Segura ... Any additional or non-routine jobs and their cost and time, must also be considered. This also includes engineering orders, etc. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Scm/2005/05/research_notes/TN_SC_XFS_05_02_05_1.asp - 19k - 2005-05-02 Summary: Bar code technology allows users to analyze information to develop more accurate maintenance, personnel, and financial planning. In particular it can hasten the data recording processes in a maintenance system, as seen in its use in the aircraft maintenance process.

Enterprise Applications Battlefield Mid-Year Scoreboard

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... of its hard disk business to Hitachi, reorganization of the chip manufacturing business, and costs associated with thousands of redundant jobs eliminations. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ExecutiveView/2002/08/research_notes/EN_EV_PJ_08_26_02_1.asp - 20k - 2002-08-26 Summary: While it is apparent that software giants are in a better position to endure any economic adversity, no single vendor can be lulled into complacency for very long. Consequently, there will be more baffled investors, but also somewhat encouraged small vendors with inimitable value propositions.