Production Systems

Are You Adequately Protecting Your IT Infrastructure Components ...

by Teresa Wingfield ... Or is a user making changes to production systems outside of allowed maintenance times? ... Segregation of duties, Controls developer access to production systems. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Security/2008/01/research_notes/MI_ST_XTW_01_11_08_1.asp - 15k - 2008-01-11 Summary: Components such as applications, databases, web servers, directories, and operating systems rely mostly on built-in security features. But passwords and privileges are hardly enough, considering that many users have elevated privileges and fail to follow established corporate procedures.

Are You Adequately Protecting Your IT Infrastructure Components ...

by Teresa Wingfield ... Or is a user making changes to production systems outside of allowed maintenance times? ... Segregation of duties, Controls developer access to production systems. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Security/2006/08/research_notes/MI_ST_XTW_08_16_06_1.asp - 16k - 2006-08-16 Summary: Components such as applications, databases, web servers, directories, and operating systems rely mostly on built-in security features. But password and privileges are hardly enough, considering that many users have elevated privileges and fail to follow established corporate procedures.

Plant-level Systems: Facing and Dealing with Obstacles

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... When production systems on the shop floor are not synchronized and integrated, a disconnect in the overall business process results, and production personnel ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2005/11/research_notes/TU_ER_PJ_11_22_05_1.asp - 13k - 2005-11-22 Summary: Production supervisors and plant managers are constantly fighting problems within a plant because they lack visibility in the supply chain and do not have an automated exception-based management system. However, a value-adding processing layer can create transparency and link information to unify company

Discrete Manufacturing (ERP): Production/3 by QR Systems Inc

... Discrete Manufacturing (ERP):Production/3 by QR Systems Inc. Quick Response Systems is a business solutions company located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... http:/.../software/46-10715/Discrete-Manufacturing-ERP/QR-Systems-Inc-Production-3.html - 3k - 2009-06-16

Transportation Management Systems: n.Skep by Production Modeling ...

... Transportation Management Systems:n.Skep by Production Modeling Corporation. PMC offers products and services in the areas of supply ... http:/.../238-13663/Transportation-Management-Systems/Production-Modeling-Corporation-n-Skep.html - 3k - 2009-06-16

Business Strategy, Business Processes, and Business Systems

by Olin Thompson ... If the production systems are weak, the manufacturer will get new customers but fail to keep them because the customers will soon realize that they cannot rely ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ExecutiveView/2004/07/research_notes/MI_EV_XOT_07_31_04_1.asp - 12k - 2004-07-31 Summary: Business strategy, a road map telling us how the business plans to be successful, does not guarantee success. Strategy execution requires business processes that do what the strategy calls for--and do it well. In today's automated world, these business processes rely on business systems. Therefore, a dir

Production Intelligence--Improving Production by Filling a ...

by Olin Thompson ... The plant often has portions of corporate systems performing production management functions, like inventory, scheduling, costing, etc. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ExecutiveView/2005/01/research_notes/MI_EV_XOT_01_15_05_1.asp - 11k - 2005-01-15 Summary: Enterprises understand the value of integration. One area that has been ignored is the plant. Plant systems and corporate systems must be complementary and leverage each other to provide their maximum value. Production intelligence provides both integration and valuable information which is not availabl

Enterprise Resource Planning Giants Eye the Shop Floor

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... SAP has seen that in most of its customers' environments, production systems on the shop floor are not synchronized and integrated with their enterprise-level ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2006/01/research_notes/EN_ER_PJ_01_30_06_1.asp - 21k - 2006-01-30 Summary: Because production systems on the shop floor are typically not synchronized and integrated with the planning ones, there is a lack of timely and accurate information that results in disconnected business processes.

What Plant-level Systems Can Do for the Enterprise Market

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... In addition to locally generated production data, most systems can include similar information on components going into the finished product. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2005/11/research_notes/TU_ER_PJ_11_23_05_1.asp - 16k - 2005-11-23 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.

The Importance of Plant-level Systems

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... Investments made in systems managing production processes in plants and within entire supply chains are playing a larger role and gaining in value as companies ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2005/11/research_notes/TU_ER_PJ_11_21_05_1.asp - 13k - 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.