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Prepackaged SAP Best Practices Are They for You?

by Olin Thompson ... Thompson has been called the "Father of Process ERP." He is a frequent author and an award-winning speaker on topics of gaining value from ERP, SCP, and e ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2005/11/research_notes/PN_ER_XOT_11_17_05_1.asp - 11k - 2005-11-17 Summary: SAP Best Practices are a series of fixed-scope, pre-defined packages of software and services solutions designed to address the demands of midsize enterprises in multiple industries. Are they right for you?

Application Erosion: Eating Away at Your Hard Earned Value

by Olin Thompson ... Olin has been called "the Father of Process ERP." He is a frequent author and an award-winning speaker on topics of gaining value from ERP, SCP, e-commerce ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2005/03/research_notes/MI_ER_XOT_03_25_05_1.asp - 12k - 2005-03-25 Summary: Application erosion starts the day you turn on any new system, and it continues constantly. To prevent it, you need a plan. If you suffer from it today, you need a plan to regain the value you once had.

Application Erosion: More Causes and Cures

by Olin Thompson ... Olin has been called "the Father of Process ERP." He is a frequent author and an award-winning speaker on topics of gaining value from ERP, SCP, e-commerce ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2005/03/research_notes/MI_ER_XOT_03_26_05_1.asp - 11k - 2005-03-26 Summary: Application erosion is real and it has a significant impact on the long-term value of technology. It can have various causes, but there is a possible solution to each one of them.

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

by Olin Thompson ... Thompson has been called "the Father of Process ERP." He is a frequent author and an award-winning speaker on topics of gaining value from ERP, SCP, e-commerce ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ExecutiveView/2005/01/research_notes/MI_EV_XOT_01_15_05_1.asp - 12k - 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

Competition Heats Up in ERP Market: Oracle Merger, and SAP and ...

by Olin Thompson and P.J. Jakovljevic ... Thompson has been called "the Father of Process ERP." He is a frequent author and an award-winning speaker on topics of gaining value from ERP, SCP, e-commerce ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2005/05/research_notes/TN_ER_XOT_05_21_05_1.asp - 20k - 2005-05-21 Summary: Although Oracle's product roadmap is beginning to take shape it does not include active marketing of the PeopleSoft and J.D. Edwards product lines. As a result of these products being seen as dead ends, many competitors have been scrambling to offer all sorts of incentives to switch to the still disconce

Reliability Driven Maintenance--Closing the CMMS 'Value Gap'? Part ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic and Olin Thompson ... Thompson has been called "the Father of Process ERP." He is a frequent author and an award-winning speaker on topics of gaining value from ERP, SCP, e-commerce ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/EAM/2005/01/research_notes/TN_EA_PJ_01_18_05_1.asp - 25k - 2005-01-18 Summary: Reliability driven maintenance (RDM) focuses on understanding the 'asset health' to determine what maintenance work should occur and when something should be done. It enables preemptive intervention before failure occurs, whereby failure would mean that equipment is not delivering required performance re

Reliability Driven Maintenance--Closing the CMMS 'Value Gap'? Part ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic and Olin Thompson ... Thompson has been called "the Father of Process ERP." He is a frequent author and an award-winning speaker on topics of gaining value from ERP, SCP, e-commerce ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/EAM/2005/01/research_notes/TN_EA_PJ_01_17_05_1.asp - 22k - 2005-01-17 Summary: The metric of plant maintenance should now be in the ability of the plant to meet the strategic goals of the company beyond customarily expected cost savings, such as improved plant output, performance predictability, product quality, customer service, safety, environmental control, etc.

The Why of Data Collection

by Olin Thompson ... Thompson has been called "the Father of Process ERP." He is a frequent author and an award-winning speaker on topics of gaining value from ERP, SCP, and e ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ExecutiveView/2005/11/research_notes/MI_EV_XOT_11_03_05_1.asp - 13k - 2005-11-03 Summary: Data collection systems work; however, they require a investment in technology. Before the investment can be justified, we need to understand why a data collection system may be preferable to people with clipboards.

Lean Manufacturing: A Primer

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... one need look no further than the enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems of ... inefficient workflows, transactions and activities that add no value, and poor ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2006/02/research_notes/TU_ER_PJ_02_13_06_1.asp - 16k - 2006-02-13 Summary: Lean manufacturing emphasizes the minimization of the amount of all the resources (including time) used in the various activities of the enterprise. The typical areas of hidden waste are over-production, waiting, transportation, over-processing, motion, excessive inventory, and defective units.

Looking For Software The Expectations of Small and Medium ...

by Olin Thompson ... Thomspon has been called "the Father of Process ERP." He is a frequent author and an award-winning speaker on topics of gaining value from ERP, supply chain ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ExecutiveView/2005/10/research_notes/MI_EV_ER_XOT_10_17_05_1.asp - 13k - 2005-10-17 Summary: Small and medium enterprises (SME) looking for software must understand their needs and articulate their expectations to get what they want and need from software.