ERP: Origins, Developments, and Trends

by TEC staff writer ... MRP gave planners more control, allowing them to be ... tabs on the coming and going of inventory, the labor ... an ERP solution, all the functional models should have ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2005/05/research_notes/TU_ER_STF_05_17_05_1.asp - 18k - 2005-05-17 Summary: ERP first developed as a form of inventory control and later grew to link disparate bodies of information together from across the enterprise. Now, ERP enhancements include SCM, CRM, and e-commerce features, just to name a few. However, where is this technology going? What does it mean now?

Trends Affecting Manufacturers and ERP Part Three: Four More ...

by Dr. Scott Hamilton ... ways in which a given ERP system simulates or models a manufacturing ... body of knowledge represented by APICS (American Production and Inventory Control Society ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2003/10/research_notes/TN_ER_XSC_10_08_03_1.asp - 24k - 2003-10-08 Summary: The evolution of ERP systems has been driven by the emergence of new business practices and information technologies. These have been supported by the growing maturity of the manufacturing profession, and by the evolving development of commercially available software packages. This is an excerpt from the

PeopleSoft Gathers Manufacturing and SCM Wherewithal Part One ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... software enables separate financial statements, different costing models, and varying ... ie, MRP, lot and serial control, and inventory control), manufacturing (ie ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2004/01/research_notes/EN_ER_PJ_01_24_04_1.asp - 29k - 2004-01-24 Summary: Hiring the former APICS president to head its manufacturing industry efforts a year ago, the high profile acquisition of renowned manufacturing ERP provider J.D. Edwards this summer, and most recently, the acquisition of demand flow and lean manufacturing software solutions from JCIT, might indicate that

Smaller Vendors Can Still Provide Relevant Business Systems Part ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... software enables separate financial statements, different costing models, and varying ... ie, MRP, lot and serial control, and inventory control), manufacturing (ie ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2005/01/research_notes/EN_ER_PJ_01_24_05_1.asp - 28k - 2005-01-24 Summary: If Relevant Business Systems deliberately wanted to maintain its astute enterprise system as one of the best-kept secrets in the A&D and government contracting manufacturing markets, it has certainly succeeded. However, given a growing horde of viable solutions from larger and more renowned vendors, the

Inflation s Demise: The Impact on Business Informa

by Nelson M. Nones CPIM ... Business models designed to optimize performance in the previous ... general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable, inventory control, production control ... http:/.../researchhighlights/businessapplications/2000/06/research_notes/mi_ba_nn_06_29_00_1.asp - 34k - 2000-06-29 Summary: Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP) business models and information systems originated in the 1970s and 1980s, an inflationary period. They addressed business priorities that were strongly influenced by inflation. Many manufacturers are now confronting worldwide price stability, or even deflationary pres

MRO and Spare Parts Management Considerations

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... and maintaining multiple publications for various aircraft models and IPB ... information that drives operational efficiency, such as inventory control and labor ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2005/01/research_notes/TU_ER_PJ_01_11_05_1.asp - 20k - 2005-01-11 Summary: The need for better service parts management is finally gaining top-level management attention in many aerospace and defense (A&D) and like complex manufacturing companies, since excessive carrying costs and obsolescence losses are being recognized as an unexploited opportunity for savings and a better b

What Plant-level Systems Can Do for the Enterprise Market

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... Plant-level models also need to support demand-driven planning ... timely, accurate decisions about production planning, shipping, inventory control, and purchasing ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2005/11/research_notes/TU_ER_PJ_11_23_05_1.asp - 17k - 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.

Plant Intelligence as Glue for Dispersed Data?

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... and this impacts all functions, such as production planning, shipping, inventory control, and purchasing ... are featured by out-of-the-box data models for certain ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2005/12/research_notes/TU_ER_PJ_12_20_05_1.asp - 16k - 2005-12-20 Summary: Enterprises that have manufacturing or plant-level intelligence systems can be guided through the forking paths of exception-based decision-making. Not only will they be better prepared for unplanned events, but they will also know how their responses will impact the company.

Microsoft Lays Enforced-Concrete Foundation For Its Business ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... system handled POS and back-office functions such as inventory control and CRM. ... pricing, eliminating thereby the time and cost of more complex pricing models. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2002/11/research_notes/EN_ER_PJ_11_01_02_1.asp - 18k - 2002-11-01 Summary: While most of its applications co-opetitors have been licking their wounds and dreading another financial quarterly report, cash amassed Microsoft has recently shown a flair for aptly devising and executing a strategy for its Microsoft Business Solutions (MBS) division portfolio, to its partners and cust

BI Market Consolidation Compared to ERP Market Consolidation

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... open-minded, since it is tempting to create specialized data models and tactical ... will need to provide access to such applications as inventory control, ERP, CRM ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/DataWarehousing/2003/08/research_notes/TN_DW_PJ_08_09_03_1.asp - 23k - 2003-08-09 Summary: The BI market is ripe for consolidation, but not necessarily for the reason of capturing the scarce remaining market share like in the ERP case, but more likely for the reasons of garnering the most complete CPM portfolio.