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Process manufacturers have had difficulty in selecting ERP and SCM products which meet their needs. This management note
places these unmet needs in the context of the business characteristics which serve as their root causes. (...)
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Process manufacturers have had difficulty in selecting ERP and SCM products which meet their needs. This management note places
these unmet needs ...
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2008-03-21
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Vendors love to quote benchmarks in their product literature, press releases, and any place they think someone will use the
numbers to make a buying decision. But what do the benchmarks mean, and which ones really matter? (...)
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Vendors love to quote benchmarks in their product literature, press releases, and any place they think someone will use the
numbers to make a buyi...
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2002-06-10
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Vendors love to quote benchmarks in their product literature, press releases, and any place they think someone will use the
numbers to make a buying decision. But what do the benchmarks mean, and which ones really matter? (...)
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Vendors love to quote benchmarks in their product literature, press releases, and any place they think someone will use the
numbers to make a buyi...
Published:
2002-06-10
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i2 Technologies will join forces with process control system maker Honeywell in a bid to expand its presence in the energy,
chemicals, and pharmaceutical industries. (...)
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i2 Technologies will join forces with process control system maker Honeywell in a bid to expand its presence in the energy,
chemicals, and pharmac...
Published:
2000-05-17
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Odom’s Tennessee Pride Sausage, Inc. wanted to improve operations and customer service. Their ERP and SCM technology solution
resulted in a fifteen-month project with a three-year payback period. (...)
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Odom’s Tennessee Pride Sausage, Inc. wanted to improve operations and customer service. Their ERP and SCM technology solution
resulted in a fifte...
Published:
2001-09-21
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When the product alone was the primary basis of competition, the life of a design engineer was a lot simpler. No more. Design
engineers are being asked to make an increasingly complex set of trade-offs, requiring a very cross-functional and inter-enterprise
approach to the design process. (...)
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When the product alone was the primary basis of competition, the life of a design engineer was a lot simpler. No more. Design
engineers are being ...
Published:
2004-11-02
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To improve supply chain operations with a fresh look and new ideas, Harris Tea worked with a consulting firm, Supply Chain
Consultants. The objective was to optimize the entire supply chain, not just the pieces. (...)
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To improve supply chain operations with a fresh look and new ideas, Harris Tea worked with a consulting firm, Supply Chain
Consultants. The object...
Published:
2006-05-19
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Process manufacturing’s daunting mix of constraints has kept many software vendors away. Privately held Formation Systems
takes up the challenge with Optiva, a suite targeted at cost-saving opportunities in the product development cycle. (...)
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Process manufacturing’s daunting mix of constraints has kept many software vendors away. Privately held Formation Systems
takes up the challenge ...
Published:
2001-04-23
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The continuous chemical industries typically share an objective of running at near 100% utilization. This and other realities
yield unique requirements for a Supply Chain Planning (SCP) system. This article discusses some of these unique needs. (...)
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The continuous chemical industries typically share an objective of running at near 100% utilization. This and other realities
yield unique requir...
Published:
2002-08-04
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The systems dealing with manufacturing, inventory, procurement, and customer order management systems are among the systems
that often prove to be the hardest to acquire due to the unique issues of the process enterprise. (...)
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The systems dealing with manufacturing, inventory, procurement, and customer order management systems are among the systems
that often prove to be...
Published:
2008-03-21
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Compaq Computer Corporation, desperate to get some kind of high-end UNIX benefit from its ill-conceived acquisition of Digital
Equipment Corp., has announced its massive, 32-CPU capable GS series of Alpha systems. But, as was the case with Digital,
Compaq marketing seems overly concerned with CPU - not (...)
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... We would have expected Compaq to provide more Web-focused benchmarks such as TPC or SPECweb, rather than
SPEC CPU2000, as evidence of Wildfire's value as a Web ...
Published:
2000-06-26
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EMC announced its latest high-end Symmetrix models, capable of scaling up to 19.2 terabytes of disk space. Perhaps they should
name it the BASS (Big-Advanced Storage System, for the more refined among you), since they’re trying to sink IBM’s “Shark”. (...)
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... Although the performance/spec differential would be tough to sell against under optimal
conditions, the Shark has been plagued by reports of glitches/bugs. ...
Published:
2000-05-16
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Tenaris, an organization operating in the steel and energy industries, faced a number of business challenges, including managing
the complete spectrum of training from e-learning to classroom and integrating informal and formal learning methodologies.
The company chose SumTotal Learning Management as a p (...)
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Tenaris, an organization operating in the steel and energy industries, faced a number of business challenges, including managing
the complete spec... ...
Published:
2011-06-01
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EMC announced its latest high-end Symmetrix models, capable of scaling up to 19.2 terabytes of disk space. Perhaps they should
name it the BASS (Big-Advanced Storage System, for the more refined among you), since they’re trying to sink IBM’s “Shark”. (...)
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... Although the performance/spec differential would be tough to sell against under optimal
conditions, the Shark has been plagued by reports of glitches/bugs. ...
Published:
2000-05-16
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NGC e-PLM and e-SPS are NGC’s offerings in product lifecycle management and sourcing for the fashion industry. This product
note analyzes the strengths and challenges that the solutions have and makes recommendations to both the vendor and users. (...)
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NGC e-PLM and e-SPS are NGC’s offerings in product lifecycle management and sourcing for the fashion industry. This product
note analyzes the stre...
Published:
2010-01-08
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Four Critical Success Factors to Cleansing Data. Find Guides, Case Studies, and Other Resources Linked to Four Critical Success
Factors to Cleansing Data. Quality data in the supply chain is essential in when information is automated and shared with
internal and external customers. Dirty data is a huge im (...)
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Four Critical Success Factors to Cleansing Data. Find Guides, Case Studies, and Other Resources Linked to Four Critical Success
Factors to Cleansin...
Published:
2010-03-11
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If you run one hundred batches, some will be great, some will be terrible. But what causes some to be great and some to be
terrible? Knowing the answer to that question can mean no more terrible batches, many more great ones, and making more money. (...)
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... Consider the simple example in figure 4. When we look at parameter 3 of all lots of ingredient D (D3),
we see that all lots of were in spec (between the lower ...
Published:
2004-08-30
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Abstract:
If you run one hundred batches, some will be great, some will be terrible. But what causes some to be great and some to be
terrible? Knowing the answer to that question can mean no more terrible batches, many more great ones, and making more money. (...)
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car spec:
... Consider the simple example in figure 4. When we look at parameter 3 of all lots of ingredient D (D3),
we see that all lots of were in spec (between the lower ...
Published:
2004-08-30
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Congratulations! In your role as middle market CEO, COO, CFO, or CIO you fought the good fight and sponsored your company's
ERP project. First you survived the ERP software selection process. Then you lived through the boot-camp tough implementation
phase. So your ERP system is up and running-now w (...)
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Congratulations! In your role as middle market CEO, COO, CFO, or CIO you fought the good fight and sponsored your company's
ERP project. First y...
Published:
2002-03-27
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Since supply chains, by definition, are about the end-to-end inter-enterprise process, we highlight the growing importance
of looking outside your four walls when thinking about supply chain performance management. If you are overwhelmed by the
number of supply chain measures you are tracking, it’s bet (...)
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Since supply chains, by definition, are about the end-to-end inter-enterprise process, we highlight the growing importance
of looking outside your...
Published:
2005-05-20