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This paper debunks 5 myths surrounding cost estimating for manufacturing, based on years of input—talking with thousands
of estimating managers, customer surveys, trainings, and on-going feedback. We expose these myths and offer improvement opportunities
that can save your business. Overpriced quotatio (...)
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This paper debunks 5 myths surrounding cost estimating for manufacturing,
based on years of input—talking with thousands of estimating managers, c... ...
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2011-05-26
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Companies that are project manufacturers, engineer-to-order (ETO), build-to-order, jobbing shops or contract manufacturers
should think carefully when selecting an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. Given the maturity of the ERP market,
its ongoing consolidation, and that fact that competitive ad (...)
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Companies that are project manufacturers, engineer-to-order (ETO), build-to-order, jobbing shops or contract manufacturers
should think carefully ...
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2004-05-05
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Lost sight of your bottom line? Product pricing not in step with your actual costs? So busy trying to stay on top of cost
behavior that you can’t keep your costs under control? Cost and pricing models, as part of an enterprise resource planning
(ERP) system, can help you better understand your costs. P (...)
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Cost and Pricing Models in Food and Beverage Processing: Seeing the Forest through the Trees. Source: 3i
Infotech. Document Type: White ...
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2010-03-11
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Successful Manufacturing in a Competitive Market.Search for White Papers and Other Software to Delineate Your Evaluation for
a Successful Manufacturing in a Competitive Market. Order-driven manufacturers—those who engineer-to-order (ETO), assemble-to-order
(ATO), and make-to-order (MTO)—face n (...)
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Successful Manufacturing in a Competitive Market.Search for White Papers and Other Software to Delineate Your Evaluation for
a Successful Manufactu...
Published:
2010-03-11
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Abstract:
Your Challenge: Get Decision Makers' Approval for Supply Chain Cost-Cutting Strategies. Specific, Measurable, Achievable,
Relevant and Time-Bound. Process industries (chemicals, food and beverage, oil and gas, etc.) face rising manufacturing and
logistics costs. And they’re finding that the old strategi (...)
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Your Challenge: Get Decision Makers' Approval for Supply Chain Cost-Cutting Strategies. Specific, Measurable, Achievable,
Relevant and Time-Bound. ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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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 (...)
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Hiring the former APICS president to head its manufacturing industry efforts a year ago, the high profile acquisition of renowned
manufacturing ER...
Published:
2004-01-24
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The Case for Integrated Processes. Get Recommendation for Your Evaluation In Relation To The Case for Integrated Processes.
Most chief executive officers (CEOs) have developed strategies that push their companies to achieve certain goals. So why
are so many companies failing to achieve these goals? Becaus (...)
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The Case for Integrated Processes. Get Recommendation for Your Evaluation In Relation To The Case for Integrated Processes.
Most chief executive of...
Published:
2010-03-11
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Technology Evaluation Centers (TEC) Principal Analyst P.J. Jakovljevic rediscovers Cincom Acquire and lets its product management
and product marketing team have its say. Cincom executives lay out some facts, and Technology Evaluation Centers (TEC) Principal
Analyst P.J. Jakovljevic discovers that Cincom (...)
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Technology Evaluation Centers (TEC) Principal Analyst PJ Jakovljevic rediscovers Cincom Acquire and lets its product management
and product marke...
Published:
2011-09-08
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Abstract:
Companies that are project manufacturers, engineer-to-order (ETO), build-to-order, jobbing shops or contract manufacturers
should think carefully when selecting an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. Given the maturity of the ERP market,
its ongoing consolidation, and that fact that competitive ad (...)
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cost estimating for manufacturing:
Companies that are project manufacturers, engineer-to-order (ETO), build-to-order, jobbing shops or contract manufacturers
should think carefully ...
Published:
2004-05-05
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ETO-oriented (engineer-to-order) systems must facilitate the near real time transfer of information and complex product knowledge
for collaboration across the extended enterprise. It should especially be suited to organizations that seek to maintain complex
selling relationships, such as businesses whose (...)
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ETO-oriented (engineer-to-order) systems must facilitate the near real time transfer of information and complex product knowledge
for collaboratio...
Published:
2004-05-04
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Users increasingly look for an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system designed for a specific business, since software
that combines industry-specific functionality with the flexibility to accommodate each company's unique processes goes a long
way toward improving the functional fit and the speed of (...)
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Users increasingly look for an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system designed for a specific business, since software
that combines industry-s...
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2004-05-03
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Workforce Productivity for the Steel Industry. Solutions and Other Documents to Characterize Your Purchase, In Relation To
Workforce Productivity for the Steel Industry. As has been proven time and again by successful companies, the correct technology,
deployed in a well-managed organization with clearly (...)
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Workforce Productivity for the Steel Industry. Solutions and Other Documents to Characterize Your Purchase, In Relation To
Workforce Productivity f...
Published:
2010-03-11
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When all enterprise vendors go for ERP and like solutions to help improve the business of small, midsize, and large aerospace
and defense (A&D); engineer-to-order (ETO); contract manufacturing; maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO); and like project-oriented
manufacturing companies they may face the ne (...)
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When all enterprise vendors go for ERP and like solutions to help improve the business of small, midsize, and large aerospace
and defense (A&D); e...
Published:
2005-01-12
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ERP Multi-site Costing Challenge and Solution. Search for Articles and Other Solutions to Characterize Your Diagnosis In Relation
To ERP Multi-site Costing Challenge and Solution. Significant management issues posed by multisite manufacturing environments
include optimizing resource use at each site and d (...)
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ERP Multi-site Costing Challenge and Solution. Search for Articles and Other Solutions to Characterize Your Diagnosis In Relation
To ERP Multi-site...
Published:
2010-03-11
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Your Challenge: Get Decision Makers' Approval for a Manufacturing System. Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Time-Bound.
If you’ve worked for more than one manufacturing company, you know that each one is different. Different processes, systems,
problems—all these variations mean you need (...)
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Your Challenge: Get Decision Makers' Approval for a Manufacturing System. Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and
Time-Bound. If you’ve work...
Published:
2010-03-11
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Facts you should know about Configuration Project.Download our whitepapers for abosluthly free! Companies producing and selling
complex and configured products can achieve a major competitive edge by successfully implementing product configurator software
as a core element of a configurability strategy. T (...)
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Facts you should know about Configuration Project.Download our whitepapers for abosluthly free! Companies producing and selling
complex and configu...
Published:
2010-03-11
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Abstract:
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 (...)
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If Relevant Business Systems deliberately wanted to maintain its astute enterprise system as one of the best-kept secrets
in the A&D and governmen...
Published:
2005-01-24
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The intangible or non-financial benefits of an integrated enterprise resource planning (ERP) system can be viewed from several
perspectives. For illustrative purposes, the discussion will focus on the benefits for accounting, product and process design,
production, sales, and management information syste (...)
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The intangible or non-financial benefits of an integrated enterprise resource planning (ERP) system can be viewed from several
perspectives. For i...
Published:
2004-02-11
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Abstract:
General enterprise resource planning (ERP) providers, even those which are viable companies with a solid product, typically
do not meet the tricky requirements that are vital to the plastics industry and related so-called mill or material converter
businesses. (...)
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General enterprise resource planning (ERP) providers, even those which are viable companies with a solid product, typically
do not meet the tricky...
Published:
2006-09-05
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Project-based Companies Need Specialized ERP Solutions. Read RFP Templates and Other Software to Define Your Self-assessment
Related to some Specialized ERP Solutions. Implementing an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system—even for small to medium
businesses (SMBs)—is a smart move. But depending on (...)
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Project-based Companies Need Specialized ERP Solutions. Read RFP Templates and Other Software to Define Your Self-assessment
Related to some Specia...
Published:
2010-03-11