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Abstract:
Process manufacturing industries have distinct needs from an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. Here’s an overview
of what process manufacturing requires from an ERP solution, including business intelligence capabilities. (...)
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Process manufacturing industries have distinct needs from an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. Here’s an overview
of what process manufac...
Published:
2009-09-07
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Abstract:
There’s a notable difference between management by project and project management. By using project-centric software, organizations
can implement the former and better address how to supply on-going demand, allowing them to better weather the recession and
optimize their position during the recovery. (...)
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erp for make to order industry:
There’sa notable difference between management by project and project management. By using project-centric software, organizations
can implement ...
Published:
2009-04-20
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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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erp for make to order industry:
Users increasingly look for an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system designed for a specific business, since software
that combines industry-s...
Published:
2004-05-03
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Abstract:
The food and beverage industries have very special needs, many of which are externally regulated. Read on to discover some
of the unique challenges and software requirements for these industries. (...)
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erp for make to order industry:
The food and beverage industries have very special needs, many of which are externally regulated. Read on to discover some
of the unique challenge...
Published:
2009-11-27
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Abstract:
Although interBiz has spouted an interesting value proposition to many enterprise applications users, the company still has
to address some potential stumbling blocks in order to clear the path to its applications business success. (...)
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Although interBiz has spouted an interesting value proposition to many enterprise applications users, the company still has
to address some potent...
Published:
2001-12-06
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Abstract:
Having a system that can support mix-mode manufacturing without the need for artificial constraints would mean that the technology
is available to offer on demand manufacturing enterprise resource management to the marketplace. (...)
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erp for make to order industry:
Having a system that can support mix-mode manufacturing without the need for artificial constraints would mean that the technology
is available to...
Published:
2007-01-17
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Companies who build specifically for a customer have unique requirements that are often not understood or dealt with well
by some ERP vendors, particularly in the mid-market, who think that systems designed around volume manufacturing fit everywhere. (...)
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erp for make to order industry:
Companies who build specifically for a customer have unique requirements that are often not understood or dealt with well
by some ERP vendors, par...
Published:
2003-03-12
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Abstract:
Food and beverage manufacturers and distributors supplying major supermarket retailers share many common business challenges.
The customers—powerful and demanding supermarkets and retail chains—want products manufactured "to order," with lead times
measured in hours rather than days or weeks. (...)
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erp for make to order industry:
Food and beverage manufacturers and distributors supplying major supermarket retailers share many common business challenges.
The customers—powerf...
Published:
2006-10-31
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Abstract:
ERP applications are designed to optimize an organization's underlying business processes - accounting/financial, manufacturing,
distribution, and human resources/payroll. (...)
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erp for make to order industry:
ERP applications are designed to optimize an organization's underlying business processes - accounting/financial, manufacturing,
distribution, and...
Published:
2000-12-27
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Abstract:
ERP Plus provides tools that metal fabricators need to streamline their quoting, order entry, inventory control, production,
labor collection, shipping, and invoicing processes. (...)
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ERP Plus provides tools that metal fabricators need to streamline their quoting, order entry, inventory control, production,
labor collection, shi...
Published:
2005-12-15
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Abstract:
ERP systems, in fact, are devised to operate by codifying a set of business processes and employees have to learn the whys,
wheres and whos of the business process (workflows) rather than hows of the software screens. (...)
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erp for make to order industry:
ERP systems, in fact, are devised to operate by codifying a set of business processes and employees have to learn the whys,
wheres and whos of the...
Published:
2001-08-29
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Abstract:
An ERP software implementation has three steps. Here's a comprehensive look at how a successful ERP software implementation
for small businesses can be achieved. Most consultants agree that there are three stages that precede a software implementation
project: research, evaluation, and selection. This thr (...)
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An ERP software implementation has three steps. Here's a comprehensive look at how a successful ERP software implementation
for small businesses ca...
Published:
2010-02-10
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Abstract:
This is part two of a note describing an opportunity TEC had to evaluate and compare the four top ERP vendors for a client.
Each vendor’s offering differed in such areas as functionality, flexibility, process fit and ease of use. Find out what TEC
learned as a result of the selection engagement. (...)
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erp for make to order industry:
This is part two of a note describing an opportunity TEC had to evaluate and compare the four top ERP vendors for a client.
Each vendor’s offering...
Published:
2001-11-21
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Abstract:
Enterprise systems have brought many benefits to chemical environments, but for individual enterprises, gaining these benefits
requires selecting a solution that can deal with the unique needs of the business. (...)
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erp for make to order industry:
Enterprise systems have brought many benefits to chemical environments, but for individual enterprises, gaining these benefits
requires selecting ...
Published:
2006-05-12
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Abstract:
Contrary to most of its competitors that had opportunistically pursued their customers randomly, and whose latest vertical
initiatives stem from the sudden epiphany that a certain percentage of their customers come from certain industry, Lilly’s
recent vertical initiatives are indeed a further sharpeni (...)
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erp for make to order industry:
Contrary to most of its competitors that had opportunistically pursued their customers randomly, and whose latest vertical
initiatives stem from t...
Published:
2003-02-20
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Abstract:
So your software vendor says that they can do fashion. You better make sure that the software features go far beyond styles,
colors, and sizes. The requirements for the fashion industry are some of the most demanding and unforgiving in the world of
manufacturing. If you're not careful, you may find your (...)
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erp for make to order industry:
So your software vendor says that they can do fashion. You better make sure that the software features go far beyond styles,
colors, and sizes. Th...
Published:
2004-10-04
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Abstract:
Lilly continues to invest uncompromisingly in R&D, and consequently espouses a convincing broad but compact product portfolio
for its target market. (...)
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erp for make to order industry:
Lilly continues to invest uncompromisingly in R&D, and consequently espouses a convincing broad but compact product portfolio
for its target market.
Published:
2003-02-19
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Abstract:
The requirements for the fashion industry are some of the most demanding and unforgiving in the world of manufacturing. If
you're not careful, you may find your profits falling on the cutting floor and money being swept out with the scraps. The
product segmentation in the fashion industry brings into pla (...)
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erp for make to order industry:
The requirements for the fashion industry are some of the most demanding and unforgiving in the world of manufacturing. If
you're not careful, you...
Published:
2004-10-05
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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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erp for make to order industry:
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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Abstract:
Caught between big-vendor ERP offerings requiring heavy customization, and off-the-shelf project management solutions that
are easily outgrown, project-oriented organizations have special accounting needs. Find out more about those needs, along
with recommendations for what solutions you should be taking (...)
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erp for make to order industry:
Caught between big-vendor ERP offerings requiring heavy customization, and off-the-shelf project management solutions that
are easily outgrown, pr...
Published:
2008-09-24