Flexible Manufacturing Systems

WHITE PAPER: Sales and operations planning (S&OP) is rapidly attracting interest from manufacturers around the globe.  Read this informative report from IDC that answers pressing questions about S&OP in today's business environment and how an integrated planning platform can benefit your business.

Posted: 22 Mar 2013 | Published: 29 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: This resource highlights four ways that a manufacturing execution system (MES) can improve production efficiency and effectiveness, enhance manufacturing decision-making, and drive profitability.

Posted: 24 Apr 2013 | Published: 24 Apr 2013

WHITE PAPER: This paper illustrates how IFS Applications support lean principles, particularly in the many manufacturing environments that require both rate-based and order-based shop floor execution. This hybrid approach lets you go lean step by step, as you are able, not because an inflexible system forces you to do so.

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 | Published: 11 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: Outsourcing services from your manufacturing company means you lose control, visibility, and data accuracy. To regain control you need to extend your customer relationship management (CRM) and enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems to users not part of your company. Read this paper to learn how an application can help address these needs.

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 | Published: 07 Sep 2012

WHITE PAPER: NI platform offers high test throughput, increased productivity, and a lower cost of ownership than traditional disjoint systems or turnkey solutions based on proprietary architectures.

Posted: 02 Sep 2002 | Published: 01 May 2001

WHITE PAPER: At the heart of procurement systems is a catalog. Even in environments lacking automation, requisitioners consult a hard copy or customer service reps use a catalog at the other end of a phone line. Getting everyone to use the correct catalog from a preferred vendor at the contracted price will ensure that negotiated savings are actually realized.

Posted: 11 Jun 2010 | Published: 11 Jun 2010

WHITE PAPER: With TestStand, manufacturing test developers create automated test systems that dramatically reduce the cost of testing products by increasing throughput and reducing test development time.

Posted: 30 Apr 2002 | Published: 01 Apr 2002

WHITE PAPER: Find out how discrete manufacturers are becoming truly customer-centric by pursuing or planning a variety of initiatives, including the improvement of customer service and the closer integration of customers into product design. The greatest impact is expected from plans to implement demand-driven manufacturing.

Posted: 07 Aug 2009 | Published: 07 Aug 2009

WHITE PAPER: Cloud platforms represent a radical shift in how companies exchange information with one another across global supply chain networks. Read this white paper to learn how the cloud is enabling manufacturers and suppliers to become agile and more efficient than ever.

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 | Published: 24 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: This paper presents an overview and introduction to reverse logistics and how to manage reverse logistics in the CPG industry in an efficient manner.

Posted: 27 Jul 2009 | Published: 06 Apr 2009