Consumer Package Goods Manufacturers

WHITE PAPER: Timely access to information is something retailers need to satisfy consumer needs and wants. HP’s Converged Infrastructure can improve customer service and give retailers a competitive advantage. Learn how, through the use of HP’s Converged Infrastructure, retail businesses can streamline/standardize equipment, and advance their technology.

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 | Published: 20 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: CPG companies are discovering that high product volume sales come at the expense of extreme data complexity. Companies struggle to maintain open lines of communication with retail customers and distributors trying to manage the flow of product. Learn how CPG companies deliver BI to business managers to better manage fluctuating product demand.

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 | Published: 05 Jan 2011

WHITE PAPER: This resource presents how IT solution providers can grow through a targeted approach to marketing and sales by focusing on specific industries or types of businesses.

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 | Published: 06 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: Siemens product lifecycle management (PLM) software for the consumer packaged goods and food and beverage industries enables companies to optimize package design and accelerate innovation while reducing costs.

Posted: 21 Oct 2011 | Published: 21 Oct 2011

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: For years, Donnelly managed operations using an OS/2 operating system and various software packages. While Donnelly achieved much success using the OS/2 platform and manual scheduling, the company’s growth eventually began outpacing the system’s capacity. With EnterpriseIQ in place, Donnelly has seen improvements in every aspect of its business.

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 | Published: 06 Jan 2011

WHITE PAPER: Read this paper for an explanation of how current IT methodology for implementing application integrations and business process automation is failing the business over the long run. Learn about the four established patterns of innovation that help organizations avoid these negative consequences.

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 | Published: 03 Jun 2010

WHITE PAPER: This white paper discusses the advantages of packed software solutions. Inside, learn how this straightforward approach can achieve faster overall results with less risk and increased consistency.

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 | Published: 18 Jul 2011

WHITE PAPER: This white paper provides 10 steps to a seamless and profit-focused enterprise resource planning (ERP) system implementation for small to mid-sized businesses (SMBs) like yours.

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 | Published: 26 Jan 2012

EGUIDE: In 2011 manufacturers showed renewed willingness to invest in IT due to signs of growing consumer demand.  In this e-guide, readers will hear from Forrester and editors of SearchManufacturingERP.com about the growing technology trends for the new year.

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 | Published: 30 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, learn how Sage Software has successfully structured their manufacturing system to deliver useful information to enterprises needing to upgrade from legacy and manual systems.

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 | Published: 06 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: Download this comic book package to take a light-hearted look at today’s manufacturing challenges – and to gain serious solutions for achieving success.

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 | Published: 02 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: The pressure to allow employees to use more of the technologies they have at home in the workplace has reached critical levels.

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 | Published: 20 Oct 2011

EBOOK: In this e-book, get more insight into whether your midmarket manufacturing organization would benefit from ERP. Find out how to build a business and get tips for navigating the market and implementing software. Continue reading to learn tips and insight on getting started with ERP in your midmarket organization.

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 | Published: 09 Jun 2010

EBOOK: Compiled by SearchManufacturingERP.com editors, this directory includes ERP software products for process and discrete manufacturers of all sizes, as well as all verticals. It includes software that is meant to be deployed on-premise as well as Software as a Service (SaaS) or on-demand software.

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 | Published: 14 Aug 2009

WHITE PAPER: Read this first of four reports based on a global survey of executives on customer experience management, as well as interviews of SAP customers and industry influencers and analysts. (Bloomberg Businessweek Research Services, 2011)

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 | Published: 23 Mar 2011

EBOOK: In this e-book, learn how to build a business case for a midmarket ERP system and get tips on navigating the market and implementing software.

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 | Published: 03 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: This paper takes a look at enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems and the requirements of collaboration as it relates to customer focus, innovation, and supply chain excellence.

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 | Published: 05 Jan 2012

EGUIDE: This expert e-guide explores the difference in the benefits of enterprise resource planning (ERP) for small and midsized businesses (SMBs) versus larger organizations and sheds light on what to avoid when midmarket organizations lack the IT resources needed when buying ERP software.

Posted: 06 Feb 2012 | Published: 06 Feb 2012

EGUIDE: This guide provides tips and strategies for how to  narrow your workforce management (WFM) software search. Use the steps provided to make the selection process less overwhelming and come out with a platform that is a perfect fit for your enterprise.

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 | Published: 24 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: This perspective paper covers the forces that are driving the m-commerce market, the benefits available, and the kinds of business models and partnerships that are seeking to achieve that credible scale over time.

Posted: 20 Sep 2011 | Published: 20 Sep 2011

EGUIDE: Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn have taken social media by storm, but widespread adoption of social networking systems in manufacturing has not taken off. In this guide, learn best practices for implementing social media software and highlights of the business benefits provided.

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 | Published: 08 Feb 2012

CASE STUDY: Read this brief Bloomberg Businesweek case study to learn how The LEGO Group has leveraged organizational changes— including implementing loyalty management software from SAP that integrates with its SAP ERP and CRM platform— to achieve a high level of consumer interaction and improve its customer experience.

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 | Published: 07 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: This report will identify nine telltale signs you should consider replacing your warehouse management system (WMS). As a result, you will be better able to analyze the operational factors influenced by your own WMS and gauge how an inflexible or legacy system could be constraining your company’s growth and global reach.

Posted: 15 Nov 2011 | Published: 15 Nov 2011

WHITE PAPER: This third annual study examines how successful firms are managing international transportation and emerging trends in the industry.

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 | Published: 02 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: This white paper examines not only the technologies, but the organizational dynamics necessary to successfully implement an environmental footprint management program that can encompass all organizational impacts on the environment.

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 | Published: 11 Jan 2012