Inventory Control Management

CASE STUDY: EaglePicher management turned to Plex Systems of Auburn Hills, MI to help initiate a manufacturing-based ERP system for its manufacturing facilities. Its new lean manufacturing abilities have enabled it to accurately determine cost and profitability by part, allowing it to become increasingly competitive, especially against offshore competitors.

Posted: 10 Apr 2009 | Published: 10 Apr 2009

WHITE PAPER: Until recently, it was difficult for manufacturers to obtain a true picture of what was happening on the shop floor. Real-time, accurate data reflecting production activity, planned production schedules, quality checks, machine breakdowns, inventory levels or a shortage of materials made it a challenge for shop floor management to keep track..

Posted: 31 Mar 2009 | Published: 31 Mar 2009

WHITE PAPER: Today’s global supply chains are marked by lack of visibility and long decision-making times that make it difficult to plan and execute with the speed and precision required by today's volatile markets. This paper explains how to establish a highly collaborative, demand-driven planning process that will help you overcome these modern challenges.

Posted: 06 Feb 2012 | Published: 06 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: The effective management of your warehouse and fulfillment/distribution operations is critical to the ongoing success of your business—but you’re unsure whether to select your ERP’s warehouse module or a best-of-breed warehouse management system (WMS). This paper will help determine which type of solution is the best fit for your business.

Posted: 15 Nov 2011 | Published: 15 Nov 2011

WHITE PAPER: This paper examines how the stochastic multistage, multi-inventory model supports inventory optimization. It also looks at how the SAP® Enterprise Inventory Optimization application by SmartOps uses the model to help supply planners execute more effectively in a highly collaborative enterprise environment.

Posted: 11 Dec 2009 | Published: 11 Dec 2009

WHITE PAPER: The key to achieving cost-effective savings in the supply chain is to exchange information accurately and quickly in real-time.

Posted: 24 Dec 2008 | Published: 24 Dec 2008

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Posted: 28 Nov 2011 | Published: 28 Nov 2011

WEBCAST: Business users can benefit from unified and simplified access to the data and actions they need to increase their productivity and make nimble business decisions.

Posted: 04 Jan 2012 | Premiered: 04 Jan 2012

PODCAST: In this BeyeNETWORK podcast, industry expert and author Cindi Howson details the current state of business intelligence (BI) adoption, the business impact and offers BI best practices from both organizational and technical perspectives.

Posted: 01 Dec 2011 | Premiered: 01 Dec 2011

WEBCAST: Today's IT teams are tasked with solving business critical availability issues and maximizing flexibility to meet their company's global demands in real-time. This resource presents how you can successfully handle these challenges by turning to a business service management approach to manage IT from the perspective of the business.

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 | Premiered: 22 Nov 2011