Manufacturing

EGUIDE: Read this guide to learn best practices to become strategic partners with your suppliers and understand how a sourcing strategy can make or break a company.

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 | Published: 08 Feb 2012

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

EGUIDE: Workforce management (WFM) helps manufacturers improve operational efficiency and enable them to establish control over their enterprise. This e-guide offers an expert definition of WFM software and divulges best practice tips for deployment.

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 | Published: 07 Feb 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

ANALYST BRIEF: This Aberdeen Group Research Brief explores the current business challenges faced by companies striving for success with respect to sales and operations planning (S&OP). It delves into the priority allocated to S&OP, the maturity levels associated with S&OP, and the role of technology enablers.

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 | Published: 03 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: This benchmark study from American Shipper covers U.S. export operations and compliance of more than 300 U.S. based exporters.

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 | Published: 02 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: This white paper outlines clear strategies that can help manufacturers achieve competitive advantage while giving clients the innovative, competitively priced products they demand.

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 | Published: 02 Feb 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

JOURNAL ARTICLE: This article from IndustryWeek features advice on streamlining your business for leaner operations.

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 | Published: 02 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: Idea-to-delivery is an approach to delivering customer value that takes into account today's highly volatile, regulated, globally interconnected, and trading partner-dependent business environment. In this paper, find an action plan with the evolutionary steps companies can take today to move toward this new approach.

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 | Published: 01 Feb 2012

EGUIDE: In this e-guide, readers will learn more about the basics of ERP and how to reduce maintenance and support costs for these systems.

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 | Published: 01 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: Read this paper for a comprehensive look into inventory inside the manufacturing plant - everything from inventory, to receipt of material, to finished products. Learn how to  take control of your inventory and supply chain to achieve lean manufacturing and increased efficiency and profitability.

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 | Published: 01 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: This white paper presents a thorough understanding of what overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) is, how it works, and the countless benefits that result from its use. Also discover tools that enable you to accurately measure OEE so you have a clear picture of how it's improving your process efficiencies.

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 | Published: 01 Feb 2012

PODCAST: In this podcast, Ray Wang, Vice President at Forrester Research, offers insight on how to build a business case for enterprise resource planning (ERP) during the economic downturn - and save money in the process.

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 | Premiered: 30 Jan 2012

EGUIDE: In 2011, there was a  strong willingness to invest in technology by manufacturing organizations. However, that wasn't the only trend. In this tip guide, uncover the most popular  developments in 2011 and how these trends have the potential to carry into 2012.

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 | Published: 30 Jan 2012

EGUIDE: Seeking better supply chain management, the CIO of a manufacturing company found his answer in an unusual place - Software as a Service (SaaS) enterprise resource planning (ERP). In this case study, learn how a SaaS ERP system enabled this manufacturer to save costs, share hardware and software with other customers, and satisfy security needs.

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 | Published: 30 Jan 2012

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

WHITE PAPER: Read this paper to uncover five perks of selecting a software as a service (SaaS) enterprise resource planning (ERP) system.

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 | Published: 25 Jan 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

VIDEOCAST: This videocast compares manufacturing organizations that have implemented an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system to those that have not. Discover the differences and what non-ERP manufacturers have to gain from deploying an ERP platform.

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 | Premiered: 16 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, you'll find tips and strategies for maintaining an open and flexible IT system that will increase the efficiency of your enterprise. Learn how leveraging design, operate, maintain (DOM) can facilitate an easy transition to an open IT system.

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 | Published: 11 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, learn why enterprise resouce planning (ERP) systems are emerging as an alternative to project-based solutions (PBSs).

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 | Published: 11 Jan 2012

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: 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: 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