Manufacturing Processes

Manufacturing Business Technology addresses the use of information technology, automation, and enterprise applications applied to business and production processes common to manufacturing and supply chain.

Aberdeen advisory: Service Automation has taken its seat at the IT table
09/06/2007
High levels of customer satisfaction ultimately lead to new opportunities for revenue recapture, as well as opportunities for revenue creation by increasing current customer "wallet-share" through up-selling and customer referrals. As a result, Service and IT professionals agree that post-sales service improvement initiatives are a high priority. More

Fresh slices: Irish bakery goes live with Lawson ERP; gets early notice of benefits
Malcolm Wheatley, senior contributing editor, Portadown, County Armagh, - 05/14/2008
On the point of going live with a pre-configured food-industry variant of Lawson Software’s M3 enterprise suite, Irwin’s Bakery—Northern Ireland's largest independent baker—finds itself in the comfortable position of having highly specific expectations about the impact of its new software suite. More
Gen 2 genius: Sporting goods leader to meet shipping mandates using Zebra solutions
05/07/2008
Amer Sports will use Zebra Technologies’ EPC Gen 2-standard labeling system in a RFID compliance labeling project for shipments of its Wilson Sporting Goods brand.
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AMR advisory: IDS Scheer drives performance improvements in SAP environments
05/02/2008
The ARIS Solution for Process-Driven SAP Management supports companies throughout the entire SAP life cycle—from strategy and requirements analysis through blueprinting, configuration, testing, training, and rollout. More
Eight O’Clock Coffee set to brew big forecasting improvements
05/01/2008
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Business intelligence solution presents customer data without delay
By Karen Dilger, contributing editor (kadilger@comcast.net) - 05/01/2008
The accounts receivable (A/R) department at Virtek Vision International had its hands full. Credit managers at the Ontario-based supplier of laser marking products needed to keep collections up-to-date by identifying those potentially delinquent before they became problems. Until recently, workers relied on spreadsheets that pulled information from the company's ERP system. More
Metal finisher enjoys real-time costs picture from ERP for the order-driven business
By Malcolm Wheatley, senior contributing editor (malcolm_wheatley@compuserve.com) - 05/01/2008
When Rosler Metal Finishing hung out its shingle in Battle Creek, Mich., in 1999, its enterprise application needs were relatively few. As a manufacturer and distributor of machine tool consumables on behalf of its German parent company, Rösler GmbH, simple spreadsheets and a basic accounting package cut the mustard. More
Earnings reports: SAP, Siemens suffer first-quarter profit slump
04/30/2008
Software giant SAP and automation and electrical products maker Siemens both reported unexpected dips in earnings for the first quarter of 2008. Economic conditions, including rising raw material costs and the weak dollar, were cited as contributing factors. More
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August 1, 2007
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