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The iPhone goes to workSidney Hill, September 24, 2009
NetSuite, a supplier of a cloud-based ERP suite, and product lifecycle management (PLM) software specialist Dassault Systèmes have released applications for the iPhone. Both applications also work on the Apple iTouch media player.
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Oracle seeks to speed up application sales to mid size enterprises, September 23, 2009
Oracle says its Accelerate program makes its applications more accesible to mid size enterprises by bundling them into easily deployable packages tailored for managing business processes as they typically are conducted in specific industries and geographic regions.
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Online community aids ERP software development; more process control planned, IQMS saysMark T. Hoske, September 16, 2009
Manufacturing enterprise resource planning (ERP) software is getting more mobile, evolving more quickly, and integrating more tightly with manufacturing processes, IQMS told Manufacturing Business Technology. IQMS designs, develops, and implements manufacturing ERP software.
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Plex Systems, EnteGreat form strategic alliance, September 9, 2009
Plex Systems Inc., provider ERP software for manufacturers, and EnteGreat Inc., a manufacturing consulting firm, announced a strategic alliance to introduce the Plex Online ERP solution to manufacturers in the food, beverage, and life sciences industries.
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Infor touts record growth in Latin America, September 9, 2009
Despite the global economic recession, Infor has seen tremendous growth in Latin America with a 100 percent increase in license revenue this fiscal year compared to last.
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The wisdom of Wal-Mart's supply chain strategiesMark T. Hoske, Online Products Editor, September 1, 2009What can Wal-Mart teach manufacturing about global supply chains? Perhaps manufacturers would want to consider a best-in-market supply chain approach rather than best-in-class, to better meet customers' needs. Gary Maxwell, senior vice president of international supply chain for Wal-Mart Stores Inc., said a best-in-market approach requires thinking like a customer; complying with local and inte... More
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Mid-size companies need ERP now more than everCindy Jutras, September 1, 2009The turbulent economic winds of the past two years forced many companies to tighten their belts and look for lower-cost labor and materials. That often meant going offshore or near shore. Gone are the days when only large, multi-billion dollar companies were globally distributed. Mid-size companies are adopting that model as well, with the average number of operating locations growing by 39 per... More
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Performance measures must change to reflect current business conditionsJulie Fraser, September 1, 2009Economic conditions in the past year have led to many companies seeing their demand volume drop—and the mix change. Have companies re-weighted supply chain metrics to accommodate those shifts? More
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Seven steps to a lower-cost supply chainMark T. Hoske, Online Products Editor, September 1, 2009About a year ago, Intel realized that selling new-platform microprocessors at one-fifth the cost of the Intel Pentium microprocessor would require significant rethinking of its supply chain strategies. "The results changed how Intel projects will be done in the future, and we're looking at how we can capture what we learned and improve the rest of the supply chain," said James R. More
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IFS, Infor deals may show renewed ERP merger and acquisition activities, August 26, 2009
Recent ERP-related announcements may indicate renewed interest in mergers and acquisitions within the manufacturing enterprise resource planning (ERP) space. IFS acquired MultiPlus Solutions while Infor and Golden Gate Capital bought SoftBrands.
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MBT's 2009 Innovation Insight Awards reveal manufacturers' top prioritiesSidney Hill, August 24, 2009
Since getting innovative products to market faster is one of the biggest problems facing manufacturers, it wasn't surprising that a large percentage of our award winners have attacked that problem in one form or another.
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Innovation Insight 2009: Award winners tackle key industry problemsSidney Hill, Jr., Executive Editor, July 1, 2009
Many of the 11 winners of MBT's annual Innovation Insight awards competition tackle the problem of getting more innovative products to market faster.See what some of the best and brightest are doing.
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GE and Fanuc end joint venture begun in 1986, August 19, 2009
GE Fanuc to split: GE gets the software, services, embedded systems and control systems businesses. Fanuc will take the CNC business.
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Open-source software can close functional gapsJim Fulcher, contributing editor, August 19, 2009
Users like the flexibilty that comes with open-source ERP, but some think vendors should offer more education on the differences between open-source software and traditional applications.
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xTuple 3.3 ERP, has better EDI, 100 other enhancments, August 12, 2009
xTuple 3.3 ERP improves support for email integration and electronic document interchange (EDI), consolidates all customer information on one workbench screen, and has numerous usability requests in accounting and other areas.
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Honeywell ISA100.11a-ready wireless radar gauge, August 12, 2009
Honeywell wireless radar tank level gauge increases flexibility, lowers installation costs by capturing wide range of tank measurements. It also measures temperature, pressure, water, and overfill.
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Rockwell Automation PlantPAx System integrates, separates process control, safety, July 20, 2009
PlantPAx process control system expansion from Rockwell Automation includes integration of ICS Triplex SIL 3 fault-tolerant technology.
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Oracle automates price protection in Channel Revenue Management software suite, July 15, 2009
Aimed at distributors and developed with Infosys Technologies, Oracle Price Protection is a new application that automates the price protection transactional processes and streamlines overall pricing, promotions and product discount management.
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Oracle helping customers make a business case for attending its user conferenceSidney Hill, July 9, 2009
In what seems like an obvious response to the ongoing economic downturn, enterprise software supplier Oracle is offering to help its customers make a business case for attending Oracle's user conference.
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2009 Innovation Insight Awards: Getting pricing rightMalcolm Wheatley, Senior Contributing Editor, July 1, 2009MOST INNOVATIVE PROCESS ¦ FOURTH PLACE Having exhausted most of their ideas for cutting operating costs, a growing number of corporate executives are looking at how the prices they charge for products and services impact the bottom line. Zilliant, a supplier of price optimization software, is glad to be a part of such discussions. More
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