Feature Article

Lean product management: High-tech manufacturers boost profits by reducing product complexity

High-tech manufacturers are discovering the benefits of reducing product complexity. Those companies that are among the first wave to uncover and unleash sustained complexity-management programs will dominate the competition through increased ability to make innovative, desirable products—and higher profit margins.
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Buying advantage: Today's supplier networks offer more than just reduced prices

Peggy Magliari, director of materials at The Knapheide Manufacturing Company, a maker of truck bodies based in Quincy, Ill., says "Dealing with endorsed suppliers that you know other members have used is a huge benefit" to connecting to a supplier network. Read more

Open marketplace: Adobe technology makes MFG.com an easier place to buy, sell goods

Atlanta-based MFG.com has become the world's largest online manufacturing-industry marketplace, with $15 billion worth of transactions made on the platform since its inception. But MFG.com is not resting on past accomplishments. It recently completed a major revamp of its platform, leveraging technology from Adobe Systems. Read more

Single platform synergy: Is the globally integrated enterprise a realistic goal for most manufacturers?

At diversified electronics manufacturer Laird Technologies, CIO Todd Rumsey is 19 sites into a global ERP rollout that he says will transform the way the company operates. Formed as a result of a merger, and growing strongly through acquisition, Laird Technologies’ move to QAD's MFG/PRO enterprise platform is meant to support the transformation. Read more

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Research

ERP meets CRM Squeeze Play in the Supply Chain Management Market

With enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendors adding supply chain functionality, and supply chain management (SCM) vendors adding ERP functionality, the line between ERP and SCM solutions is getting blurred. Read more