Manufacturing Business Technology

• MBT Blog-cerpt: The Dreaded Season and the power of the plant floor
  
  By Manufacturing Business Technology Staff, November 17, 2008
  
  
• Supplier automation: RedTail managed EDI supports Sage Accpac for the enterprise
  
  By Manufacturing Business Technology Staff, November 17, 2008
  RedTail Solutions, a provider of on-demand managed services software for EDI and global data synchronization, now supports the Sage Accpac Extended Enterprise Suite, including Sage Accpac ERP 5.5 integrated with SageCRM.
  
• Sage advice: MAS communities connect customers, partners with business experts
  
  By Manufacturing Business Technology Staff, November 17, 2008
  Sage North America has launched Sage MAS Online Community, a new resource for Sage MAS ERP solutions users, business partners, and developers to connect, exchange ideas, and share insight. The community houses interactive forums and expert blogs, and offers networking opportunities and best practices tips.
  
• ComBrio platter: ILS Technologies deal lands managed IT services solutions
  
  Frank O Smith, senior contributing editor (fosmith@thewritinggroup.com), November 17, 2008
  Acquisition in late October of ComBrio greatly extends the reach and power of ILS Technologies’ portfolio of connectivity technology—specifically remote product services software for data center management. The result is even greater access and security in remote monitoring processes and IT asset management while maintaining the integrity of corporate firewalls.
  
  
• Fair warning: 10 signs your ERP system is killing your business
  
  Mark Symonds, Plexus Systems, November 14, 2008
  Most manufacturers look to their enterprise resources planning (ERP) system to enhance the organization’s overall performance. But in so many cases, the systems fall short of anticipated benefits. This checklist sets up 10 warning signs that will help you determine if your ERP system is killing your business.
  
  
• Foster’s Group readies 14 sites with RedPrairie WMS
  
  By Manufacturing Business Technology Staff, November 14, 2008
  
  
• The Miami Corporation queues up Cutwater BI, report writer
  
  By Manufacturing Business Technology Staff, November 14, 2008
  
  
• MassTransit 6.0: Key to enterprisewide managed file transfer
  
  By Manufacturing Business Technology Staff, November 13, 2008
  
  
• MBT Blog-cerpt: R&D doesn't mean Restructure & Downsize in a down economy
  
  By Manufacturing Business Technology Staff, November 12, 2008
  
  
• Personifying Web 2.0: WorkLight and Tata team up for desktop gadgetry, collaborative gizmos
  
  By Manufacturing Business Technology Staff, November 12, 2008
  A new alliance will yield solutions to securely engage customers, partners, and employees through consumer Web 2.0 tools such as Facebook, iGoogle, iPhone apps, desktop gadgets, RSS, and more. Enabling secure, personalized, and enterprise-grade interactions beyond the portal, users are expected to gain a real business edge by increasing the value of their existing infrastructures.
  
• Trading up: Community supply chain solutions support virtual manufacturers
  
  Karen Dilger, senior contributing editor, November 12, 2008
  With no stored inventory, virtual manufacturers aren’t concerned with making a facility more efficient or utilizing assets properly. They end up asking for extended visibility and flexibility in their systems, focusing on product velocity and supplier capacity. Community supply chain management systems cater to manufacturers that outsource product, allowing users to build communities and support multi-enterprise trade.
  
• Pick and choose: SAP unveils ERP enhancement package; Sustainability report
  
  By Manufacturing Business Technology Staff, November 12, 2008
  
  
• Chocolate Potpourri leverages SYSPRO Power Tailoring, Lean, Web technologies
  
  By Manufacturing Business Technology Staff, November 11, 2008
  
  
• Del Monte ramps up spend management program
  
  By Manufacturing Business Technology Staff, November 11, 2008
  
  
• AC systems leader links Servigistics with SAP for inventory accuracy
  
  By Manufacturing Business Technology Staff, November 11, 2008
  
  
• Brand-owner advice: Keynotes at Kinaxis conference advocate aligning demand-SCM with business strategies
  
  By Manufacturing Business Technology Staff, November 10, 2008
  The need for integrating demand and supply management is overwhelmingly supported by results of a survey completed by Kinaxis user conference attendees, as is incorporating collaborative insight and human judgment into supply chain processes. Industry leaders offered up case examples of processes in action.
  
• Complete consensus: Manufacturers urge Obama to launch domestic industry recovery plan
  
  U.S. Business and Industry Council, November 10, 2008
  
  
• Managing innovation: Microsoft forum showcases tool, processes for successful product development
  
  Sidney Hill, Jr., executive editor, November 10, 2008
  If you had an idea for a new product that you were sure would bring your employer significant revenue, would you know who in the company to contact about getting that product to market? If the answer is no, you’re among the majority of people employed by manufacturing companies that want to be innovative but don’t quite know how to pull it off.
  
  
• Almost business as usual: Software AG upbeat despite global economic crisis
  
  Frank O Smith, senior contributing editor, November 10, 2008
  Software AG executives were upbeat at the company’s Innovation World 2008 user conference in Miami this month, with recently announced third-quarter operating profits up 50 percent, reflecting in part the successful integration of its $546-million webMethods acquisition in summer 2007. They also were uniformly consistent in their message that they are well positioned for growth despite the global economic downturn.
  
• Common search: SaaS-ready CMS calms corporate concerns about IT security, compliance
  
  By Manufacturing Business Technology Staff, November 4, 2008
  The rapid movement to Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions raises questions and concerns about what this means regarding security and compliance. That’s why SpringCM now offers enhanced security, reporting, and audit capabilities in an enhanced version of SpringCM, an on-demand document and workflow management solution.