June 2007 - (Free Research) To support globalization, the ERP evolution has now reached the plant floor, where the desire exists to obtain greater detail and specificity required for continuous process and quality improvement, supply chain visibility and complete product traceability and genealogy across global manufacturing operations.
OnePlan addresses the Finite Scheduling needs of demand driven process and consumer products manufacturers with a strong emphasis on ease of use, visibility & collaborative planning. This application enables plant plans and schedules to be quickly updated to match the speed of the business.
August 2008 - (Free Research) Companies that opt to remain in manufacturing - with its expensive assets and complex requirements - must be excellent at it, or fail as a business.
November 2008 - (Free Research) The Manufacturing 2008 Executive Summary provides a concise view of North American manufacturing production metrics and best practices to help manufacturers benchmark their operations and better understand how to improve.
September 2008 - (Free Research) This white paper reviews the history behind ERP deployments, how the needs of an ERP
system have evolved and why today’s business requirements necessitate direct, real time integration between corporate planning applications and the shop floor, across manufacturing operations – including production, quality and the supply chain network.
Three applications combined around a core of Shop Floor Data Collection - Labor Management, Machine Tracking (OEE) and Paperless Dispatch -creates a new category called Shop Floor Execution(SFX).It is a subset of “Collaborative Manufacturing Execution”.
July 2008 - (Free Research) Industrial facility designers and those who operate and maintain those facilities need to work together closely to improve plant efficiency and business profitability over time.
Ross Enterprise ERP business solutions from CDC Software are designed to address the unique challenges of recipe and formula-based process manufacturers. If you are in the Food and Beverage, Life Sciences, Chemicals, Metals, Natural Products, or other process manufacturing industries, Ross Enterprise ERP is designed specifically for you.
July 2008 - (Free Research) Project-centric manufacturing business models that involve outsourcing and short product lifecycles expose manufacturers to a number of risks they were not vulnerable to previously.
July 2008 - (Free Research) Shop Floor Execution (SFX) systems interface to ERP/MRP systems to provide that set of functionality, SFX automates and streamlines factory operations by combining three popular applications around a core of Shop Floor Data Collection.
February 2008 - (Free Research) A Manufacturing Execution System (MES) is a dynamic information system that drives effective execution of manufacturing operations.
August 2008 - (Free Research) Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) is a business model that allows supplier/manufacturer organizations to access, control, and replenish inventory for their customers. Clear Spider is the industry leader in VMI technology.
November 2008 - (Free Research) This paper explores the drivers for cloud computing, especially for communications service providers, and looks at the challenges that cloud computing infrastructures must address and key management components providers need to put in place.
April 2008 - (Free Research) Next generation networks are a key enabler of an effective end-to-end security solution. Preventing disruptive elements is both a public duty and a key business requirement to entice passengers and generate the associated revenues.
May 2008 - (Free Research) The Shared Services agenda is now well established in the public sector. This paper discusses with the best functional and technical solutions for Shared Services, without the appropriate legal, governance and commercial structures in place.
April 2008 - (Free Research) This whitepaper addresses the trends surrounding Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM) and the strategies that manufacturers are using to mitigate risk from their supply network. It contains a case study about how one manufacturer is viewing real-tim…
CDC Factory is an enterprise application for manufacturing operations management that delivers real-time OEE, finite scheduling, supplier collaboration, quality assurance and rapid maintenance response. CDC Factory manages production planning and records results of all activities in terms of rate, yield, utilization, and unit cost.
July 2008 - (Free Research) This 27-page Executive Summary, which presents key findings and statistical data in 30 figures, is divided into two sections: Operations & Technology and Compensation.
MicroMain XM Enterprise™ enables your enterprise to conserve resources through strategic, comprehensive asset management. This enterprise asset management (EAM) system enables you to optimize your plant or industry assets and generate higher profits, reduce equipment downtime, increase asset availability, and make cost-effective purchases.
August 2008 - (Free Research) Customer Managed Inventory (CMI) is a business model that allows organizations to: access, control and replenish inventory from their manufacturers or suppliers. Read this paper and learn about Clear Spider’s CMI technology.
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