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Abstract:
Improved service management boosts revenue from both service offerings and new product sales, while improved customer service
and enhanced offerings increase customer retention, and draw new service business, providing an additional, low risk and likely
repeated revenue stream over a long period of owner (...)
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Improved service management boosts revenue from both service offerings and new product sales, while improved customer service
and enhanced offerin...
Published:
2005-08-02
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Abstract:
MAPICS hereby joins the raft of enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendors that are making their way into the product lifecycle
management (PLM) market by bundling or partnering strategically to embed PLM functions within their suites. (...)
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... like PDM, computer aided manufacturing (CAM), and computer aided engineering
(CAE). ... suppliers care mostly about effectively managing the complex supply chain).
...
Published:
2004-07-22
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Abstract:
MAPICS hereby joins the raft of enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendors that are making their way into the product lifecycle
management (PLM) market by bundling or partnering strategically to embed PLM functions within their suites. (...)
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... their engineering and manufacturing or supply chain departments, and
... products; industrial/commercial machinery and computer equipment; electrical
equipment and ...
Published:
2004-07-22
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Abstract:
Based in Atlanta, Georgia, $78 million Manhattan Associates, Inc. develops, markets, and supports supply chain execution
systems for distribution center management and Internet fulfillment. 1999 was a difficult year for the vendor, marked by reorganization
and management turnover in the midst of rapid co (...)
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... in 1990 by former KSA consultant Alan Dabbiere with ... in the form
of supporting computer platforms and ... the fourth position among supply
chain execution vendors ...
Published:
2000-02-01
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Abstract:
There remains no shortage of experts and solutions that purport to have the keys to improving your supply chain. However,
executives who bear bottom line responsibility for the performance of the enterprise would do well to evaluate every potential
new program from the perspective outlined here. (...)
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consultant in supply chain computer equipment:
There remains no shortage of experts and solutions that purport to have the keys to improving your supply chain. However,
executives who bear bot...
Published:
2002-11-13
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Abstract:
Managers weighing an investment in software for supply chain face pressure to be right. Looking for a precise calculation
of ROI often results in making an uninformed decision. Part four discusses the difficulty in predicting the future. (...)
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Managers weighing an investment in software for supply chain face pressure to be right. Looking for a precise calculation
of ROI often results in ...
Published:
2001-07-18
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Abstract:
The growing pressure for improving customer responsiveness and profits has lately changed the traditional role of supply
chain management (SCM) of spare and replacement parts. (...)
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The growing pressure for improving customer responsiveness and profits has lately changed the traditional role of supply chain
management (SCM) of...
Published:
2005-07-28
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Abstract:
The main cause of lean maintenance failure is that companies fail to focus on asset reliability. The reliability approach
to capacity, which includes risk prioritization analyses of assets, can help a company achieve lean success. (...)
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... of a work order system and computer managed maintenance ... to restore
reliability, once the equipment is reduced ... as both a practitioner and consultant,
author of ...
Published:
2005-07-12
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Abstract:
This article looks at where computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS) end and enterprise asset management (EAM)
takes over, focusing on features and functionality of EAM software. It also compares CMMS and EAM software and explores the
two key differentiators. (...)
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This article looks at where computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS) end and enterprise asset management (EAM) takes
over, focusing on f...
Published:
2009-08-24
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Abstract:
Properly implemented supplier relationship management solutions can help companies overcome some of today's business challenges
by allowing them to restructure their supply chains, align business processes, define and establish company-supplier relationships,
and integrate information systems to share in (...)
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Properly implemented supplier relationship management solutions can help companies overcome some of today's business challenges
by allowing them t...
Published:
2007-01-19
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Abstract:
Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP) business models and information systems originated in the 1970s and 1980s, an inflationary
period. They addressed business priorities that were strongly influenced by inflation. Many manufacturers are now confronting
worldwide price stability, or even deflationary pres (...)
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... Thus, in addition to conventional supply-chain management (SCM) systems,
suppliers are likely to ... pre-tax profits, and reflects the tendency of equipment to wear
...
Published:
2000-06-29
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Abstract:
Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP) business models and information systems originated in the 1970s and 1980s, an inflationary
period. They addressed business priorities that were strongly influenced by inflation. Many manufacturers are now confronting
worldwide price stability, or even deflationary pres (...)
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consultant in supply chain computer equipment:
... Thus, in addition to conventional supply-chain management (SCM) systems,
suppliers are likely to ... pre-tax profits, and reflects the tendency of equipment to wear
...
Published:
2000-06-29
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Abstract:
In most cases, companies will acquire enterprise asset management (EAM) software but the interfaces to external systems will
have to be constructed. (...)
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... into the larger ERP or supply chain management (SCM ...
Similarly through its equipment metering, monitoring and ... ERP, as well as being a consultant/implementer
and ...
Published:
2004-03-16
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... deep within a complicated piece of equipment, or a ... In manufacturing,
3D computer-aided design (CAD) has long ... I am an IBM certified Learning Consultant
at ...
Published:
2009-11-17
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Abstract:
Food and beverage manufacturers and distributors have many challenges on their plate, and even industry giants cannot afford
to sit back. Given this backdrop, how can small to medium manufacturers cope with the same external pressures with comparatively
fewer resources? (...)
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Food and beverage manufacturers and distributors have many challenges on their plate, and even industry giants cannot afford
to sit back. Given th...
Published:
2006-10-30
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Abstract:
The advent and growth of vendors targeting the needs of discrete manufacturing industries proves that the PLM market in this
sector has been hot. Agile Software has made a name for itself by providing the tools that support the collaborative exchange
of product data, appealing to companies that rely on c (...)
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consultant in supply chain computer equipment:
The advent and growth of vendors targeting the needs of discrete manufacturing industries proves that the PLM market in this
sector has been hot. ...
Published:
2003-10-23
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Abstract:
The food and beverage industries have very special needs, many of which are externally regulated. Read on to discover some
of the unique challenges and software requirements for these industries. (...)
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The food and beverage industries have very special needs, many of which are externally regulated. Read on to discover some
of the unique challenge...
Published:
2009-11-27
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Abstract:
SAP has been delivering on its chemicals industry strategy by expanding its capabilities for manufacturing and supply chain
management, broadening its composite package applications in areas such as emissions management, pricing management, and manufacturing
dashboards, and focusing on mid-market compani (...)
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SAP has been delivering on its chemicals industry strategy by expanding its capabilities for manufacturing and supply chain
management, broadening...
Published:
2006-05-31
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Abstract:
Although its PLM solutions will not likely be the "all things to all people" any time soon, Oracle might be showing us its
ability to develop its own applications in collaborative effort with its prominent customers. (...)
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... complex products, facilities, and equipment, Oracle touts ... mostly
about effectively managing the complex supply chain). ... gets confused
with computer aided design ...
Published:
2004-01-05
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Abstract:
Bar code technology allows users to analyze information to develop more accurate maintenance, personnel, and financial planning.
In particular it can hasten the data recording processes in a maintenance system, as seen in its use in the aircraft maintenance
process. (...)
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... Universidad Iberoamericana, in Mexico City, as a computer technology consultant
in the area of physics, arranging electronic and computing equipment for their ...
Published:
2005-05-02