Manufacturing

For many manufacturers, traceability is a valiant goal. But, for food and beverage producers, it’s a critical requirement.

To help you through this process, here are eight simple steps for a successful ERP system selection.

This white paper details how Web 2.0 technologies support business strategies by improving efficiency and productivity as well as harnessing knowledge through collaboration.

This paper discusses the drivers behind the growing awareness of GRC information technology and introduces the elements of an effective automated GRC system.

Join Frost & Sullivan and Scottish Development International for a complimentary eBroadcast as we discuss why new game-changing product applications and technologies are seeing radical developments.

Your goal is clear-produce high-quality goods while optimizing resources at every step of production. And in today's uncertain economy, cost-control efforts may never have been more important. Unscheduled downtime because of equipment failure can have a serious impact on your organization's bottom line. Download this white paper from IBM, and learn the basics of predictive maintenance, the benefits it provides manufacturing operations and the underlying technologies that make it possible. Predictive analytics helps you in a number of ways: identify when equipment is likely to fail or need maintenance and take action to maximize uptime and reduce future warranty claims costs; optimize allocated labor resources and spare part inventories, helping eliminate undue maintenance, prevent downtime and reduce inventory costs; and determine why certain production runs fail more often than others, identify the cause and analyze whether those runs warrant a recall.

The capabilities that enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems enable in wholesale and distribution have a wide umbrella of influence throughout an organization. Using ERP data to make better business decisions while cutting your costs is only one

The capabilities that enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems enable in wholesale and distribution have a wide umbrella of influence throughout an organization. Using ERP data to make better business decisions while cutting your costs is only one way you can make the most of your system.

Managing the cost of goods sold (COGS) amid volatile commodity and energy markets

This research is a continuation of our Visi-MAP Module-1. While we identified hot technologies, emerging manufacturing approaches and high growth enabling applications in Module-1 of the research, Module-2 will provide an industry case analysis for various end-user challenge scenarios and solution/technology approaches. The primary aim is to catalyze end-user adoption of these solutions and make them into common practices. Live case examples of each of the company are also discussed in detail to encapsulate the delivery model of solution providers.

Learn how CPG and Wholesale Distributors are becoming more efficient, more innovative, more agile, and more competitive.

Get the latest research on how the new lease accounting standard affects your company. Find out what 179 senior executives think about the new lease accounting standard and how it will impact their companies. Read this comprehensive analyst report to learn more.

While a business case is all about the numbers, knowing how and when to push the proposal through the approval process requires an understanding of the psychology behind how proposals are selected and funded. Learn the tools and strategies to develop a business case and gain approval.

Progressive retailers have shifted to integrated store lifecycle (SLM) systems enabled by Integrated Workplace Management System (IWMS) to provide a seamless integration of all phases of the entire real estate lifecycle process from market planning; through site selection, store design and construction; to day-to-day operations such as lease administration and facility management.

Download this white paper to understand how these changes create a need for new processes and systems to achieve compliance and drive the need for new and broader skills within financial and real estate personnel.

According to IDC - "Smart Building Energy Analytics solutions are the pivotal piece of intelligence from the end user's perspective because they bring heightened visibility into facility operations and maintenance to enable a new level of sophistication in building management." Learn more - download the study today.

View this on-demand webcast to learn the practical strategies, targeted initiatives and deployed technologies used by organizations that have "crossed the sustainability chasm", using findings from a wide-ranging survey of 130 sustainability-focused professionals.

Learn from the experiences of other distributors who have been through the ERP selection process and not only lived to tell about it, but brought great benefit to their companies. Read this white paper now and learn what NOT to do when evaluating ERP

Recent trends in the distribution industry are forcing companies to continually re-evaluate their processes and value propositions and strategically chart new courses.

This Analyst Insight examines the challenges facing finance executives today, and the ways in which ERP is helping them to overcome these challenges.

Download this complimentary report and learn about the overwhelming number of business managers using an application or service that is not sanctioned by IT.

Download this white paper from IBM, and learn the basics of predictive maintenance, the benefits it provides manufacturing operations and the underlying technologies that make it possible.

Read this in-depth Aberdeen Group report, based on responses from 117 executives of successful companies, to find out how best-in-class businesses are proactively managing these challenges. You'll learn these techniques for optimizing maintenance and operations-and more.

For most corporations and federal agencies, buildings are the biggest emitter of greenhouse gases and represent the best opportunity to cost-effectively reduce environmental impact and achieve sustainability. Investments in green building strategies consistently result in significant benefits for organizations today.

Download this white paper to learn the practical strategies, targeted initiatives and deployed technologies used by organizations that have "crossed the sustainability chasm", using findings from a wide-ranging survey of 130 sustainability-focused professionals.