WHITE PAPER - This white paper gives four tips to help you bring lean supply chain improvements to your manufacturing operation. Additionally, it discusses six technology tools that help automate these lean supply chain practices.
Posted: June 19, 2009 | Published: June 19, 2009


Topics:  Enterprise Resource Management | ERP | ERP Software | Lean Production | Manufacturing | Manufacturing Software | Manufacturing Systems | Procurement | Sales Order Management | Supply Chain Management | Supply Chain Software | Supply Chains

WHITE PAPER - This executive brief presents the six "Rules of the Road" that can help you cut costs, increase cash flow and become more responsive to changing market conditions in the manufacturing industry.
Posted: June 25, 2009 | Published: April 9, 2009


Topics:  ERP | ERP Software | Manufacturing | Manufacturing Execution Systems | Manufacturing Industry | Manufacturing Software | Manufacturing Systems | ROI

WHITE PAPER - This paper examines the impact of unreliable data on manufacturing companies. It then defines the requirements needed to guarantee data reliability in manufacturing and offers a practical approach to creating and governing that data.
Posted: November 4, 2009 | Published: November 2, 2009


Topics:  Compliance Best Practices | Customer Service | Data Quality | Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) | Manufacturing | Manufacturing Industry Organizations | Metadata Standards | Risk Assessment | Risk Management

WHITE PAPER - From a manufacturing executive's perspective, focusing on an open and flexible Manufacturing Operations Management platform creates a competitive weapon. This research provides a roadmap for creating such a platform in a cost effective way that still delivers benefits, such as higher levels of profitability.
Posted: June 25, 2009 | Published: March 6, 2009


Topics:  ERP | ERP Software | Manufacturing | Manufacturing Execution Systems | Manufacturing Software | Manufacturing Systems | Supply Chain Automation | Supply Chain Event Management | Supply Chain Management | Supply Chains

HARDWARE LISTING - AutomationDirect carries AC variable speed drives for all your speed control applications.
Posted: May 8, 2008 | Published: May 1, 2008


Topics:  Computer Controlled Devices | Computer-Aided Manufacturing Software | Drives | ERP | Hard Disk Drives | Manufacturing | Power Supplies | Shop Floor Control

CASE STUDY - When C&H Sugar decided to implement SAP console to further optimize their implementation of core SAP applications, they wanted an expert in radio frequency (RF) transactions. By partnering with Catalyst, they have achieved their goal of increasing visibility and accuracy.
Posted: October 30, 2009 | Published: October 30, 2009


Topics:  Inventory Management | Inventory Management Software | Manufacturing | Manufacturing Execution Systems | Manufacturing Industry Organizations | RFID | RFID Middleware | SAP (Product) | Supply Chain Management | Warehouse Management

WHITE PAPER - Recently lean manufacturing has gone from an obscure and isolated practice to a mainstream, extensively publicized methodology that is well known throughout the manufacturing and supply chain industry. However, this does not mean it is entirely understood as a business practice, nor does it mean that it has been implemented to any large extent.
Posted: April 3, 2009 | Published: April 3, 2009


Topics:  Business Process Automation | ERP | Inventory Management | Manufacturing | Supply Chain Integration | Supply Chain Management

WHITE PAPER - Leading-edge manufacturers are discovering that they can improve production efficiencies and manage MRO expenditures by integrating their Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) with Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) systems.
Posted: October 2, 2009 | Published: October 1, 2009


Topics:  Enterprise Asset Management Software | ERP | ERP Software | Manufacturing | Manufacturing Systems | PLM | PLM Software | Product Life Cycles

ANALYST REPORT - This Report examines best practices for aligning IT investments with the product supply goals of compliance, agility, and right-first-time manufacturing.
Posted: November 30, 2009 | Published: November 30, 2009


Topics:  Business Process Automation | Business Process Management | Compliance Best Practices | IT Management | Manufacturing | Manufacturing Execution Systems | Manufacturing Industry | Manufacturing Systems | Supply Chain Management

CASE STUDY - Welch's selected the TAKE Supply Chain Gemini™ for OPM mobile software solution and Compliance Label Manager (CLM), a barcode and radio-frequency identification (RFID) label management solution to improve the speed, visibility, accuracy and control of extended manufacturing and distribution supply chains. Read on to learn more.
Posted: October 15, 2009 | Published: October 15, 2009


Topics:  Barcode Label Software | Compliance (Systems Operations) | Data Quality | Inventory Management | Inventory Management Software | Manufacturing | Manufacturing Industry | Manufacturing Software | RFID | Supply Chain Management | Supply Chain Software

WHITE PAPER - This white paper will discuss Catalyst XPS, a tool that can integrate information from all the major small parcel carriers into one view, fully integrated with SAP. Catalyst XPS can save customers money and improve customer service, without creating an additional maintenance burden on their internal IT team.
Posted: September 15, 2009 | Published: September 15, 2009


Topics:  CRM | Customer Service | ERP | Manufacturing | ROI | SAP (Product) | Supply Chain Management | Transportation Management | Warehouse Management Software

WHITE PAPER - This whitepaper discusses the business case for data archiving as the first step in an SAP ILM strategy; strategies for Data Archiving, Retention Management and the Retention Warehouse strategy for legacy decommissioning in SAP; and Dolphin’s best?practices approach to an effective, long?term ILM strategy.
Posted: October 19, 2009 | Published: October 19, 2009


Topics:  Compliance (Finance) | ILM | Information Management | Manufacturing | Manufacturing Systems | SAP (Product) | Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance | Warehouse Management

EBOOK - There are many choices and considerations in the manufacturing ERP software market - and navigating the many options to find the right choice for your organization can seem like an overwhelming task. In this E-Book, read how SearchManufacturingERP.com turned to the experts at Panorama Consulting Group find the right one.
Posted: March 5, 2009 | Published: March 5, 2009


Topics:  ERP | ERP Software | Manufacturing | Manufacturing Execution Systems | Supply Chain Automation | Supply Chain Management

TRIAL SOFTWARE - EnterpriseIQ goes beyond traditional ERP software systems by providing a real-time foundation for collaborative and ebusiness environments. From ensuring efficient and timely delivery of products to meeting the dynamic needs of customers and suppliers, IQMS brings it all together, seamlessly.
Posted: January 5, 2009 | Published: January 5, 2009


Topics:  Automotive Industry | Consumer Packaged Goods Industry | ERP | Inventory Management | Inventory Management Software | Manufacturing | Manufacturing Execution Systems | Manufacturing Industry | Manufacturing Software | Supply Chain Management

WHITE PAPER - Compiled by SearchManufacturingERP.com editors, this directory includes ERP software products for process and discrete manufacturers of all sizes, as well as all verticals. It includes software that is meant to be deployed on-premise as well as Software as a Service (SaaS) or on-demand software.
Posted: August 14, 2009 | Published: January 22, 2009


Topics:  ERP | ERP Software | Manufacturing | Manufacturing Execution Systems | Manufacturing Software | SaaS ERP | Supply Chain Software | Supply Chains