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Why a Shop Floor Execution (SFX) System Is an Essential Complement to Enterprise Systems
sponsored by Casco Development, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Shop Floor Execution (SFX) automates and streamlines factory operations by combining three popular applications: Labor Management, Machine Utilization and Paperless Dispatching. This provides the essential tools for real-time production process management
Posted: 05 Dec 2008 | Published: 01 Jan 2005

Casco Development, Inc.

7 Ways Shop Floor Execution (SFX) Can Help with Lean Manufacturing and Complement ERP Systems
sponsored by Casco Development, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Lean manufacturing is a philosophy committed to the total elimination of waste. There are seven types of waste that plague manufacturing. Shop Floor Execution (SFX) can help minimize or eliminate all of them.
Posted: 05 Dec 2008 | Published: 09 Jul 2008

Casco Development, Inc.

3 Smart Moves That Slash Intermodal Costs
sponsored by Quintiq
WHITE PAPER: Even with near limitless intermodal options, planners typically fall back on familiar routes and patterns – regardless of whether or not there's a better way to operate. Fortunately, this resource lays out three smart moves that slash intermodal costs while delivering real planning transparency.
Posted: 31 Mar 2014 | Published: 31 Mar 2014

Quintiq

Extending Application Integration Beyond the Enterprise
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Integration has always been an important part of IT projects; however, as this resource explains, it's no longer sufficient to integrate resources under the control of the enterprise. Read on to discover answers to enterprises' top questions about integration.
Posted: 22 Jun 2015 | Published: 18 Apr 2014

IBM

Best Practices for Open Source and the Cloud
sponsored by Red Hat
WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper takes a careful look at two of today's most popular topics: open source application software and moving to the cloud.
Posted: 18 Sep 2013 | Published: 18 Sep 2013

Red Hat

Implementing product mix optimization that works
sponsored by Quintiq
WHITE PAPER: This guide offers insight to help you optimize your product mix and maximize profits.
Posted: 01 Apr 2014 | Published: 01 Apr 2014

Quintiq

9 Catastrophic Projects, And the Lessons They Teach
sponsored by AtTask
WHITE PAPER: This white paper considers 9 massive project failures, and analyzes where teams went wrong. Read on to see how mistakes, communication breakdowns, and destroyed budgets can obliterate your projects, and how you can avoid a similar fate.
Posted: 30 Jan 2015 | Published: 30 Jan 2015

AtTask

Five Challenges for Managers of Mid-Sized Manufacturing Companies
sponsored by Syspro
WHITE PAPER: This resource counts down five challenges that today's midsized manufacturers face, and lays out possible actions you can take to resolve these difficulties and find success.
Posted: 07 Apr 2014 | Published: 31 Dec 2012

Syspro

Use Analytics to Innovate and Lead in Today's Banking Environment
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Banks are bringing together big data projects, transactional processing, data warehousing and analytic tooling. Find out how IBM DB2 for z/OS and DB2 Analytics Accelerator in an IBM zEnterprise environment can help.
Posted: 22 Apr 2014 | Published: 31 Mar 2014

IBM

Software-defined Storage: the overall benefits
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This brief video cuts through some of the confusion surrounding SDS and tells you what to look for – and what to avoid – when choosing an SDS product.
Posted: 18 Mar 2015 | Published: 18 Mar 2015

IBM