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The Impact of Lean on Consumer Product Manufacturers by SAP America Inc

February 01, 2007 - (Free Research)

Discover the impact of Lean on consumer product manufacturers and gain key tips in implementing successful Lean initiatives across the enterprise.

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The Responsive Supply Chain: Managing Market Events in the Consumer Goods Industry by SAP America Inc

September 18, 2008 - (Free Research)

This report focuses on the market events that impact demand. It explains the six market event categories that cannot be controlled but can be effectively managed if the right processes and technologies are in place.

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Next Generation Customer Focus: Strategies and Business Activities Necessary for World-Class Performance and Success by Infor CRM

October 23, 2009 - (Free Research)

This paper focuses on consumer products manufacturers and the strategy of customer-focused innovation, exploring NGM study questions and examines business areas where customer-focused innovation has potential to influence performance outcomes. Read on to learn how ways to effectively identify and satisfy customer demand.

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Focusing on High-Tech Manufacturers by Infor CRM

October 23, 2009 - (Free Research)

This paper explores the idea that to effectively compete today and into the next generation, high-tech manufacturers must rethink their customer relationship management (CRM) strategies. Read on to learn the three strategies high-tech manufacturers must do if they want to be profitable tomorrow and in the years to come.

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Get the Facts on Information Availability: How to Solve Downtime Challenges to Manufacturing and Supply Chain Operations by Vision Solutions

January 2007 - (Free Research)

This white paper explores how the power of an information availability solution can unlock the latent potential of your IT environment and deliver new value for your organization.

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Understanding an OLAP Solution from Oracle by Oracle Corporation

September 2008 - (Free Research)

This white paper discusses two Oracle OLAP solutions: Oracle's Hyperion Essbase and Oracle Database 11g OLAP Option which share similar characteristics but are individuals with their differences.

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5 Levels of Agile Planning: From Enterprise Product Vision to Team Stand-up by Rally Software Development Corp.

August 2008 - (Free Research)

Existing agile methods often focus on small, single-team projects, overlooking the broader impact of large programs. This paper outlines a distinct planning framework that has been successful in large-scale agile software development projects and relies..

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Best Practices in Complex Equipment Manufacturing, Sales, and Service by SAP America Inc

January 2009 - (Free Research)

This paper gives a brief overview of the SAP® solutions used by manufacturers of complex products and equipment to differentiate themselves from the competition through superior-value products and services against low-cost global providers.

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Forrester White Paper: Assess Your Enterprise Agility (SAP6264) by SAP America Inc

November 2007 - (Free Research)

While firms have used different business strategies to insulate themselves from the effect of change, CEOs are beginning to recognize the need for their firms to become more agile in detecting and making the changes to strategy, operations, and products.

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ERP Software for Manufacturers - SearchManufacturingERP.com Product Directory 2009 Edition by SearchManufacturingERP

January 2009 - (Free Research)

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.

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eBook: The BPM Payoff by SearchCIO.com

November 2008 - (Free Research)

A business process is defined as a set of related activities that produce either a service or a product, the idea behind BPM is to line up these processes with the goals of a department or company.

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Sun Products Test Drive - Try and Buy by Sun Microsystems, Inc.

December 2008 - (Free Research)

Sun's free product trials give you the opportunity to test the very latest Sun Open Storage products and solutions for your business: absolutely free for a full 60 days, with full technical support.

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Top 10 Reasons Customers Choose SAP for Business Transformation by SAP America Inc

January 2006 - (Free Research)

SAP is a customer’s company, whose organization is designed for, and encouraging of, innovation in all its aspects - from product development to product delivery to product implementation. Read this white paper to discover the top 10 reasons why customers choose SAP for their business transformation.

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Using Master Data in Business Intelligence by SAP America Inc

March 2007 - (Free Research)

This paper reviews the current status of master data management (MDM) and offers suggestions for planning, building, and deploying an MDM environment. It examines how the MDM environment can be used in conjunction with BI applications and an underlying data warehousing environment to improve the decision-making process.

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Aberdeen Group: Enterprise Strategy Report - Global ERP Functionality Differences by SAP America Inc

September 2008 - (Free Research)

Enterprises looking to compete in a global marketplace must be able to comply with international financial and legal requirements-they must be able to think globally but at the same time act (and comply) locally.

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Enable Project-Centric Manufacturing with Business Software by IFS

June 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.

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Addressing the challenges of implementing a customer-centric strategy by Infor CRM

December 2008 - (Free Research)

The need for customer insight and responsiveness to that insight is the foundation and driving rationale for the emerging CRM concept of continuous customer dialogue through multi-channel touchpoints.

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Jama Contour v2.9 by Jama Software

December 2009 - (Free Research)

Scope creep kills innovation. Over $1 trillion is spent each year on R&D, and 60% of the projects fail due to requirements issues. By using requirements management best practices you can achieve 2x higher profits and 6x faster development cycles.

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MES Automotive: Leveraging the Right Solutions to Reshape the Future of the Automotive Sector by Atos Origin

January 2010 - (Free Research)

Read this paper to learn how Atos Origin has an automotive Manufacturing Execution systems (MES) team who understands manufacturing, your industry, your business, your legacy systems, and the myriad of new technologies and products available and is technology and product agnostic.

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Business Service Management: What It Is and Why You Should Care by Global Knowledge

December 2008 - (Free Research)

The purpose of this business training white paper is to explain what BSM is and what it isn't and it will also describe BSM benefits.

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Case Study: Welch’s® Improves its Warehouse and Inventory Management Operations by TAKE Supply Chain

October 2009 - (Free Research)

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.

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Capture the Right Requirements and Build Great Products in Half the Time by Jama Software

December 2009 - (Free Research)

Read this white paper to examine the top 3 productivity problems software development teams face. Learn how companies with a central hub of product intelligence are better able to stay connected throughout development, reduce defects and redundant research, build products faster and more efficiently, and more.

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Infor - ERP VISUAL by Infor

September 2008 - (Free Research)

Infor ERP VISUAL combines affordability and deep functionality, and is ideal for high growth, mixed-mode manufacturers who need a modular solution. Learn why more than 4,000 businesses trust Infor ERP VISUAL to run their operations.

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Infor - ERP LX by Infor

September 2008 - (Free Research)

Infor ERP LX, the next version ERP BPCS, is a scalable, comprehensive, flexible and integrated ERP solution for mixed-mode and process manufacturers operating in an IBM System i environment. The solution improves the efficiency of core business processes.

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ReadSoft helps frozen food pioneer Rich Products Corporation innovate its AP processing by ReadSoft

October 2009 - (Free Research)

AP processing has changed the ways the businesses have been doing business. Read in this paper how ReadSoft’s doing that and so much more.

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