To avoid a 7.96% increase in logistics costs, companies should follow the roadmap of Best in Class companies, which have been able to reduce costs or keep them flat via supply chain transformation. 

Read this case study to learn how to deploy an easy-to-use, well-supported and cost-effective EDI solution to interface with an existing Microsoft Dynamics™ GP business system. 

In this paper you will learn how TAKE Supply Chain has developed a scalable, rules-based barcode label and RFID print management platform that allows business users — not IT programmers — to effectively administer tagging output and compliance programs, which can increase efficiency while decreasing costs with RFID label management. 

Read this brief to learn the "Rules of the Road" that can help you cut costs, increase cash flow and become more responsive to changing market conditions. Each of these "rules" can be accomplished with the implementation of an IT system for manufacturing operations excellence, also known as a Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM) system. 

This white paper examines the impact of using disparate systems versus an integrated ERP system on your manufacturing operations. The detailed charts on the following pages provide insight into how the inefficiencies associated with change management today can be easily and cost-effectively eliminated. 

This paper provides an overview of Platform HPC Workgroup Manager (HPC-WM). HPC-WM dramatically simplifies both the installation and ongoing management of Linux clusters, making them accessible to even the smallest organizations. 

Untamed costs can deplete the precious working capital that's critical to your ongoing operations and new expansions. By instituting efficient automated processes throughout your organization, you can reduce waste, unnecessary overtime, and a host of other cost factors. 

One big area organizations often find easy ways to improve is in its facilities/real estate management. Cutting consumption translates into cost savings and helps the environment. Reducing your overall square footage reduces your electrical consumption and your carbon emissions. Read this analyst insight to learn how to get started. 

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. 

What will be most important to IT organizations over the next 12 months? It's probably no surprise that cost control or reduction in spending is the key priority. This white paper looks at the near-term activities of the IT organizations surveyed by TechTarget, along with their constraints, issues, motivating factors, and strategies. 

This webcast explores the benefits of migrating SAP workloads from SPARC to an integrated platform. Discover how this transition can enable your organization to increase their flexibility, scalability and reliability. 

The MMT initiative can help your company achieve this by enabling the integration of ERP, MES and other plant systems into a single source of company data. Read on to learn how Atos Origin has aligned with SAP's industry Business Units to jointly offer the MMT approach that will enable manufacturers to realize the vision of the Perfect Plant.