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What's Happening on Your Shop Floor? by Plex Systems March 31, 2009 - (Free Research) Until recently, it was difficult for manufacturers to obtain a true picture of what was happening on the shop floor. Real-time, accurate data reflecting production activity, planned production schedules, quality checks, machine breakdowns, inventory levels or a shortage of materials made it a challenge for shop floor management to keep track..  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

How To Leverage Workforce Scheduling To Increase Enterprise Efficiency by Infor WFM Workbrain December 16, 2011 - (Free Research) In this video, discover the key to achieving this balance -- a software solution that helps you forecast and schedule your workforce using advanced optimization technology.  (PRODUCT DEMO) READ ABSTRACT |

EaglePicher Technologies Meets Huge Demand Spike With Crucial ERP Implementation by Plex Systems April 10, 2009 - (Free Research) EaglePicher management turned to Plex Systems of Auburn Hills, MI to help initiate a manufacturing-based ERP system for its manufacturing facilities. Its new lean manufacturing abilities have enabled it to accurately determine cost and profitability by part, allowing it to become increasingly competitive, especially against offshore competitors.  (CASE STUDY) READ ABSTRACT |

To ERP or Not to ERP: In Manufacturing, It Isn't Even a Question by Sage Software January 05, 2012 - (Free Research) This paper will uncover the performance results of companies that have implemented an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system versus those that have not. It will also examine the capabilities that companies with ERP have over non-ERP companies.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Short-Run Manufacturer Builds Long-term Success with EnterpriseIQ by IQMS January 06, 2011 - (Free Research) For years, Donnelly managed operations using an OS/2 operating system and various software packages. While Donnelly achieved much success using the OS/2 platform and manual scheduling, the company’s growth eventually began outpacing the system’s capacity. With EnterpriseIQ in place, Donnelly has seen improvements in every aspect of its business.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Grocer Moves Shopping to the Palm of Customers’ Hands by SAP America, Inc. December 31, 2011 - (Free Research) Read this Bloomberg Businessweek case study to learn how Swiss grocer Coop leveraged its customers' attachment to their iPhones with their long commutes and time-compressed schedules to boost both loyalty and sales with an iPhone shopping app that integrates with its back-end SAP ERP and CRM systems.  (CASE STUDY) READ ABSTRACT |

From the Shop Floor to the Front Office: Taking a Fresh Look at Manufacturing ERP Options by IQMS April 21, 2011 - (Free Research) Selecting a supplier for manufacturing ERP solutions is more important than ever before, due to the increasingly complex set of business processes involved.  Manufacturers now require the ability to share data in real time across all functional areas touching the manufacturing process. This paper takes a fresh look at manufacturing ERP options.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

The Butterfly Effect on Data Quality: How small data quality issues can lead to big consequences by Talend August 01, 2011 - (Free Research) This white paper explores the butterfly effect of poor data quality on CRM, ERP, billing, data warehouse, and other enterprise systems.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Plex Systems Customers Leverage SaaS ERP for Impressive Results by Plex Systems March 30, 2011 - (Free Research) This Analyst Insight is part of a series of Aberdeen research reports exploring the topic of SaaS ERP. While several ERP solution providers are currently equipped to deliver ERP using SaaS deployment models, how these different SaaS solutions are delivered varies quite significantly. This report focuses on Plex Systems' SaaS ERP offering.  (ANALYST REPORT) READ ABSTRACT |

Gartner: Two-tier ERP suite strategy - considering your options by ComputerWeekly.com September 01, 2010 - (Free Research) Increasing numbers of companies are evaluating a two-tier enterprise resource planning (ERP) strategy; running separate lower-cost regional solutions for small-tomidsize subsidiaries, despite, in many cases, already rolling out a global ERP system.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Customers, Not Cars Now Drive Auto Importer’s Strategy by SAP America, Inc. January 31, 2011 - (Free Research) Read this Bloomberg Businessweek case study to learn how Israeli auto importer Colmobil Corp. changed its entire organizational structure and business processes, and, as part of the transformation, overhauled its legacy technology infrastructure to improve its customers' experiences and create business growth.  (CASE STUDY) READ ABSTRACT |

Auto-Snapshot Manager/ VMware® Edition: Automated, Integrated, And Scalable Protection Of Virtual Machines by Dell | EqualLogic November 2008 - (Free Research) Auto-Snapshot Manager/VMware Edition (ASM/VE) is a unique and innovative data protection feature of the Dell EqualLogic™ PS Series iSCSI SAN that enables fast online backups and quick restores of VMware virtual machines and VMFS file systems.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

ITIL: What It Is and Why You Should Care by Global Knowledge Network, Inc. September 2005 - (Free Research) ITIL is becoming the next big thing in Information Technology. This paper outlines the origin of ITIL, who controls its contents, who are the biggest users, and why you should care.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

CBS E-Book: Run Your Business Better With Oracle's EPM Solutions by Oracle Corporation April 2011 - (Free Research) View this interactive E-Book to learn how Oracle's Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) and Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) systems provide your business with an unprecedented solution that is complete, open and integrated.  (EBOOK) READ ABSTRACT |

Podcast: Server Virtualization 101: Part 2 Moving from Test to Production by Dell and VMware December 2009 - (Free Research) This podcast offers recommendations for moving your virtualization project from the testing phase to production. Learn how to plan virtualization design to ensure a smooth transition to production rollout. Discover ways to align your implementation with best practices and determine which next steps to take to prepare for production.  (PODCAST) READ ABSTRACT |

MPI Group: The Informed Manufacturer — Tips, Tricks and Tactics for High-Tech Manufacturers by SAP America, Inc. July 2011 - (Free Research) For high-tech manufacturers, even a brief delay in design, production, or distribution can severely limit sales and profitability. With so much at risk, speed and accuracy are imperative. Read this white paper to learn what practices, processes and systems will keep your high-tech manufacturing organization on the cutting edge.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Lean Manufacturing by IFS January 2012 - (Free Research) This paper illustrates how IFS Applications support lean principles, particularly in the many manufacturing environments that require both rate-based and order-based shop floor execution. This hybrid approach lets you go lean step by step, as you are able, not because an inflexible system forces you to do so.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

SAP Supports Applications on VMware Platform: An Industry Milestone by VMware, Inc. October 2008 - (Free Research) The partnership with SAP gives VMware the opportunity to address an additional large segment of the enterprise market, and enables SAP to sell its products on the industry-leading virtualization platform.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Matching Technology Improves Data Quality by Talend September 2010 - (Free Research) Matching technology plays an important role in achieving a single view of customers, parts, transactions or almost any type of data. Often used to identify duplicates, matching technology is vital to providing data that is fit-for-use in enterprise applications. This paper outlines the basic theories, strategies, and algorithms of record matching.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Looking to the Cloud for an Effective Supply Chain by Plex Systems July 2010 - (Free Research) The manufacturing enterprise is driven by tight profit margins; a tough economy; escalating energy, material, labor, and operations costs. This paper describes the next wave of supply chain solutions. Read on to learn how technology plays a key role in a company’s ability to build and manage an effective supply chain.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Planning, Budgeting and Forecasting Software Evaluation and Selection Guide by IBM February 2012 - (Free Research) Read this white paper and learn a systematic approach to select software for your planning, budgeting and forecasting needs. Read how to combine today's best practices with leading-edge technology.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Intelligent Response Management Strategies for Managing Demand-Supply Networks by SAP America, Inc. July 2011 - (Free Research) Read this Aberdeen Group report to discover the intelligent response management strategies used by top companies to effectively manage their increasingly complex, global demand-supply networks in 2011's uncertain economic times.  (ANALYST BRIEF) READ ABSTRACT |

Computer Weekly - 29 November 2011: Read this week’s issue of the UK’s leading technology publication, featuring the latest news, analysis and opinion about UK IT by ComputerWeekly.com November 2011 - (Free Research) In this week's Computer Weekly, we go behind the scenes at the datacentre that knows everything about you, at credit checking firm Experian. We analyse the government's new plans to change the way it works with IT suppliers; and kick-off our Buyer's Guide to outsourcing with a look at the latest trends. Download the new issue now.  (EZINE) READ ABSTRACT |

Best-In-Class Spend Management Hinges On Spend Analysis by Ariba, Inc. January 2012 - (Free Research) This research report examines the crucial set of processes that encompass spend analysis by exploring the pressures, strategic actions and capabilities of 132 organizations surveyed globally in September 2011.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

CW+: Special report on SAP by ComputerWeekly.com December 2010 - (Free Research) Enterprise resource leader, SAP founded in 1972, is facing the slow death of traditional on-premise ERP. Customers with shrinking IT budgets are opting to outsource more of their core business systems.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

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