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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 |

MPI Group: The Informed Manufacturer — Tips, Tricks and Tactics for High-Tech Manufacturers by SAP America, Inc. July 31, 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 |

MPI Group: The Informed Manufacturer — Tips, Tricks and Tactics for Discrete Manufacturers by SAP America, Inc. January 27, 2012 - (Free Research) Download this comic book package to take a light-hearted look at today’s manufacturing challenges – and to gain serious solutions for achieving success.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Collaboration Drives Growth for Discrete Manufacturers: For Sage by Sage Software January 05, 2012 - (Free Research) This paper takes a look at enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems and the requirements of collaboration as it relates to customer focus, innovation, and supply chain excellence.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

The Innovation Barrier, Part 2: Symptoms, Solutions, and the Impact on Equipment Manufacturers by Fanfare November 16, 2007 - (Free Research) This paper is the second in a two-part series exploring the innovation barrier – the point at which testing can no longer keep pace with development in the equipment manufacturing industry. It examines the innovation barrier’s symptoms – from slowdowns in development to mounting quality issues – and the potential impact on equipment manufacturers.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Tying the Shop Floor to the ERP System by Plex Systems March 31, 2009 - (Free Research) ERP on the Shop Floor is as critical to the viability of the enterprise as any component in the execution of manufacturing. High performing manufacturers have found that full integration of real-time operational data collected from the shop floor to the top floor is key to reducing costs, streamlining operations and improving customer satisfaction.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Accelerating the Speed of Intelligence for Fast and Flexible Forecasting by SAP America, Inc. September 30, 2011 - (Free Research) Based on interviews with CFOs and senior finance executives at six leading international companies, this report presents the strategies they are using to infuse flexibility into their planning, budgeting, and forecasting processes in order to detect and address the constantly changing market realities of today's stubbornly volatile global economy.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Smarter Commerce Manufacturing Interactive Guide by IBM January 30, 2012 - (Free Research) Smarter commerce is designed to help companies better integrate and more effectively manage their value chains. It aligns the buy, market, sell and service processes in a way that puts the customer at the center of decisions and actions, which can lead to greater customer loyalty, revenue and profit margin growth.  (VIRTUAL SEMINAR) READ ABSTRACT |

Aging ERP: When Old ERP is Too Old by Sage Software January 04, 2012 - (Free Research) This analyst insight looks at the performance of companies that have more recent enterprise resource planning (ERP) implementations and compare them to companies that have systems over 15 years old.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Neutraceutical Supplements Uptime with Dell Compellent SAN by Dell Compellent May 06, 2011 - (Free Research) Nutraceutical’s previous storage area network (SAN) lacked the flexibility and high availability necessary to keep production running at the manufacturing facility without sacrificing the IT team’s nights and weekends. Read on to learn more.  (CASE STUDY) READ ABSTRACT |

Improving Service in Volatile Markets by Microsoft September 2008 - (Free Research) To get leaner and more cost-efficient, many automotive and industrial manufacturers are working to improve their systems and processes.  (WHITE PAPER)

Computer Weekly Special Report: Fujitsu by ComputerWeekly.com January 2011 - (Free Research) Fujitsu has been an insular company, with a market centred in Japan. Does it have what it takes to reinvent itself as a well-represented global player, with cloud computing at its heart?  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Look at Business Size, Budget When Choosing Between SaaS and Hosted ERP by Sage Software February 2012 - (Free Research) This expert guide explains some of the prominent differences between Software as a Service (SaaS) enterprise resource planning (ERP) software and hosted ERP systems including cost, benefits, and risks of both.  (EGUIDE) READ ABSTRACT |

Midmarket Business Intelligence trends, strategy update and expert advice by SAP America, Inc. May 2011 - (Free Research) This eBook provides expert advice to help your midmarket organization find success with BI and analytics.  (EBOOK) READ ABSTRACT |

BI for the CPG Industry - Supply Chain Visibility Drives Performance by SAP America, Inc. January 2011 - (Free Research) CPG companies are discovering that high product volume sales come at the expense of extreme data complexity. Companies struggle to maintain open lines of communication with retail customers and distributors trying to manage the flow of product. Learn how CPG companies deliver BI to business managers to better manage fluctuating product demand.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Focus Experts’ Briefing: Five Ways Modern ERP Solutions Increase Business Agility by Sage Software January 2012 - (Free Research) In this report, discover the ways in which modern enterprise resource planning (ERP) strategies increase business agility.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Case Study: National Print Group Posts Large-Scale Savings with Fluid Data Storage by Dell Compellent June 2011 - (Free Research) As NPG's digital library and business applications continued to grow, so did data storage inefficiencies and costs. The aging equipment had limited storage capacity and there was no disaster recovery strategy other than time-consuming backups. Read on to learn how NPG managed their growing problem.  (CASE STUDY) READ ABSTRACT |

Collaborative Sourcing: The Keys to Unlocking Greater Value by Ariba, Inc. December 2011 - (Free Research) This report looks at how a collaborative sourcing approach can help sourcing teams deliver greater value to the enterprise.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

2011–2012 IT Budget Benchmarks by ComputerWeekly.com November 2011 - (Free Research) The Corporate Executive Board IT Budget Benchmarking Survey assess IT spending,  staffing, and outsourcing levels at more than 175 organizations globally, representing roughly US$38 billion in IT spend. Download for the latest IT budget trends.  (IT BRIEFING) READ ABSTRACT |

Building a Reliable Database Environment: A Guide for SMBs by Dell, Inc. and Intel April 2010 - (Free Research) Reliability and availability, data protection, performance, and scalability are all essential characteristics of a database management system. This paper looks at each one of those characteristics in detail and offers an implementation guide for SMBs that require a highly reliable database environment.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Email archiving services by Arrow Electronics, Inc. June 2008 - (Free Research) Get details on the dynamics at play around email archiving: SEC regulations, backup considerations and best practices for retention. Finally, find out which hardware and software products do a good job at email archiving.  (WEBCAST) READ ABSTRACT |

The work/life report: The Hybrid Organisation: Technology by ComputerWeekly.com June 2010 - (Free Research) The enterprise must be ready to embrace technologies that facilitate the blurring of the boundaries between work and life, in order to maximise the productivity, insight, innovation and collaboration gained from investments in its people, as well as technology itself.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Gartner: Two-tier ERP suite strategy - considering your options by ComputerWeekly.com September 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 |

Coaching Techniques for Dealing with Underperformers by Global Knowledge Network, Inc. May 2004 - (Free Research) People do not perform at their job for one of two reasons: either they can't or they won't. The second type of employee is the one we will address in this paper- the employee who chooses not to do his or her job for whatever reason.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Big Data Analytics: Profiling the Use of Analytical Platforms in User Organizations by MarkLogic February 2012 - (Free Research) Access this comprehensive research report by Wayne Eckerson to further your knowledge of big data and the way analytics are evolving.  (ANALYST REPORT) READ ABSTRACT |

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