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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 |

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 |

The Innovation Barrier: Has Testing Fallen Behind Development? by Fanfare February 2007 - (Free Research) Constant product innovation has contributed to a thriving equipment-manufacturing industry, however, fewer time-saving tools are available to QA than developer groups. As a result, testing is becoming an innovation barrier. This paper examines the innovation barrier: its causes, effects, & what’s needed to restore the vigorous pace of innovation.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

What's Happening on Your Shop Floor? by Plex Systems March 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 |

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 |

Re-architecting Your Virtual Environment: Analysis tools and platform decisions by LEGACY - DO NOT USE - Insight and Sun Microsystems, Inc July 2007 - (Free Research) Chris Wolf talks about the tools that are used to increase virtual server performance. Later, virtualization platform decision points are covered with emphasis on OS and application compatibility and support, high availability, automation and management.  (VIDEOCAST) READ ABSTRACT |

Customers, Not Cars Now Drive Auto Importer’s Strategy by SAP America, Inc. January 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 |

From the Shop Floor to the Front Office: Taking a Fresh Look at Manufacturing ERP Options by IQMS April 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 |

Re-architecting Your Virtual Environment: Solutions to virtual infrastructure challenges by LEGACY - DO NOT USE - Insight and Sun Microsystems, Inc July 2008 - (Free Research) In this final session, Wolf discusses application selection, focusing on using chargebacks to counter physical storage challenges. He gives network architecture examples, offers some CPU considerations, and tackles issues with heterogeneous VM management.  (VIDEOCAST) READ ABSTRACT |

Re-architecting Your Virtual Environment: Virtual infrastructure analysis by LEGACY - DO NOT USE - Insight and Sun Microsystems, Inc July 2008 - (Free Research) In this first session, Wolf introduces principles of virtual infrastructure optimization and covers virtual machine placement optimization and bottleneck identification.  (VIDEOCAST) 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 |

Barcoding 101 for Manufacturers: What You Need to Know to Get Started by Plex Systems November 2010 - (Free Research) Barcoding, also known as Automatic Identification (Auto ID), is a method of encoding information into a machine-readable pattern of predefined bar and space patterns that can be quickly and accurately read by a scanner and a computer. Read this white paper to learn how to incorporate barcoding into your everyday.  (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 |

The Butterfly Effect on Data Quality: How small data quality issues can lead to big consequences by Talend August 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 |

Part 3: New Strategies for Data Center Storage and Networking by EqualLogic, Inc. February 2008 - (Free Research) New products and strategies in data storage and networking, including storage virtualization, IP and Fiber Channel hybrids and the evolution of hard disk drive storage.  (VIDEOCAST) READ ABSTRACT |

Part 2: Challenges to Data Center Storage and Networking by EqualLogic, Inc. February 2008 - (Free Research) Schulz discusses threats, challenges and new strategies effecting storage and networking performance and capacity.  (VIDEOCAST) READ ABSTRACT |

Part 1: Basic Storage and Networking Terms by EqualLogic, Inc. February 2008 - (Free Research) Greg begins with an introduction to storage and networking terminology, which helps to demystify complicating acronyms and other jargon used by storage and networking specialists.  (VIDEOCAST) READ ABSTRACT |

Using data deduplication products as part of an IT disaster recovery strategy by Quantum Corporation October 2010 - (Free Research) Check out this FAQ podcast, to hear W. Curtis Preston, independent backup expert and executive editor, source and target deduplication, how these approaches differ, what that means from a disaster recovery perspective and more.  (PODCAST) READ ABSTRACT |

Presentation Transcript: Virtualization 101 - Part 2 Moving From Test to Production by Dell and VMware December 2009 - (Free Research) This presentation transcript 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.  (PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT) READ ABSTRACT |

Server Virtualization 101: Part 2 Moving from Test to Production by Dell and VMware December 2009 - (Free Research) This videocast 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.  (VIDEO) READ ABSTRACT |

Plex Systems Customers Leverage SaaS ERP for Impressive Results by Plex Systems March 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 |

Building a Highly Reliable SAN by Dell, Inc. July 2008 - (Free Research) System reliability is a vital component in Storage Area Network (SAN) design that keeps your production environment operating and avoids data loss and downtime.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Transforming Your Backup Through Data De-Duplication by Quantum Corporation June 2008 - (Free Research) Quantum's solutions allow data de-duplication technology to become part of a complete backup and retention solution set that also includes conventional disk backup, tape, replication, and encryption.  (WEBCAST) READ ABSTRACT |

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 |

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 |

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