WHITE PAPER - This executive brief presents the six "Rules of the Road" that can help you cut costs, increase cash flow and become more responsive to changing market conditions in the manufacturing industry.
Posted: June 25, 2009 | Published: April 9, 2009


Topics:  ERP | ERP Software | Manufacturing | Manufacturing Execution Systems | Manufacturing Industry | Manufacturing Software | Manufacturing Systems | ROI

WEBCAST - This webcast explores the business value of product lifecycle management (PLM) in an uncertain economy and explores SAP's approach to becoming more innovative, agile and efficient.
Posted: July 8, 2009 | Premiered: July 22, 2009


Topics:  Business Process Reengineering | Manufacturing Industry | Marketing | PLM | PLM Software | Process Control Software | Product Design | Product Development | Product Life Cycles | Product Management | Quality Control | Regulatory Compliance | SAP (Product)

PODCAST - This podcast explores the business value of product lifecycle management (PLM) in an uncertain economy and explores SAP's approach to becoming more innovative, agile and efficient.
Posted: July 24, 2009 | Premiered: July 24, 2009


Topics:  Business Process Reengineering | Manufacturing Industry | Marketing | PLM | PLM Software | Process Control Software | Product Design | Product Development | Product Life Cycles | Product Management | Quality Control | Regulatory Compliance | SAP (Product)

CASE STUDY - To improve inventory management and standardize procedures, Blue Bell turned to TAKE Supply Chain's Gemini Series™ for OPM mobile software solution. Read this case study to learn more about the benefits Blue Bell experienced from switching to TAKE Supply Chain’s Gemini Series™, and learn how your company can do the same.
Posted: October 14, 2009 | Published: October 14, 2009


Topics:  Business Process Automation | Data Collection | ERP | ERP Software | Inventory Management | Inventory Management Software | Manufacturing Execution Systems | Manufacturing Industry | Oracle (Product) | Supply Chain Management

WHITE PAPER - For manufacturers today, achieving strategic goals requires not only intimately understanding technology and markets but also overcoming higher hurdles that have been exacerbated by trends toward globalization and outsourcing. Read on to learn more about how your company can achieve product and service leadership.
Posted: October 21, 2009 | Published: October 21, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Process Management | Business Processes | Manufacturing | Manufacturing Industry | Manufacturing Industry Organizations | PLM | Product Development | Product Life Cycles | Product Management

CASE STUDY - 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.
Posted: October 15, 2009 | Published: October 15, 2009


Topics:  Barcode Label Software | Compliance (Systems Operations) | Data Quality | Inventory Management | Inventory Management Software | Manufacturing | Manufacturing Industry | Manufacturing Software | RFID | Supply Chain Management | Supply Chain Software

WHITE PAPER - With compliant manufacturing operations, you can deliver quality products to customers consistently and meet good manufacturing practices regulations at the lowest cost possible - all key to leading the competition. How can you achieve such objectives? With software and services from SAP and our partners.
Posted: June 4, 2009 | Published: June 2, 2009


Topics:  Collaborative Product Development | Compliance (Systems Operations) | Compliance Software | Data Visualization | Enterprise Resource Management | Life Sciences Industry | Manufacturing Industry | Manufacturing Software | Supply Chain Integration | Supply Chain Management

WHITE PAPER - The need to keep product and service offerings fresh is not a new concept in business today, but the new approach is involving a network of business partners and even customers in their quest to innovate. This process is called "continuous product and service innovation."
Posted: October 21, 2009 | Published: October 21, 2009


Topics:  Business Process Management | Business Processes | ERP | Manufacturing | Manufacturing Industry | Manufacturing Industry Organizations | Manufacturing Systems | PLM | Product Life Cycles | Product Management

WHITE PAPER - Results from Aberdeen Group report, The Lean Supply Chain, indicates that Aerospace and Defense (A&D) manufacturers are 40% more likely to be Best in Class performers - companies that are characterized by having an integrated Lean approach and solution with technology enablers - than their peers from other industries.
Posted: June 4, 2009 | Published: June 2, 2009


Topics:  Enterprise Resource Management | ERP | Lean Production | Manufacturing | Manufacturing Industry | Manufacturing Software | Supply Chain Collaboration | Supply Chain Integration

TRIAL SOFTWARE - EnterpriseIQ goes beyond traditional ERP software systems by providing a real-time foundation for collaborative and ebusiness environments. From ensuring efficient and timely delivery of products to meeting the dynamic needs of customers and suppliers, IQMS brings it all together, seamlessly.
Posted: January 5, 2009 | Published: January 5, 2009


Topics:  Automotive Industry | Consumer Packaged Goods Industry | ERP | Inventory Management | Inventory Management Software | Manufacturing | Manufacturing Execution Systems | Manufacturing Industry | Manufacturing Software | Supply Chain Management

WEBCAST - This webcast explores the emerging paradigm for fixed asset management -- including new approaches and technologies for tracking the logical and physical deployment of fixed assets within the enterprise to extend asset life, improve utilization, and squeeze every dollar out of a company’s investment in equipment and facilities.
Posted: November 16, 2009 | Premiered: November 16, 2009


Topics:  Enterprise Asset Management Software | Enterprise Resource Management | ERP | ERP Software | Fixed Assets | Manufacturing | Manufacturing Industry | Supply Chain Collaboration | Supply Chain Intelligence | Supply Chain Management | Supply Chain Software | Supply Chains

WHITE PAPER - 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.
Posted: October 23, 2009 | Published: October 23, 2009


Topics:  CRM | CRM Analytics | CRM Best Practices | Customer Loyalty | Customer Retention | Customer Satisfaction | Customer Service | Customer Service Best Practices | Manufacturing | Manufacturing Industry

WHITE PAPER - This paper explains how a common platform can provide the basis for not only managing manufacturing operations, but also quality and inventory across global supplier networks.
Posted: September 11, 2008 | Published: September 11, 2008


Topics:  Business Performance Management | ERP | Global Economy | Globalization | Manufacturing Execution Systems | Manufacturing Industry | Manufacturing Software | Supply Chain Event Management | Supply Chain Event Management Software | Supply Chain Execution | Supply Chain Integration

WHITE PAPER - This is the first in a series of six reports addressing the opportunities and challenges faced by midsize manufacturers.
Posted: June 8, 2009 | Published: June 2, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Process Management | Cost Benefit Analysis | Global Economy | Manufacturing | Manufacturing Industry | Pricing | Product Management | Productivity | Revenue Projections | SMBs

WHITE PAPER - This paper discusses the fundamentals for successful Lean manufacturing, including the establishment of optimal customer relationships, improved channel visibility, flexible product configuration, shortened cycle times, improved capacity utilization and integrated operational infrastructures.
Posted: October 9, 2009 | Published: October 9, 2009


Topics:  Business Processes | EDI | Infrastructure Management | Infrastructure Services | Just-In-Time | Kaizen | Lean Production | Manufacturing | Manufacturing Industry | Manufacturing Software