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- WS Packaging Group Selects and Implements Radius Solutions' PECAS Vision ERP/MIS
- WS Packaging Group is an industry leader with more than forty years of experience in printing and flexible packaging for retail, commercial and industrial markets. There was a need to move to a single integrated business platform so the company could standardize business operations across facilities, embrace lean manufacturing practices,...
- Tags: Lean Manufacturing, MIS, RADIUS, ERP, WS Packaging Group, Tqm/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, Network Security, It Operations, Networking
- Case studies 2008-03-13
- lean manufacturing - Click-Through Demo (msi)
- This is a portable, interactive demo that closely simulates the UI and functionality of an actual solution. Installs to your Start menu and includes a presenter script. Scenario Summary: A lean manufacturing process design solution can help organizations reduce lean manufacturing implementation costs, improve collaboration surrounding lean manufacturing implementation, and...
- Tags: Lean Manufacturing, Tqm/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, It Operations
- Software downloads 2007-10-05
- Momentum Webcast: lean manufacturing for High Tech Manufacturers (Level 100)
- The attendee of this webcast will learn key lean manufacturing techniques that can significantly improve business and profitability. Traditional lean tools have already penetrated many companies in the industry. This webcast highlights ways to extend this success beyond the four walls and drive transformational improvement throughout the supply chain. It...
- Tags: Webcast, Lean Manufacturing, Tqm/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, Digital Media, It Operations, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Webcasts 2005-11-01
- lean manufacturing and RFID Implementation - Are They Connected?
- There is a new complexity in conducting business these days. The global customers mandate that comprehensive systems have to be in place. High on this list is a push to implement RFID technologies. All the while plants are being squeezed on pricing, production lead times, and competitive pressures. Can one...
- Tags: Lean Manufacturing, Connected Corp., Tqm/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, RFID, It Operations, Wireless, Security, Biometrics
- White papers 2005-06-20
- Adaptive Manufacturing: Enabling the Lean Six Sigma Enterprise
- This SAP white paper reviews the history of lean manufacturing best practices and explains why a more pragmatic approach to lean manufacturing is now in order. Find out how market forces such as demand variability and supplier fragmentation are affecting manufacturers and what they must do to extend lean- and...
- Tags: Lean Manufacturing, SAP AG, Supplier, Manufacturing, Tqm/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, Six Sigma, Process Improvement, Channel Management, It Operations, Quality, Business Operations, Marketing
- White papers 2005-05-01
- Ensuring lean manufacturing at Shanghai General Motors
- Shanghai General Motors Company Shanghai GM made the right decision when it called on SAP Custom Development services to help it adapt its SAP Advanced Planning & Optimization SAP APO solution, which is a component of SAP's supply chain management SCM system. Download this case study to read about...
- Tags: Supply Chain, Lean Manufacturing, Shanghai, SAP AG, General Motors Corp., Supply Chain Management (SCM), Tqm/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, Enterprise Software, Software, It Operations
- Case studies 2005-05-01
- Microsoft Executive Circle Webcast: Learn How New Lean Enterprise Management Solutions Help Drive Peak Performance in Manufacturing
- As one approaches the midpoint of this century's first decade, information technology is taking on a broader, more strategic role in the implementation of lean manufacturing practices. This webcast explains how progressive companies are achieving remarkable gains in competitiveness, profitability and growth by leveraging the rapid evolution and simplicity of...
- Tags: Enterprise Management, Webcast, Performance, Lean Manufacturing, Microsoft Corp., Manufacturing, Tqm/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, Digital Media, Utility Computing, It Operations, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Webcasts
- Cefla Group Accelerates Business Processes by Up to 87% With Integrated Enterprise Resource Planning
- Cefla Group, a leading Italian manufacturing group, specializes in four sectors: store fittings and fixtures; finishing systems for wood-based, plastic, and non-ferrous materials; dental equipment; and manufacturing facility engineering and interior design. The company wanted to implement lean thinking principles and information systems that enhance decision making across corporate functions,...
- Tags: Business Process, Oracle Corp., Lean Manufacturing, Decision-making, ERP, Tools & Techniques, Tqm/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, Manufacturing, Management, It Operations
- Case studies
- Automotive Parts Supplier Gears for Growth With lean manufacturing
- Haldex develops and manufactures specialized automotive parts for commercial and consumer vehicles. As the effects of globalization intensified in the late 1990s, Haldex needed to cut costs to compete with companies abroad and to improve responsiveness to match domestic competitors. To meet these challenges and to keep up with rapidly...
- Tags: Lean Manufacturing, Supplier, Microsoft Corp., Haldex, Tqm/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, It Operations
- Case studies
Additional Resources
- Windows 7 ship date? The crowd has spoken...
- Last month, I kicked off the Windows 7 release date prediction pool with my analysis on why I think Windows 7 will be released in time for the holiday buying season in 2009, picking July 29, 2009 as my entry. At the same time, I invited readers to add their...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2008-05-16
- Does 'SOA lifecycle management' say it better than 'SOA governance'?
- Oh what a difference five years makes. Back in the good old days, 2002-03, IT people at the time our ancestors were fascinated with this new approach called "service oriented architecture," which would make integration faster and cheaper and less onerous. Now that many companies have services in production, they...
- Tags: Lifecycle Management, SOA, SOA Governance, Miko, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- Icahn launches Yahoo proxy fight; Mark Cuban's return?
- As expected, billionaire Carl Icahn launched his proxy war to turn over Yahoo's board of directors and one of his nominees is Mark Cuban, who sold Broadcast.com to Yahoo and then took those funds to buy the Dallas Mavericks. Just for entertainment value I may buy a...
- Tags: Shareholder, Board, Yahoo! Inc., Chairman, Mr., Mark Cuban, Microsoft Corp., Carl Icahn, Director, Yahoo Shareholder, Bebchuk, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- Putting Workday on SAP's radar
- Now that SAP's SaaS project Business ByDesign has gone on the back burner, I've been wondering how I'm going to pass the time next week at SAPPHIRE Berlin. One thing I'll be asking the enterprise software giant is how it feels about losing out to SaaS startup Workday for a...
- Tags: Software-as-a-service, SAP AG, Radar, Workday, Flextronics International Ltd., Software As A Service (SaaS), Human Capital, Emerging Technologies, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Phil Wainewright
- Blog posts 2008-05-14
- BitSlice (zip)
- BitSlice is a set of readymade business components encapsulating business functionality that can be used to build business applications quickly and efficiently. BitSlice Component technology allows the developer to demarcate the application into levels of distinct functionality that could be stitched together to compose the application. The BitSlice components can...
- Tags: Application, Business Application, Domain, Composite Software Systems, BitSlice, BitSlice Component Technology, Software Development, Enterprise Software, Software/Web Development, Software
- Software downloads 2008-05-14
- Why HP-EDS is a disaster in the making
- As I've noted elsewhere HP's takeover of Compaq destroyed essentially all of HP's pre-takeover value and left the Compaq organization operating as HP. Now they've announced their intention of taking over EDS. On the good news side there won't be a culture clash in bringing these...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Compaq Computer Corp., Microsoft Windows, Manufacturing, Mergers & Acquisitions, Financial Accounting, Operating Systems, Software, Investment, Finance, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-05-13
- Starting from scratch at Tasty Baking's new facility
- Brendan O'Malley, CIO at Tasty Baking discusses the pressures with getting design and IT right for the company's move into a new manufacturing facility after 90 years in the same plant. by Administrator
- Tags: Manufacturing, Strategy, Management, Administrator
- Blog posts 2008-05-13
- Automating the factory floor
- Brendan O'Malley, CIO at Tasty Baking, describes how the company is automating its manufacturing operations by using a new "voice-picking system" in which employees are directed to each location on the factory floor via headset to ensure that the correct quantities of ingredients are being placed on each pallet. by...
- Tags: Factory, Manufacturing, Administrator
- Blog posts 2008-05-13
- Tasty Baking CIO: Brendan O'Malley
- Brendan O'Malley, CIO of Tasty Baking talks to CNET News.com's Dan Farber about the IT challenges in making more than 5 million cakes, cookies and other desserts every day for fresh delivery. He also discusses streamlining the company's 90 year old business operations, developing inventory management solutions and how the...
- Tags: CIO, Inventory Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Administrator
- Blog posts 2008-05-13
- Microsoft's plan to block Linux on laptops
- Details of Microsoft's recently announced plan to extend the life of Windows XP for ultra low-cost PCs are trickling out. IDG News got its hands on what it says are Microsoft documents outlining the program for PC manufacturers. Until now, the big question was: What exactly defines...
- Tags: Linux, PC, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Laptop Computer, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Software, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-05-13
- Is it RIP for my aged Apple laptop?
- OK. I may just have found a very relevant reason to go out and buy a new computer: I think I have officially killed my four-year-old Apple notebook. And, yes, I will lose data if I can't recover the hard drive. And, yes, I am traveling as this discovery is...
- Tags: Thin Client, Apple Inc., Laptop Computer, IGEL, Thin Clients, Hardware, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-05-12
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