WHITE PAPER - This white paper will examine the supply-chain problems now confronting manufacturers, the benefits of managing supply-chain performance more effectively and the risks presented by some efforts to achieve those benefits.
Posted: September 4, 2008 | Published: September 4, 2008


Topics:  B2B | Best Practices | Manufacturing | Outsourcing | Supply Chain Management

WHITE PAPER - In this context, "order" means the full order lifecycle, encompassing a variety of supply chain interactions including the exchange of requests for quotations and purchase orders.
Posted: September 4, 2008 | Published: September 4, 2008


Topics:  Business Process Automation | Business Process Management | Customer Satisfaction | Manufacturing | ROI

WHITE PAPER - Lean thinking is now increasingly being applied to all areas within the organization - from sales and marketing to engineering and production through to finance and post sale service.
Posted: September 3, 2008 | Published: September 3, 2008


Topics:  Business Activity Monitoring | CRM | Distribution Centers | ERP | ERP Software | Manufacturing | Manufacturing Software | Product Life Cycles | Supplier Relationship Management | Supply Chains | Warehouse Management

WHITE PAPER - MES platforms have, and continue to provide, significant opportunities to integrate manufacturing functions while reducing wasted time, energy, and material on the factory floor.
Posted: August 28, 2008 | Published: August 28, 2008


Topics:  ERP | Manufacturing | Manufacturing Execution Systems | PLM

WHITE PAPER - Read this report to learn more about key industry tends for collaboration and social media, the best practices driving this emerging market segment, and how to identify the principle players in this market.
Posted: August 20, 2008 | Published: August 15, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Collaboration | Enterprise | Instant Messaging | Manufacturing | Social Networking | Web Conferencing Services

WHITE PAPER - This report explains how a wide range of Sage CRM SalesLogix customers define ROI and the return they are achieving with their Sage CRM SalesLogix implementations.
Posted: August 14, 2008 | Published: August 14, 2008


Topics:  CRM | Customer Satisfaction | Manufacturing | Marketing | Productivity | ROI | Sales | Vendors

WHITE PAPER - This white paper provides a valuable list of factors for executive management, IT decision makers and sales professionals to consider when planning a successful CRM integration project.
Posted: August 14, 2008 | Published: August 14, 2008


Topics:  CRM | Customer Satisfaction | Customer Service | Manufacturing | ROI | Sales | Software

WHITE PAPER - This white paper details the critical roles IT plays in providing Operations with timely information in areas such as quality management, supply chain, and cost control.
Posted: August 11, 2008 | Published: June 1, 2008


Topics:  Customer Service | Downtime | Enterprise | Inventory Management | Manufacturing | Metrics

WHITE PAPER - As virtualization matures as a technology, there are several trends that organizations will want to watch. This white paper provides the details
Posted: August 9, 2008 | Published: January 23, 2008


Topics:  Blade Servers | DAS | IT Departments | Manufacturing | NAS | SAN | Server Management | Storage Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - Learn how you can transform traditional supply chains from linear, sequential processes into adaptive supply chain networks.
Posted: August 6, 2008 | Published: January 1, 2007


Topics:  Collaboration | Globalization | Manufacturing | Outsourcing | Supply Chain Management

WHITE PAPER - Kognitio WX2 offers unparalleled performance delivering business insight and an attractive price/performance ratio. This paper will review the importance of increased analytical performance, data management improvements and reduced cycle times
Posted: July 28, 2008 | Published: July 1, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Processes | Data Management | Enterprise | Manufacturing | Marketing | Sales | TCO | Vendors

WHITE PAPER - TDWI explores traditional approaches to data quality, which focus on well structured data, and shows why these do not work with less structured product data. Read about Product Data's unique requirements and how to address them.
Posted: July 23, 2008 | Published: March 1, 2008


Topics:  Data Management Software | Data Quality | Data Warehouse Architectures | Data Warehouse Software | Data Warehouses | Manufacturing | Master Data Management | Product Management | Supply Chain Management | Unstructured Data

WHITE PAPER - Real-time CCPM solutions give contact center management an objective and quantifiable method for identifying, capturing and communicating customer or operational issues quickly enough to prevent them from causing more damage.
Posted: July 17, 2008 | Published: April 3, 2008


Topics:  Benefits | Contact Centers | Dashboards | Enterprise | Manufacturing | Marketing | Productivity | Sales

WHITE PAPER - Shop Floor Execution (SFX) automates and streamlines factory operations by combining three popular applications: Labor Management, Machine Utilization and Paperless Dispatching. This provides the essential tools for real-time production process management
Posted: July 9, 2008 | Published: January 1, 2005


Topics:  Business Process Management | Data Collection | Data Quality | Enterprise Systems | ERP | ERP Software | Inventory Management | Manufacturing | MRP Software | Production Scheduling Software | Shop Floor Control | Software Implementation

WHITE PAPER - Lean manufacturing is a philosophy committed to the total elimination of waste.There are seven types of waste that plague manufacturing. Shop Floor Execution (SFX) can help minimize or eliminate all of them.
Posted: July 9, 2008 | Published: July 9, 2008


Topics:  Business Logistics | Database Management | ERP | ERP Software | Manufacturing | Manufacturing Systems | MRP Software | Quality Control | Systems Management