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Enterprise Resource Planning systems (ERPs) integrate (or attempt to integrate) all data and processes of an organization into a single unified system. A typical ERP system will use multiple components of computer software and hardware to achieve the integration. A key ingredient of most ERP systems is the use of a single, unified database to store data for the various system modules. |
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With any technology, the vendor's job is to try to sell you their product, and they may rely on promises, superlative language and sparkling product demos to try to sway you. And with the midmarket ERP landscape crowded with players vying for your business's dollar, the prospect of choosing the right solution can seem even more daunting. But armed with these 10 questions, you'll be able to see through the hype and narrow down a few vendors that can really deliver what you need.
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| By : SAP |
Published Date: Aug 01, 2007 |
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Enterprise system implementations can be invasive, disruptive, and even counter-productive, causing considerable expense, possibilities of wrenching business-process change, and gnawing uncertainty in the minds of employees. But while no magic pill guarantees an implementation will be quick, painless, and successful, there are steps manufacturers can take to secure ERP value without risk of catastrophic failure.
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Need a retail intelligence system that doesn't require a significant up front investment, coordination of multiple software vendors and system integrators, or take months or years to implement? This guide will help you gain greater visibility of all your sales channels, products, distribution and suppliers to make timely and effective business decisions.
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| By : SAP |
Published Date: Mar 19, 2008 |
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To add value to their product offerings, manufacturers are following a new business model. No longer are they just selling products to their customers; to provide value-added services, they are using their ecosystem to build a solution provider network. Evolving this network requires sophisticated collaboration with your suppliers, engineers, and financial services organizations.
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| By : SAP |
Published Date: Nov 09, 2007 |
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Take a look at how organizations are taking strides to align business strategy with actual initiatives, projects, and daily activities - in short, to close the gap between strategy and execution. Studies show that even well-formulated plans often fall short; here's how to change that.
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| By : SAP |
Published Date: Mar 23, 2008 |
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Around the world today, thousands of manufacturing companies are optimizing their manufacturing processes by implementing lean tools and principles within their factories. However, are they the right tools and principles? Are they part of a larger "long on lean" plan? Or are they just "random acts of lean" that provide temporary fixes? To make the real quantum leap in speed to market, you need to consider overall fulfillment, not just the factory.
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| By : SAP |
Published Date: Aug 26, 2007 |
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Traditional linear supply chains with sequential processes are evolving into complex global ecosystems that are highly responsive to customer requirements. This SAP white paper describes how an adaptive supply chain network allows all the stakeholders in the supply chain – both internal and external to the enterprise – to share knowledge, make collaborative decisions and immediately respond to changing conditions. Trading partners can avoid costly supply chain problems. Moreover, firms can enhance their financial position and improve their supply chain economics.
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Whether you are an electrical supplies wholesaler or a manufacturer of oilfield equipment, the challenge is the same: Are you maximizing your margins by keeping your administrative processes as streamlined as possible? Or, are you wasting time and money by supporting paper-intensive processes to handle quotes, orders, ship notices, receipt documents and invoices?
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| By : SAP |
Published Date: Sep 05, 2007 |
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Read how Enterprise SOA goes beyond the fundamentals of a service-oriented architecture (SOA). SOA is a distributed software model that uses independent Web services to support business processes as defined by SAP and its partners and customers.
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| By : IBM |
Published Date: Aug 08, 2006 |
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As manufacturing goes global, initiatives to standardize processes and key performance measurements across the enterprise to unite the greater supply chain are emerging. The main catalyst? Driving down costs in response to customer and market pressures. However, mid-size companies in particular are driving performance improvements with a more proactive, strategic vision for improving performance than reactively responding to cost pressure.
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| By : SAP |
Published Date: Sep 24, 2007 |
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Consider how life sciences manufacturers can deal effectively with dynamic market needs, increased compliance requirements, more distributed manufacturing operations, and rapid product innovation. Addressing compliance management, integration, and data utilization will help improve responsiveness and performance.
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| By : Tripwire |
Published Date: Jul 11, 2007 |
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In this whitepaper, you will learn how configuration audit and control can be used effectively to ensure system management productivity, and help reduce costs and sustain configuration viability within the bounds of operational, security and regulatory standards.
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Corning Cable Systems offers the broadest range of end-to-end fibre optic and copper product solutions for telecommunications networks. Corning wanted to improve their supply chain to reduce inventory levels (thereby adding to bottom line savings) and reduce overall administrative costs- all without expensive or time-consuming investments.
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Chase & Sons has been delivering innovative engineered products and processes to the wire and cable industry for over 50 years. They supply General Cable with specialty tapes. In the past, Chase & Sons would allocate resources for 'emergency handling' of orders which took time away from planning and other more strategic functions.
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| By : SAP |
Published Date: Sep 24, 2007 |
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Read how SAP solutions for performance management help you improve corporate performance by aligning strategy with the actions required to achieve it. You can consolidate financial and non-financial information to gain insight into the factors that drive business success.
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| By : IBM |
Published Date: Jan 27, 2004 |
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We’ve heard it over and again: mid-sized manufacturers need to increase efficiencies while protecting their existing infrastructure and boosting profits. IBM can help, with tailored solutions. Click for the complimentary report, "Ten Insights for Success in an On Demand World".
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Today, as more and more organizations strive to improve productivity and profitability by dedicating the bulk of their resources to their core competencies, many of them are looking for efficient and cost-effective ways to outsource ancillary and support activities. Nowhere is this trend more prominent than among supply chain-centric organizations such as retailers, wholesalers, distributors, and manufacturers.
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| By : SAP |
Published Date: Mar 01, 2007 |
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This white paper outlines strategies for organizations considering upgrading or replacing their enterprise resource planning systems in order to handle business growth, streamline internal processes, and leverage technology innovation. It also includes a case study that examines how the University of Mississippi have successfully upgraded its SAP ERP systems to generate maximum business benefits.
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Before your company launches its next package selection, implementation or upgrade, make sure you don’t cripple the project from the start by failing to identify your requirements – the number one reason that projects spin out of control. This white paper summarizes some of the key lessons we have learned through our industry-leading requirements definition practice.
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The later in the system development life-cycle that major errors are discovered the more expensive it is to fix them. But the earliest stages of the systems development lifecycle (SDLC) are most often the least consistently executed. This paper describes a methodology that brings the early stages of the SDLC up to a high level of maturity: consistent, proven, and optimized for success.
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General Cable operates 28 manufacturing locations in 8 countries and is a leader in the development, design, manufacture, marketing and distribution of copper, aluminum and fiber optic wire and cable products. Their products are widely used in communications, energy, industrial and speciality markets. General Cable has nearly 300 suppliers of raw material for their US operations.
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Supply chain-centric organizations face unique challenges in today’s rapidly-changing marketplace. A variety of macro-industry factors, combined with the dynamic nature of their business, have made operations increasingly complex. As a result, there is an urgent need for tools that enable complete visibility into and enhanced management of inventory and related events and activities.
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| By : SAP |
Published Date: Aug 28, 2007 |
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It can take time and considerable energy for a growing business to finally put in place processes and procedures that really work. Of course, the solutions for today’s problems are not likely to be the right ones for tomorrow, never mind two or three years out. The key is to have an adaptable, flexible organization that anticipates change (or at least can accommodate it) rather than one that is disrupted and confounded by new developments.
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| By : SAP |
Published Date: Mar 14, 2008 |
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Charmer Sunbelt, a major distributor of spirits, wines and other beverages, expects to raise its bottom line by more than $8 million annually by revamping its enterprise software systems. Read about how they expect to meet that goal in this SAP case study.
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Until recently, ERP solutions were considered out of the question for all but the largest companies, due to the technology's complexity and large price tags. However, these days, midmarket companies have more choices than ever when it comes to ERP solutions, as competition between vendors has heated up. This Buyer's Guide can help you answer the big (and small) questions so you can make an informed buying decision.
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