The 2007 ERP in Manufacturing Benchmark Report
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) strategies are driven by growth strategies, customer service expectations, and pressures to reduce costs. While ERP is generally viewed as a necessary infrastructure for all but the very smallest of companies, it is also a strategic weapon in streamlining and automating business processes - while providing visibility to those processes throughtout the enterprise. This report explores feedback provided by over 1,400+ manufacturers, and aims to serve as a roadmap to those in the manufacturing community who desire to reduce costs, improve accuracy of inventory and schedules, and develop customer responsiveness through successful ERP implementations.
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Warehouse Management Solutions: Embedded or Best-of-Breed?
As manufacturers and distributors come under rising pressure for faster fulfillment of product orders and outstanding customer service, they increasingly ask the question, "Would a warehouse management system1 (WMS) help us better manage and automate our warehouse and fulfillment operations?" Often, they are finding that a WMS would, indeed, provide the benefits they seek. Your company may be coming to the same conclusion.
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The Visible Supply Chain
Today's supply chain is, of course, the primary processing mechanism of every manufacturing company. But it's more than that: Its multifaceted, multicompany, multinational structure makes it the most complex management challenge found in any enterprise. Supply chain management no longer means just making sure that the right resources and the right materials move to the right place at the right time.
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Five Ways ERP Can Help You Implement Lean
Becoming Lean has been a goal of most companies over the last few years. Why is Lean so popular? Lean delivers what companies really need in today's highly competitive world - shorter lead times, improved quality, reduced cost, increased profit, improved productivity and better customer service.
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