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IndustryWeek
July 1, 2005
Doug Bartholomew |
Best Plants Finalists Spend Smart on IT "IT does matter," says Kevin O'Marah, vice president of research at AMR Research, "and these plants are smart enough to know how to use it."   |
IndustryWeek
June 17, 2009
Glenn Nowak |
ERP For Me Industry-specific manufacturers need industry-specific enterprise resource planning systems. |
IndustryWeek
January 1, 2006
Tonya Vinas |
Census Of Manufacturers: Shying Away From Spending U.S. manufacturers know they need to invest in IT - and some even plan for it - but research shows fewer actually are buying. |
IndustryWeek
March 1, 2004
Tonya Vinas |
World-Class Choices Plants on top choose cost-cutting and customer-pleasing applications. |
IndustryWeek
January 1, 2007
John S. McClenahen |
Improving Financial Performance How manufacturers put ERP to work. |
IndustryWeek
May 27, 2009
Josh Cable |
Tips for Selecting an ERP Software Vendor The right ERP software vendor will be equipped to offer the kinds of support services and tools that allow you to solve your most difficult business challenges, rapidly deploy applications and maximize your return on investment. |
IndustryWeek
February 1, 2005
Doug Bartholomew |
ERP Vendors: Big Get Bigger For most large and medium-size manufacturing companies that use an enterprise resource planning system, the changing ERP vendor landscape is nothing new; consolidation of software vendors began years ago. |
IndustryWeek
January 1, 2007 |
ERP Breaks Barriers Enterprise resource planning, a software application that started within the manufacturing sector, has crossed industry lines to benefit business in all arenas. |
IndustryWeek
October 1, 2002
David Drickhamer |
Aim High Not to confuse effort with results, but at the most basic level, North America's best manufacturers are simply doing more. |
IndustryWeek
April 1, 2004
George Taninecz |
Faster But Not Better Improved manufacturing times don't always result in comparable cost reductions. |
IndustryWeek
October 1, 2008 |
New ERP Solutions Hit the Market A look at some new IT solutions for manufacturers. |
IndustryWeek
October 1, 2006
Doug Bartholomew |
Enterprise Software: Lean Gets a Software Assist They said it couldn't be done -- mix enterprise resource planning with lean, that is. But ERP technology can support lean initiatives if you're willing to ride out the cultural shift. |
IndustryWeek
February 16, 2011 |
In Search of Manufacturing Excellence Apply now for IndustryWeek's 2011 Best Plants program. |
IndustryWeek
October 1, 2004
George Taninecz |
Partially Made In China Most U.S. industries are making China a cog in their supply chain -- even while many manufacturers in those sectors are losing sales and profits to the Chinese. |
IndustryWeek
March 1, 2004
Doug Bartholomew |
The Juice Flows Again Survey shows IT spending by manufacturing companies will expand this year as prices fall, and companies dust off shelved plans. |
IndustryWeek
April 18, 2012 |
Can Lean and ERP Work Together? Searching for harmony between MRP's 'push' and lean's 'pull' |
IndustryWeek
March 17, 2010
Peter Alpern |
ERP Takes Root in Wider Array of Busineses As companies increasingly lean on ERP systems for infrastructure, visibility and control, manufacturers have learned to become more sophisticated users. |
IndustryWeek
December 1, 2006
Jonathan Katz |
Operations Intelligence: A Loose Link Too few manufacturers are tying operations to their financials. |
CFO
February 1, 2003
Scott Leibs |
Damn the Torpedoes Despite flat IT spending, the juggernaut that is ERP shows few signs of slowing down. |
IndustryWeek
May 1, 2007
Brad Kenney |
A Good Kind Of Compromise Web-hosted ERP model proves valuable for SMBs. |
IndustryWeek
July 1, 2002
Doug Bartholomew |
Benefiting From The Boom A wealth of software categories and vendors give manufacturers many paths to improvement. |
IndustryWeek
July 1, 2002
Sam Greengard |
Made For Midsize Smaller manufacturers seek precise solutions for their complex needs. |
CFO
Scott Leibs |
CFO Buyer's Guide: ERP Software ERP vendors may stack up differently, but their basic financial applications rarely do... |
IndustryWeek
March 1, 2008
Jill Jusko |
IW Best Plants Program: In Search of Excellence Nominations are now open for an annual salute to outstanding manufacturing facilities in North America. |
IndustryWeek
October 20, 2010 |
Cloud Living up to the Hype Factors contributing to the growing popularity of cloud-based computing, including the speed at which it can be deployed, its flexibility and the burden it takes off the shoulders of the IT department. |
IndustryWeek
March 1, 2002
Doug Bartholomew |
Maximizing ERP Manufacturers extend enterprise resource planning's value with links to manufacturing execution systems, business information... |
CIO
August 28, 2013 |
Kennametal CEO Uses IT to Keep a Laser Focus on Customers For Carlos Cardoso, CEO of Kennametal, a wealth of data about customers' manufacturing plants allows his company to identify ways to boost efficiency |
IndustryWeek
March 16, 2011 |
Show Us Your Operational Excellence Enter your manufacturing plant in IndustryWeek's 2011 Best Plants competition. |
IndustryWeek
August 1, 2007
Jonathan Katz |
Best-In-Class KPIs An Aberdeen Group survey of more than 400 manufacturers shows that top-performing operations depend on several key performance indicators to measure success. |
IndustryWeek
July 22, 2009
Jonathan Katz |
America's View of Manufacturing: By the Numbers Deloitte's 'Public Viewpoint on Manufacturing' study highlights manufacturing's importance in the U.S. economy. |
IndustryWeek
April 20, 2011 |
Attention: Excellence Required Do your manufacturing practices drive stellar performances? If yes, then enter your your manufacturing plant in IndustryWeek's 2011 Best Plants competition. |
Food Processing
January 2012
David Phillips |
Manufacturing Software: How Well Do you Know Your System? Food processors expect more from manufacturing software, and they are getting it. |
IndustryWeek
January 1, 2007 |
Manufacturing Matters, But Who Can Deliver? Mature organizations are shifting from reactive to proactive strategies when it comes to capital and human asset productivity. |
IndustryWeek
February 1, 2008
Brad Kenney |
Socially Responsible ERP Get added value from your ERP system by using it for CSR reporting. |
IndustryWeek
July 1, 2006
Doug Bartholomew |
Where's the Magic? Is Manufacturing Software Delivering Results? Support for lean, improved visibility into operations drive in vestment in plant-floor technology. |
IndustryWeek
June 1, 2004
Doug Bartholomew |
Finding The Right Fit Different industries and manufacturers have the option of finding enterprise software that meets their specific industry's functional needs. |
IndustryWeek
October 1, 2003 |
Lessons Learned IndustryWeek's 2003 Best Plants winners deliver practical advice about how to excel. |
IndustryWeek
July 1, 2004
Jill Jusko |
Dangerous Disconnect Millions of displaced manufacturing workers remain unemployed. Simultaneously, an increasing shortage of highly skilled production workers is threatening U.S. manufacturing. |
IndustryWeek
January 1, 2007 |
Operations Intelligence Augments Business Intelligence Business Intelligence leverages the data captured in ERP systems. |
IndustryWeek
May 1, 2007
Brad Kenney |
Hosted ERP Done Right SaaS strategy helps Control Center LLC overcome ERP replace/upgrade paralysis. |
Managed Care
June 2002
Joyce Ochs |
More Organizations Pull Plug On Single-Function Systems Many hospitals are replacing single-function systems with one integrated system. Such systems are called enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems. |
CIO
November 15, 2003
Ben Worthen |
Extreme ERP Makeover The grand ERP vision of one application and one database for everything your company does may finally be achievable. But does that mean you should rip out all your systems and replace them with a single instance? Here's how to decide. |
IndustryWeek
July 1, 2005
Doug Bartholomew |
Forever Connected The Internet may be a recent tool within manufacturing, but it is undoubtedly one of the most, if not the most influential. Here's a quick tally of just a few of the ways the Internet has changed manufacturing. |
CIO
July 12, 2012
Chris Kanaracus |
Survey Finds ERP Software Project Overruns 'Distressingly Common' Oracle projects are facing the longest unexpected delays, according to Panorama Consulting |
IndustryWeek
January 1, 2005
Patricia Panchak |
Shaping the Future of Manufacturing A tour through manufacturing's recent history reveals clues of what's to come. |
CRM
September 2015
Leonard Klie |
Integrate CRM and ERP for Better Intelligence Businesses benefit when information flows freely between systems |
Entrepreneur
October 2003
Joshua Kurlantzick |
Made in America? More and more U.S. businesses are trekking overseas to explore cheaper ways to make their products. But what does that mean for small manufacturers left behind on the home front? |
CFO
March 1, 2004
John Goff |
The Discreet Charm of the SMB Increasingly, enterprise software vendors are targeting small and midsize businesses. |
InternetNews
March 5, 2004
Allen Bernard |
Majority of IT and Business Plans Still Not Linked Research finds that the majority of corporate IT plans are not linked to business plans even though the greatest return-on-investment gains come from doing so. |
CIO
January 27, 2010
Kim S. Nash |
ERP: How and Why You Need to Manage It Differently Enterprise Resource Planning has become a legacy system. That means simpler implementation, reduced maintenance costs and integrating new technologies. |
