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Abstract:
A CMMS is an excellent business opportunity whose implementation can significantly improve operations, reduce equipment downtime,
increase accountability of the maintenance functions, and produce substantial financial savings. Read on to learn how this
can be accomplished. (...)
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A CMMS is an excellent business opportunity whose implementation can significantly improve operations, reduce equipment downtime,
increase account...
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2003-07-08
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In the airline industry, aircraft maintenance is an activity that has to be done throughout the day, so maintenance personnel
must be available at all times. The complexity of the operation increases the need for a maintenance personnel management
system. (...)
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In the airline industry, aircraft maintenance is an activity that has to be done throughout the day, so maintenance personnel
must be available at...
Published:
2005-08-18
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Abstract:
When searching for a warehouse management system (WMS), a number of myths surface. "Huge staff reductions", "quick and easy
implementation", and "fast and big" returns on investment are common promises. These combined with the enticing "bells and
whistles" of a system can ultimately turn an eager custome (...)
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When searching for a warehouse management system (WMS), a number of myths surface. "Huge staff reductions", "quick
and easy implementation", and "...
Published:
2004-09-30
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Abstract:
To ensure your warehouse management system is implemented as painlessly as possible, you must assess your warehouse situation
before you decide on a warehouse solution. Using the Pareto Principle, where a minority of inputs yields the majority results;
examining your processes; evaluating your personnel (...)
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To ensure your warehouse management system is implemented as painlessly as possible, you must assess your warehouse situation
before you decide o...
Published:
2004-10-01
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A manufacturing execution system (MES) can be defined as a collection of business processes providing event-by-event, real-time
execution of planned production requirements. However, market ambiguity and functional overlap with enterprise resource planning
systems obscure what an MES can bring to an ente (...)
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A manufacturing execution system (MES) can be defined as a collection of business processes providing event-by-event, real-time
execution of plann...
Published:
2008-03-07
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Companies are looking for more areas to squeeze savings out of operations. One such area that may be fertile ground to explore
is equipment maintenance. The class of software that can help to cultivate these savings is computerized maintenance management
systems (CMMS). This article discusses the basics (...)
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Companies are looking for more areas to squeeze savings out of operations. One such area that may be fertile ground to explore
is equipment mainte...
Published:
2003-07-07
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When it comes to warehouse management systems (WMS), the stats are both shocking and thought-provoking. And although you
don't see these stats in the marketing brochures of WMS vendors, you need to think about them before you purchase a WMS. (...)
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... This article takes the numbers associated with warehouse management systems
(WMS) you don't ... The show depicts how the confluences of FBI work, and mathematics
...
Published:
2006-09-22
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Abstract:
Improved service management boosts revenue from both service offerings and new product sales, while improved customer service
and enhanced offerings increase customer retention, and draw new service business, providing an additional, low risk and likely
repeated revenue stream over a long period of owner (...)
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Improved service management boosts revenue from both service offerings and new product sales, while improved customer service
and enhanced offerin...
Published:
2005-08-02
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The need for better service parts management is finally gaining top-level management attention in many aerospace and defense
(A&D) and like complex manufacturing companies, since excessive carrying costs and obsolescence losses are being recognized
as an unexploited opportunity for savings and a better b (...)
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The need for better service parts management is finally gaining top-level management attention in many aerospace and defense
(A&D) and like comple...
Published:
2005-01-11
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Although the human resources department has long been seen as a necessary evil at best, the scope of human resources management
systems (HRMS) has been extended to include recruiting, competency management, training, time management, performance management,
and so forth. (...)
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Although the human resources department has long been seen as a necessary evil at best, the scope of human resources management
systems (HRMS) has...
Published:
2006-09-26
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Abstract:
Integrating systems has created major havoc within enterprises, and gluing together disparate mission-critical business systems
from multiple vendors that were never designed to work together is definitely a cause for IT concern. (...)
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Integrating systems has created major havoc within enterprises, and gluing together disparate mission-critical business systems
from multiple vend...
Published:
2005-07-22
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The warehouse is no longer merely a static storage facility. It now has to use virtually real-time data to closely match
supply to demand, eliminate the need to hold excess inventory, and increase the flow of goods throughout the supply chain. (...)
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The warehouse is no longer merely a static storage facility. It now has to use virtually real-time data to closely match supply
to demand, elimina...
Published:
2005-08-30
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Abstract:
As enterprise applications systems developed over time, a continuous stream of new terminology surfaced. This is a glossary
of those terms. (...)
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As enterprise applications systems developed over time, a continuous stream of new terminology surfaced. This is a glossary
of those terms.
Published:
2004-12-24
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Many human capital management (HCM) vendors try to cover most of the bases through broader product suites. While there have
been noticeable consolidation moves in the market, which vendors will eventually dominate cannot be exactly stated at this
time. (...)
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Many human capital management (HCM) vendors try to cover most of the bases through broader product suites. While there have
been noticeable consol...
Published:
2006-09-29
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Abstract:
Business process management notation (BPMN) is an initiative to increase standardization within process modeling. What are
the principles of BPMN, and what is the value of BPMN to vendors and organizations using business process modeling? (...)
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Business process management notation (BPMN) is an initiative to increase standardization within process modeling. What are
the principles of BPMN,...
Published:
2006-11-07
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Abstract:
Caught between big-vendor ERP offerings requiring heavy customization, and off-the-shelf project management solutions that
are easily outgrown, project-oriented organizations have special accounting needs. Find out more about those needs, along
with recommendations for what solutions you should be taking (...)
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Caught between big-vendor ERP offerings requiring heavy customization, and off-the-shelf project management solutions that
are easily outgrown, pr...
Published:
2008-09-24
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Based in Atlanta, Georgia, $78 million Manhattan Associates, Inc. develops, markets, and supports supply chain execution
systems for distribution center management and Internet fulfillment. 1999 was a difficult year for the vendor, marked by reorganization
and management turnover in the midst of rapid co (...)
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... management, parcel shipping, work order management,
and outbound distribution. The inventory management and outbound distribution systems are
supplemented by ...
Published:
2000-02-01
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Abstract:
The information technology (IT) environment in manufacturing is facing a dramatic change. Traditional systems must evolve
to support near real time, collaborative business models. This is especially prudent at the plant-level. (...)
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The information technology (IT) environment in manufacturing is facing a dramatic change. Traditional systems must evolve
to support near real tim...
Published:
2005-11-21
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Abstract:
The documents, spreadsheets, databases and other files on the personal computers used to conduct business are corporate assets.
It cost money to create them and that investment should be protected. Additionally, companies have both competitive and legal
obligations to assure that such data is kept priv (...)
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... used to run a company resides in its mainframe systems. ... the role
of personal and even work group file ... its privacy, security, and asset management
capabilities. ...
Published:
2000-04-18
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Abstract:
Peregrine Systems divides its focus by creating two business groups. It integrates its strengths by making two product lines
work together. And the sum on the bottom line isn't too shabby. (...)
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Peregrine Systems divides its focus by creating two business groups. It integrates its strengths by making two product lines
work together. And th...
Published:
2000-11-21