http://www.ithound.com/ Use IThound RSS Feeds to keep up-to-date with new research on the topics that are most important to you. ERP in Industrial Machinery and Components Manufacturing - Benchmark Report This report is a roadmap for IM&C manufacturers that desire to achieve growth while balancing the need to improve customer response times through Best-in-Class use of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). http://www.ithound.com/ithound/view_abstract?id=2242 Empowering the Lean Value Supply Chain This white paper addresses the application of lean manufacturing techniques within the enterprise and across the supply chain. http://www.ithound.com/ithound/view_abstract?id=1807 Transportation Management:Taming the Global Supply Chain Profitably and using ERP Globalization, rising costs, high customer expectations and increasing risk create serious challenges in supply chain management today. Given these forces, transportation management now plays a key, strategic role in driving supply chain value. Visionary enterprises are implementing transportation management best practices, enabled by technology, to manage their global supply chains profitably http://www.ithound.com/ithound/view_abstract?id=1813 QAD Enterprise Applications QAD Enterprise Applications are built on a deep, foundational understanding of manufacturing. Designed to streamline the management of manufacturing operations, supply chains, financials, customers, technology, and business performance, QAD solutions provide manufacturers easy access to the time-sensitive information they need to plan for the future as they continue to meet daily manufacturing targets. http://www.ithound.com/ithound/solution_summary?id=1814 The Value of Manufacturing Visibility and the Benefit of ERP Capturing and sharing manufacturing information requires a strategic approach. But just what is the right information—the right numbers—manufacturers need to make visible? This White Paper explores how to effectively capture information and feed it to an organisations ERP system. http://www.ithound.com/ithound/view_abstract?id=1690 The Next Wave of Innovation in Manufacturing - Understand more about the importance of people and software in your Supply Chain Management This white paper discusses how globalization and new technologies are reshaping long-established business practices. Technology also can help your people adapt to challenges and take advantage of opportunities. http://www.ithound.com/ithound/view_abstract?id=1694 Supply Chain Management and Demand Planning: Optimising Operations Across the Supply Chain This White Paper look at how Manufacturers, across diverse industries, have dramatically improved their forecasting accuracy across the entire supply chain with better supply chain management and demand planning software packages. http://www.ithound.com/ithound/view_abstract?id=1684 Microsoft Dynamics NAV - Solutions for the High-Tech Industry Companies in the high-tech manufacturing and service segments face daily upheaval and change. Microsoft DynamicsTM NAV is integrated management system that connects all your critical financial, technical, and operational data with market intelligence, so you can make sound, rapid decisions and respond quickly to change. http://www.ithound.com/ithound/solution_summary?id=1676 Exposing the Myths behind Finance Services and Outsourcing To better understand how enterprises are reshaping their finance organizations to address key challenges, meet end-state objectives and improve enterprise value, the IBM Institute for Business Value, in cooperation with the Economist Intelligence Unit, surveyed 210 senior finance professionals. http://www.ithound.com/ithound/view_abstract?id=490 Microsoft Dynamics solutions for food and beverage manufacturing Microsoft Dynamics solutions offer a set of strong applications that deliver a powerful suite of technologies for food and beverage manufacturers. These integrated applications can be deployed quickly and inexpensively without complicated customizations and drawn-out implementation projects. http://www.ithound.com/ithound/solution_summary?id=435