I.T.

5 top tips for successful ERP selection

Selecting the wrong ERP system can be a very expensive mistake – not to mention a career-limiting one. Yet it’s very easily done. According to research carried out by IDC Manufacturing Insights in conjunction with ...

Published : 2:39pm by Tim Brown View Article

Achieving a smooth ERP implementation

Ask any ERP veteran, and you’ll get pretty much the same answer. There are, in short, two critical phases with a new ERP system: making the right final selection, and going about the implementation in ...

Published : 1:42pm by Tim Brown View Article

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Process perfect

For one manufacturer, the latest version of Microsoft’s flagship ERP system — Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012, which was launched this summer — will hold few surprises. And that’s because, working closely with experts from implementation ...

Published : 12:40pm by The Manufacturer View Article

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JCB adopts anti-theft technology, adds two models

Digger maker JCB implements telemetry technology to 80% of its fleet and expanded its range with two new model variants. JCB’s LiveLink telematics system will be fitted as standard on 80% of its products sold ...

Published : 9:05am by Will Stirling View Article

Business Intelligence - IT in manufacturing

IT in manufacturing – Opportunity ahead

At a conference to highlight the returns offered by Business Intelligence, Malcolm Wheatley finds solid evidence of the technology’s benefits for manufacturers. Ten years ago, few manufacturers had heard of Business Intelligence. Large retailers and ...

Published : 10:22am by George Archer View Article

Ian Fitzgerald, senior manager at EMC

EMC: IT is for the greater good

Breaking down silos in traditionally function-oriented businesses can be both practically and culturally challenging. But, as Jane Gray discovers it can free-up unrealised potential and amplify an organisation’s ability to exploit existing capabilities. The relationship ...

Published : 11:16am by George Archer View Article

Urbis Lighting uses Microsoft Dynamics AX

Street light manufacturer draws power from IT

Replacing a bespoke legacy system with Microsoft Dynamics AX has delivered a smooth business transformation for Urbis Lighting which belies it power, finds Malcolm Wheatley. Part of Belgium’s Schréder Group, Basingstoke-based Urbis Lighting, as with ...

Published : 10:35am by George Archer View Article

Extending the ERP footprint through integration

Based in Preston, family-owned Evans Vanodine produces 23 million litres of cleaning and hygiene chemicals each year, and exports to over 70 countries around the world. But spread across 1600 different product lines, and with ...

Published : 1:50pm by Tim Brown View Article

Gary Billson BAE apprentice computer design cad

Silos Changing: Ensure the product does what the customer said

Our regular blog from industry analyst expert, Cambashi This Silos Changing series explores how manufacturers are likely to deploy new software applications that enable enterprises to implement business initiatives in the new economy. Currently we’re ...

Published : 5:26pm by Jane Gray View Article

Gary Billson BAE apprentice computer design cad

It’s time manufacturing went mobile

These days it is difficult to remember life without mobile phones. In fact a whole generation of “digital natives” have grown up with mobile technology and expect to be able to use it for both ...

Published : 4:31pm by The Manufacturer View Article

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UPCOMING EVENTS

  • The Manufacturer Awards 2012

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  • Finance for Manufacturers Report

    The calls for cheaper and longer bank lending terms still ring out across industry, and yet the banks say a healthy manufacturing sector is keeping them busy. With the EFG, BGF, asset and invoice finance

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  • Catapult Update: shaping the network of centres

    This document explains how the UK’s new network of Catapults is being established by the Technology Strategy Board. Catapults are centres of technology and innovation that will transform the UK’s ability to create new products

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