Articles
Making payroll pay 
Many companies like to stick with the payroll system they know rather than experiment with new flavours. But they may be missing out on useful functionality that integrates with human resources and ERP systems, says Brian Davis
May 2008
Super glue
SOA is not just another acronym, says Malcolm Wheatley, but is the glue capable of linking and bonding disparate IT systems across the organisation
April 2008
Hard to ignore
Product lifecycle management can make the difference between success and failure for new product development. Brian Davis discovers that it is just as valuable for the small company and you ignore it at your peril
March 2008
Making the network
Effective management of information across time zones, supply chains and activities is the
‘next big thing’ in IT – and some companies are already getting to grips with it. Ruari McCallion reports
February 2008
Shielding the shopfloor
Today’s networked enterprise is not only vulnerable to viruses and spam arriving through the office systems, the shopfloor is also under attack. Brian Davis reports on shopfloor IT security
January 2008
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Business Profiles
Control is no freak
To know exactly what’s going on throughout the production process – and where the capacity for an urgent order exists – is a holy grail of manufacturing operations. But it’s not unreachable, says David Trowell of Seiki Systems
01 Mar 2008
The shape of knowledge
Even the knowledge economy must have some tangible outputs. Mark Lally, manufacturing and distribution manager at BMC Software talked to Jayne Flannery about the production challenges thrown up by the software industry
August 2007
A tasty deal
Applied Principles is that most unusual of IT companies, one that delivers more than it promises. Ruari McCallion spoke to Mark Harris, of Kanes Foods and JJ Kotze of Applied Principles
01 Jun 2007
Industrial manufacturing applications
Why do nine of the top 10 global manufacturing conglomerates run Oracle applications?
01 Jun 2007
Expanding its orbit
Sales manager Keith Breadmore explained to Jayne Flannery why small to medium sized manufacturers are increasingly turning to Jobshop, the advanced production planning and control system which is the key brand of the Planit Group
April 2007
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