Articles
Examining ERP
Examining ERP John Darlington of the Lean Enterprise Research Centre examines the rise of ERP, its foibles and the forces it brings to bear on manufacturing operations.
02 Sep 2010
British Gypsum chooses Acronis
British Gypsum, supplier to the construction industry, has chosen Acronis for its base disaster recovery technology.
04 Aug 2010
New Business ByDesign package released
SAP has announced the release of the latest Business ByDesign package.
02 Aug 2010
Getting control of the shop floor operations
If lean manufacturing and quality management have made serious impacts on what is expected from ERP solutions, Simon Holloway asks: What have they done to the Manufacturing Execution Systems that run our plants?
August 2010
ERP systems embrace monthly SaaS pay model
UK manufacturers assessing the fallout of the Emergency Budget need to look no further for their IT silver lining, as next generation enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems embrace the pay-monthly SaaS model. This presents new opportunities to get ahead, provided that manufacturers aren’t seduced by fly-by-night ERP pretenders, warns Steven Hargreaves, group product director at Solarsoft.
August 2010
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Business Profiles
An innocent EDI journey
Embracing expansion into new countries represents a serious business challenge for any organisation, and turning to managed services where organisations outsource critical business processes to external experts is becoming increasingly popular. TM explores the innocent way...
August 2009
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
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Case studies
Rapid Rollout On A Global Scale - Amcol
Find out how Amcol found a way to bring different companies together under one system to ensure it remained competitive, by maximising the opportunity of being a multinational company in this case study.
Quality assurance and regulatory compliance goals with erp - Tectura
This paper examines how a fully functional ERP system can address the quality and regulatory challenges facing today’s chemical manufacturers. Companies that adopt these systems can automate key processes and gain end-to-end visibility throughout the supply chain. As a result, they can deliver safe, high-quality products and maximise their business performance.
Tornado Wire Case Study - Tectura
Tornado Wire has been manufacturing and supplying high quality, wire fencing products for more than 30 years. With their own manufacturing plant in Cumbria, UK, they develop high-performance fencing solutions for the agricultural, equestrian and industrial market sectors.
Röchling Plastics UK Case Study - Tectura
Röchling Plastics UK is a subsidiary of an international leader in the manufacturing and machining of engineering plastics for the capital goods industry. Employing over 6000 people worldwide, they offer semi-finished products and machine tooled finished parts tailored to specific customer requirements. These are typically made of thermoplastics and fibre reinforced plastics as well as laminated densified wood.
Poupart Case Study - Tectura
Based in Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, Poupart is one of the UK’s largest suppliers of quality soft-fruit, top-fruit, stone-fruit, citrus, cherries, grapes and a host of other products to multiple retailers and independents.
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