In manufacturing industry, Customer Relationship Management is still playing catch-up. But will a fast-changing competitive environment bring about an uptick in adoption? IT editor Malcolm Wheatley talks to Microsoft.
What does analysis drive within your organisation? Management consulting firm PMSI investigates.
The recent horsemeat scandal shone a light into some murky supply chains and raised stark questions over the ethics and commercial risks of making cost king of sourcing strategies. But from an IT perspective, what lessons can manufacturers learn from the debacle? Malcolm Wheatley finds out.
What is the real role of the CIO in today's manufacturing world? This is the question being asked in a new survey looking at information technology in manufacturing.
Failing to keep up with a rising interest in pricing strategy will leave manufacturers sidelined as commoditised suppliers with eroding margins says Niels Skov, managing director, Europe at revenue management solutions provider Model N.
Don’t accept traditional options for solving quality control issues in a growing company says David Keeley, engineering manager at container manufacturer Suretank. You may find changing the way you look at cost centres will present more effective solutions.
New research aims to examine how, on the journey out of the server room to the boardroom, there has emerged two types of technology leaders: those that continue to improve the business, processes and infrastructure, and those that transform and inspire new ways of doing business through technology.
PTC has announced the creation of PTC Windchill PDM Essentials, a product data management (PDM) solution for the small business market.
Delcam’s Chief Executive, Clive Martell, was named CEO of the Year at the Grant Thornton Quoted Company Awards at a ceremony at the Natural History Museum on January 30.
Do you back ‘big bang’ IT implementations or do you favour the phased approach? John Donagher, senior IS consultant at BSM Consulting, a specialist in ERP implementations, explains what each approach will mean to a business and how to decide which will fit you best.
