Lyle Ekdahl, vice president and general manager of Oracle’s JD Edwards business unit, rebuffs suggestions from competitors that JD Edwards’ usefulness effectively came to an end with its acquisition by Peoplesoft and then Oracle. Here he outlines the active marketplace for Oracle’s JD Edwards products and describes the unit’s vision for the future.
An announcement from Oracle heralds a faster, cheaper, better-performing ERP system. IT Editor Malcolm Wheatley finds out what it’s all about.
On a rare sunny day in March, senior business leaders and IT implementers from around the country converged on the Lotus F1 Team headquarters. The topic on the agenda: ERP and more particularly the Lotus F1 Team’s implementation and use of Microsoft Dynamics.
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.
Leading commentators are saying that the combination of data and analytics is the secret to success but how are UK companies really performing in this area?
This week, Cambashi’s Dan Roberts discusses how the next generation of factory networks can support industry networks.
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.
