PLM Research
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IFS Applications™ for Product Lifecycle Management
Sponsored by: IFSView this white paper to gain a better understanding of product lifecycle management (PLM.) I'ts more than just a generic buzzword, and it encompasses more than merely managing your program and project processes. Gain a better understanding on the road to successful PLM by reading this white paper now.
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Technology value matrix : ERP
Sponsored by: ComputerWeekly.comAnalyst group Nucleus Research looks at the latest trends in enterprise resource planning (ERP) and discusses the best performing suppliers.
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ERP and Environmental Footprint Management for Manufacturers
Sponsored by: IFSIn this paper, discover how IFS Applications suite can collect data from business activities, like project data, supply chain management data, and service management and project life-cycle data, and funnel it into the Eco Footprint Management module to make documentation easy.
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Aberdeen Group: The 2011 Growth Imperative: Optimizing Speed and Cost in New Product Development
Sponsored by: IBMThis Aberdeen Business Review found that over one half of manufacturers are focused on profitability and margin growth. The review offers insight into how leading companies are approaching the task to excel in innovation and new product development despite lean organizations budgets.
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Presentation Transcript: The Assembly Plant of the Future: Restructuring manufacturing processes to meet the global challenge
Sponsored by: Apriso CorporationIn this webcast transcript, Joe Barkai, practice director at IDC Manufacturing Insights, presents IDC's vision of a "global plant floor" that standardizes production and supply chains by using integrated ERP, product lifecycle management (PLM), manufacturing execution systems (MES), and other tools to reduce complexity and increase standardization.
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Four Key Elements to Improving Systems Engineering in Aerospace and Defense
Sponsored by: IBMThis webcast explores four key ways in which A&D companies can improve SE and looks at IBM Rational® solutions and approaches that can help organizations deliver quality products on time and within budget, while increasing efficiency and improving collaboration.
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Mastering Global Product Development (GPD) for Business Advantage
Sponsored by: Parametric Technology Corp.This paper discusses common GPD challenges and corresponding solution methodologies in the context of PTC technology-enabled best practices derived from numerous customer engagements worldwide. Read this paper to learn the foundation your company needs to make intelligent, informed decisions regarding initiatives toward global product development.
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Presentation Transcript: Maximizing the Value of SAP Solution Manager & CCMS with Task Automation
Sponsored by: Cisco Systems, Inc.Experts from Cisco will discuss and demonstrate how organizations are meeting and exceeding their objectives of increase efficiencies, improve performance, minimize risk, and reducing the TCO of SAP through operational performance automation of SAP using a combination of SAP Solution Manager and Tidal Intelligent Automation for SAP.
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Your Strategic Partner in Demand Driven Manufacturing: Atos Origin Manufacturing Consultancy for MES and CPG
Sponsored by: Atos OriginIn this paper you will learn how Atos Origin can help your organization to integrate your entire manufacturing operation to help you get ahead in the demand driven manufacturing game. Read on to learn more about partnering with Atos Origin to increase your competitive advantage.
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MES Harmonization in a Multi-Site, Multi-Country and Multi-Cultural Environment: Case Study of a Plant to Enterprise Solution
Sponsored by: Atos OriginThis white paper portrays a case study of a MES harmonization program started in 2004 at Akzo Nobel Base Chemicals in Europe. The objective of this program is to harmonize all its chemicals plants on one MES platform. The total program encompasses 13 plants located on 7 production sites in 4 European countries.
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Asset Management to Support Product Lifecycle Management
Sponsored by: IBMLeading-edge manufacturers are discovering that they can improve production efficiencies and manage MRO expenditures by integrating their Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) with Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) systems.
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IBM Cognos Online Conference for Retailers and Manufactures
Sponsored by: IBMThis 2-hour complimentary virtual seminar on performance management (PM) takes place on October 21 and continues on November 4th — Join us to learn how PM can help you improve visibility into your manufacturing business so you can reduce costs, speed delivery and efficiency, satisfy customers and create innovative new products.
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More Than a Vision: SAP's Perfect Plant in the Chemical Industry
Sponsored by: SAP America, Inc.Find out what ARC has to say about SAP's progress towards turning the "perfect plant vision" into reality by leveraging the chemical industry value network. SAP is also well-aligned with ARC's thought leadership models related to collaborative manufacturing Management.
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Presentation Transcript: Be Prepared! Leverage SAP PLM to Navigate Through Uncertain Times
Sponsored by: SAP America, Inc.Read this presentation transcript to learn the business value of PLM in an uncertain economy as well as significant trends in the PLM market. Explore SAP's approach to a new generation of product lifecycle management solutions that will help you remain or become a product and services leader.
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Creating and managing value-driven product portfolios - Improving product portfolio management to optimize your products, services and projects
Sponsored by: IBMThe best products to offer are those that provide a high level of value for both you and your customer. Companies with successful product portfolios often utilize a systematic process to effectively guide which projects are selected. This whitepaper explains how you can take advantage of a value-driven approach to product portfolio management.
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Warehouse Management Better Business Practices: Cycle and Annual Counting
Sponsored by: VAI, Vormittag Associates, Inc.This first chapter of Better Business Practices Series, explores the many benefits of cycle counting. Chief among them is the elimination of an annual physical count of your inventory. While cycle counting is the preferred inventory counting process, many companies still conduct annual counts.
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Design Reuse: The Key to Building Better Products Faster
Sponsored by: PTC Small/Med Product DevelopmentLearn how design reuse can save up to 75% of modeling time, improve product quality and time-to-market and reduce the risk of fundamental errors in this feature article.
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Let Innovation, Not Technology, Drive Your Product Business
Sponsored by: SAP America, Inc.SAP's unique Product and Service Leadership framework is a strategy for companies to bring innovative products to market faster and to drive value for their customers. Learn more about it in this whitepaper.
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Multiplying MES Value with PLM Integration
Sponsored by: Apriso CorporationMES platforms have, and continue to provide, significant opportunities to integrate manufacturing functions while reducing wasted time, energy, and material on the factory floor.
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Augmenting the Value of ERP with an Operations Execution System
Sponsored by: Apriso CorporationThis white paper reviews the history behind ERP deployments and why today's business requirements necessitate direct, real time integration between corporate planning applications and the shop floor.
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MES: Achieving Real Quality through Virtual Products
Sponsored by: Apriso CorporationIn this paper learn how Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) as a part of the Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) conceptual framework are a natural collector and organizer with virtual product information.
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How to Implement an ECM/BPM Strategy with IBM Products in the SAP Environment
Sponsored by: IBM Software GroupThis paper shows how SAP customers, with the help of IBM's ECM (enterprise content management) products, are able to implement a unified content strategy.
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An Introduction to PMI's Project Life Cycle
Sponsored by: Global KnowledgeThis paper provides a review of the steps and stages associated with project management according to the Project Management Institute® (PMI). It is a primer for anyone new to the PMBOK® and who is preparing to take the PMP exam.
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Enterprise Data Protection Bill of Rights
Sponsored by: Quantum CorporationThis paper is designed to assist enterprise IT managers in the selection of an enterprise data protection solution for the next wave of storage consolidation.
