IShop By PRONTO North America Provides E-Business Solution According to Tom Verzi, Director of Marketing for PRONTO NorthAmerica, "Customers expect to be able to communicate andtransact with suppliers through a web-based interface forconvenience, speed, and instant access to information. iShopprovides the high level of service customers expect quiteeasily, quickly, and economically."Key iShop Benefits include:&bull Flexible design for both Business-to...... Similar Editorial : by Thomas R. Cutler. | Source : Technology Assessment
Frozen Food Age Profiles Home Run Inn Pizza Frozen Food Age magazine reaches a critical subset of thegrocery market consisting of frozen food retailers, wholesalers,brokers, manufacturers and managers of public refrigeratedwarehouses and refrigerated rail/truck lines. Frozen Food Agetargets decision-makers and buyers within the vital $22 billionfrozen food industry and holds a dominant leadership positionwithin its category. The current...... Similar Editorial : by Elizabeth_100656. | Source : Technology Assessment
Plant Magazine Profiles Frank Brasier & Sons And PRONTO ERP In the latest issue of Plant Magazine, leading manufacturingjournalist Thomas R. Cutler, profiled Frank Brasier & Sons,Ltd., based in Brampton, Ontario. Celebrating its fiftieth year, the firm has transformed theoperation according to his granddaughter and CFO, ChristineParravano. "Like most Canadian manufacturers we had to meet thecompetitive challenge by becoming a one-stop shop that offersour...... Similar Editorial : by Knight Frank. | Source : Enterprise Information Systems
Fax Kanbans Fail The Lean Manufacturing Test At ten minutes per fax, someone is spending 3.5 hours per day inadministration time. That inefficiency results in less time toutilize more suppliers or improve the relationships withexisting suppliers.Furthermore, even if 99% of those faxes are trouble freeprocurement signals, four faxes per month are going to beproblematic and dilute the entire rationale for a leanmanufacturing operation....... Similar Editorial : by bdw1234567. | Source : Technology Assessment
The Pacific Scientific HTL E-Kanban Transformation Pacific Scientific HTL, an internationally renowned maker ofaerospace safety equipment and military defense hardware,adopted lean manufacturing several years ago in an effort toreduce inventory levels and increase the speed of productthrough their plants. A key component of their lean journey wasto institute a kanban system that would govern the flow ofmaterials from their suppliers and through...... Similar Editorial : by Sumtotal Systems. | Source : Technology Assessment
Digital Kanban In Build-to-Order Manufacturing Environment Increasingly manufacturers are moving to a customer-based build-to-order model and away from a build-to-stock approach. Digital kanban is the latest and most fine tuned iteration of this technique which started with paper (card) kanban, then electronic kanban, and now real-time digital kanban. According to Matthew Marotta, founder of Datacraft Solutions, "Pressure to reduce lead times, expanding...... Similar Editorial : by Thomas R. Cutler. | Source : Technology In Business
Digital Kanban Pioneer Eliminates Infrastructure Upgrades Digital kanban aligns inventory levels with actual consumption; a signal is sent to produce and deliver a new shipment when material is consumed. These signals are tracked through the replenishment cycle and bring extraordinary visibility to suppliers and buyers. Working seamlessly with existing visual board systems, Datacraft Solutions' Digital Kanban solution allows individual cells or entire...... Similar Editorial : by Thomas R. Cutler. | Source : Technology In Business
ETO Project-Based Manufacturers Find Mobility Key VISIBILITY.net is an integrated ERP solution and more. Offering unparalleled functionality and integrated workflow, this browser-based solution cost effectively delivers the power of .NET-based Web services for use with either a Microsoft SQL Serverâ„? or Oracle® database. Conducting business any place, any time, any where is a reality, deployable with unprecedented flexibility."Truly anywhere...... Similar Editorial : by tjacowski. | Source : Technology In Business
Immediate Visibility Vital In Discrete Mfr Cost-Critical Decision True-Cost Convergence, developed by aPriori, provides early cost-assessments for the designer from the beginning of the product development cycle that naturally converge to production level costs estimates as manufacturing and procurement finalize decisions.According to Frank Azzolino, President and CEO of aPriori, "For today's companies to remain agile, they require real-time visibility to cost...... Similar Editorial : by Thomas R. Cutler. | Source : Technology In Business
Signum Digital Kanban Reduces No. Of Replenishment Transactions Signum is Datacraft Solutions, Inc. (www.datacraftsolutions.com) flagship digital kanban automation solution, which streamlines replenishment and enables collaborative communication throughout the supply chain. Signum integrates inventory barcode scanners with an easy-to-use desktop interface. Manufacturers can automatically issue replenishment signals to suppliers at the point of use. Built-in...... Similar Editorial : by Thomas R. Cutler. | Source : Technology In Business
Made2Manage Systems Acquires Encompix Inc. INDIANAPOLIS, March 27, 2006-Made2Manage Systems Inc., the leading provider of enterprise resource planning (ERP) software and a broad range of services for manufacturers, today announced that it has acquired substantially all of the assets of privately held, Cincinnati-based Encompix Inc., the leading provider of enterprise class software and services for manufacturers with project-based,...... Similar Editorial : by RyanThomas. | Source : Technology In Business
Supplier Interface Tool Curator & Table Layout Config Tool Datacraft Solutions, Inc. (www.datacraftsolutions.com) based in Durham, North Carolina is experiencing huge growth with their Lean Manufacturing Digital Kanban solution. In addition to doubling staff in past few months, the firm has coordinated a supplier interface tool, Curator. The new version of Curator (version 4.6) includes several new features including a Table Layout Configuration Tool...... Similar Editorial : by peter1. | Source : Technology In Business
Business Intelligence With Strong Reporting And Analytics Reporting and Analytics in Visibility Analytic products have standard Business Intelligence cubes for Projects, GL, AP, AR, Sales, Inventory, IT Help Desk, Labor and Purchasing.Specific reporting functionality includes web-based report design including:&bull Point and Click Query Builder&bull Advanced mode, SQL editor&bull Multiple database queries&bull Independent Report Header, Footer, Body...... Similar Editorial : by Jerome Bergerou. | Source : Enterprise Information Systems
Cost Of Goods Sold (COGS) Profiled In Automation.com According to contributing editor, Thomas R. Cutler, in the current issue of Automation.com, "Cost information in most organizations is fragmented throughout the enterprise. Critical pieces of cost information are spread across independent silos within an organization in different functions like engineering, planning, manufacturing, sourcing, and finance. This situation typically results in...... Similar Editorial : by Luca Vignando. | Source : Technology In Business
Mobility Drives Corp Competitiveness-Visibilitys Stephen Carson According to Stephen Carson, executive vice-president with Visibility Corporation, "Anywhere anytime mobility is a big advantage for manufacturers that conduct some of their business remotely." VISIBILITY.net drives corporate competitiveness due to the fact that it is 100% web based; the client device only needs Internet Explorer to access the ERP system.With plants and assets being highly...... Similar Editorial : by Thomas R. Cutler. | Source : Technology In Business
