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Latest Manufacturing PostsNeed better forecasting, inventory control, and manufacturing efficiency? Supply Chains: Green; ERP Systems: Not So MuchWednesday, March 9th, 2011
A new study out of IFS North America, triumphantly reports that almost 77% of manufacturers conduct their business these days in a setting characterized by customers demanding they report on the environmental impact of their activities. (more…) 
Strategic Sales & Operations Planning-The 5 Ws (and 1 H)Monday, October 25th, 2010
Manufacturers Want Business Software That Tracks Carbon UsageWednesday, December 23rd, 2009
According to this research, based on a survey of more than 260 manufacturing software decision makers, almost half are not currently equipped with the enterprise technology they need to adequately manage their environmental footprint. Further, went the study, another 28% have only limited capabilities. (more…)
6 Benefits of Optimizing Your Supply ChainTuesday, June 30th, 2009With credit in increasingly short supply, and the fine ribbon of profit stripping itself ever thinner in the cooling breeze, the time is right for a company to improve the efficiency of its supply chain. Tight economic times, after all, turn the screws on the imperative for a business to enhance all elements of its operational processes, and to do so while resisting the temptation to pile on yet more disparate technology, thus manufacturing an even more tangled chain of supply. The complexity of integrating many different e-business products to achieve a seamless portal environment can seem intimidating. But there are lots of reasons why overhauling a supply-chain strategy into a simple, lean system is clever. Here are six of them. (more…)
Revenue Optimization for Manufacturing Businesses – Bottom Line Results by way of Top Line ImprovementsMonday, October 23rd, 2006By George Brown, Salesworks Systems Inc. All businesses must deliver acceptable bottom line results to their owners or shareholders, or eventually perish. Most often, these bottom line results are sought in the form of lower input costs, better operational efficiency, more cost-effective overall business processes, automation, and the like. And all of this has an impact, up to a point. But what then? How much can costs be cut, realistically, before one starts hacking into the long term viability of the business? How much can one gain in increased operational efficiency, without eventually short-changing the customers who are the real source of long-term corporate success? In many cases, the answer is “not much”. (more…)
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The world of manufacturing is becoming a greener place, to be sure, but the technological infrastructure required to manage this good-for-everyone evolution isn’t keeping the pace.
Ain’t nobody surfacing from the recession unscathed. Among the casualties: a company’s ability to accurately plan for a future that’s less certain than ever. Near-past revenues no longer provide much clue as to what’s on the horizon. And a firm’s ability to align demand forecasting with its various cross-functional areas, with – ultimately – its financial objectives, is critical. 
In the wake of the chaos at Copenhagen, global enterprise applications firm IFS North America has published the results of a study that reveal much about how well prepared the business world is to participate in the makeover of the planet. And the news, on the face of it, is not so good.