September 20th, 2013 | | Comments Off on Infor Advanced Scheduling Brochure
It’s a fact of life that manufacturers who mix, blend, brew, cook, react, or distill face different scheduling challenges from those in other industries—challenges that aren’t met by conventional ERP planning software or assembly-based scheduling systems. Infor Advanced Scheduling is a sophisticated, constraint-based scheduling solution that addresses these differences, including the real-world challenges of managing the capacity of vessels, tanks, and lines—and the flow of product between them.
September 20th, 2013 | | Comments Off on Infor Demand Planning Brochure
A prediction is different than a forecast. A prediction foretells a future event. A forecast presents the probability that an event will occur during a specific timeframe. One is a statistic, the other a probability. For demand planning, probabilistic forecasting delivers more value—it supports better decision making about critical issues such as safety stock levels, production plans, and replenishment strategies. To make plans that help your business thrive, you need demand planning systems built to automatically recognize and manage the issues that matter, so that you can easily make realistic preparations for the most likely situations.
September 20th, 2013 | | Comments Off on Infor Supply Chain Execution
It’s no longer enough to optimize the performance of each segment of your supply chain. To reach top
performance, you need to view and operate your entire supply chain as a unified whole that encompasses participants both inside and outside the company, including customers, contractors, and suppliers. Studies show that companies with the most fully integrated supply chain technology invariably rank among the top industry performers in every respect. End-to-end supply chain visibility combined with an efficient execution system can help you make better decisions and execute those decisions more quickly and profitably.
September 20th, 2013 | | Comments Off on Organon determines optimum way to fulfill demand with Infor SCM
Organon produces prescription medicines from raw material (or “active material”). The company’s core business is
developing the products and addressing specific local market needs. However, each country has its own constraints. For example, French regulatory affairs require that the information included on and in the package is written in French, while in other countries like Sweden, Norway, or Denmark, other languages are required. Another geographical difference is branding. It’s possible that the same drug has a different name per country because of cultural influences or simply because the name has a different meaning in the native language.
September 20th, 2013 | | Comments Off on Saab Automobile Parts maximizes fulfillment with demand, supplier systems
Following its acquisition by Spyker cars in 2010, Saab faced two options regarding its demand planning and supplier relationship management systems. It could continue to use those of its previous owner on a paid-for basis, or become completely independent from those systems. The cost of “renting” General Motors’ systems simply wasn’t sustainable, so the parts company decided to implement its own.
September 20th, 2013 | | Comments Off on The Complexities of Task Scheduling
For food, beverage, chemical, and other process manufacturers, the use of volume-based assets such as tanks, silos, drums, and vats can make the production scheduling process extremely complex. To effectively schedule volumes, process manufacturers need solutions designed for the unique needs of their industry. However, many solutions are not equipped to manage the challenges of
volume scheduling.
September 20th, 2013 | | Comments Off on Integrating the planning of sporadic and slow moving parts within the normal planning process
This paper looks at the challenge of managing the forecasts for sporadic and/or slow moving parts within normal business forecasting processes. It discusses techniques that have been developed to forecast demand and manage the inventory for such items. These techniques have proven to be generally applicable for many items with a sparse demand pattern—not just true slow movers, but also those items that sell in large volumes when they do sell.
Epic Data MMS is material management system software designed to support both distribution and production warehouse facilities. The platform provides users with real-time system visibility, auditing tools, and enables the users to retain control over the movement and location of all physical inventory.
QStock is inventory and warehouse management software designed to either integrate with QuickBooks or to work as a standalone system. The platform captures, tracks and reports on any transactions, data or warehouse actions that occur, processes all receiving, picking, shipping and material handling operations, and facilitates warehouse operations through user prompts and bar code scans via wireless RF scanners.
Purchasers of ERP software are more inclined to spend millions of dollars on new enterprise software knowing that others have spent countless years developing those best practices, yet industry focus doesn’t always matter. Given this contradiction, the consolidation of ERP vendors begs an important question: how relevant is it for ERP software to focus on a specific industry?
