2011 How to Sell Management on a New ERP System

Enterprise resource planning systems, or ERP systems, have become much more accessible to midsize and even smaller companies in that past three years. Standard features have matured, eliminating much of the guesswork of software selection, while the systems have become easier to deploy and use.

Achieving Efficient Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) Through Process & Automation

 The myriad of procedures, tasks, and behaviors that bear upon compliance can be overwhelming. Yet organizations that can master the management all of these activities—and demonstrate that they have done it—operate more efficiently, compete more effectively, and build their brands and good names in the marketplace.

10 Critical Questions Small Manufacturers Should Ask Before Buying a Cloud-based ERP Solution

Looking at implementing new software or upgrading your current software? Over the last few years, Software as a Service (SaaS) has become a compelling and credible delivery model for business applications. SaaS, also referred to as “On-Demand” or “Cloud Computing”, eliminates many of the barriers that keep companies from implementing or upgrading their software. More importantly, it enables you to focus on your core business operations instead of managing IT. So Cloud-based ERP may be right for your business, but where do you start? This white paper contains 10 questions to ask when considering a Cloud-based ERP solution.

10 Steps to a Successful Smart Services Evaluation

A successful remote service solution has the potential to impact business processes in every part of a company. The perception of remote services will depend on each stakeholder’s own goals and perspective of where value is created.

2011 Five Steps for Switching ERP Vendors

The enterprise relationship planning, or ERP, market has grown to include a variety of solutions and delivery models, adding cloud-based and Software as a Service (SaaS) offerings to the mix of premise-based ERP solutions.

2011 10 Tips to Optimize Your ERP Initiatives

Enterprise relationship planning, or ERP, is notoriously complex to implement. Horror stories abound about failed installations, unresponsive vendors, and wasted investments. As daunting as ERP can be, many organizations can’t operate without it — ERP brings together different aspects of the back office for greater efficiency and insight into business processes.

Aerial Work Platform Maintenance - ENSURING A SAFE AND EFFICIENT WORKPLACE

With a lasting economic downturn, it’s more important than ever to ensure that you stay on budget and within deadlines. And while some delays are inevitable — those caused by extreme weather, for example — it’s preventing the preventable that’s crucial for maintaining efficiency.

8 Steps to Validating-Mapping a Chamber

Periodic mapping of conditions within environmental chambers (including refrigerators, freezers, stability chambers, and warehouses) is critical for compliance in FDA-regulated applications, where validation of conditions such as temperature, and sometimes humidity, is mandated. This application note recommends some options to help meet cGMP requirements for validation projects. These are broad guidelines only, and most recommendations are based upon using data loggers as the sensing device.

Aspects of Energy Efficiency in Machine Tools

HEIDENHAIN’s machine tool components – CNC controls, touch probe systems and high-resolution encoders – use energy efficiently and help reduce waste

Analytics and the Bottom Line: How Organizations Build Success

The manufacturing industry has not gone unaffected by the economy over the last several years. Yet, research suggests that companies investing heavily in advanced analytical capabilities outperform the S&P 500 on average by 64%. If you’re wondering how, this Harvard Business Report has some interesting insights. Tom Davenport and Jeanne Harris, co-authors of Competing on Analytics and the follow-up Analytics at Work, discuss the process by which companies evolve through five stages of analytic maturity to compete better, improve their decision-making capabilities and make decisions with confidence.

Aspex Foreign Particle Brochure

 ASPEX is the leading provider of integrated microanalysis systems for the automatic detection, characterization and documentation of raw materials and foreign particulate matter present in research and pharmaceutical manufacturing processes, enabling the user to understand and control the purity of the process. ASPEX systems are installed at pharmaceutical and medical device companies worldwide for process control initiatives related to raw materials and finished products, including inhalable drugs and implantable medical devices.

2011 ERP (Enterprise Resources Planning) Comparison Guide

August 2011