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Deliverables for Cloud ERP Solutions

June 20, 2013

When global automotive supplier Inteva Products was spun off from its parent company, the new enterprise opted for a cloud-based ERP solution. Ben Stewart discusses this decision and its benefits to the supply chain and other functional areas.

Five Core Tenets of Achieving Supply Chain Excellence in Manufacturing

June 19, 2013

Puneet Saxena, Vice President of Manufacturing Industry Strategy, JDA

If you were associated with manufacturing and distribution operations a few decades ago, you may have heard of Dr. Eli Goldratt, the theory of constraints and his book titled "The Goal."

Dutch Tire Retreading Company Uses RFID Technology in Production Process

June 11, 2013

RFID Journal

Dutch truck tire and retreading company Roline is embedding radio frequency identification tags in the tires that it retreads, not only to better manage its own production processes and warehousing, but also to enable its customers to track the tires they install on their fleets of trucks, buses or cars.

Should We Believe Hype Around Manufacturing and Cloud Computing?

June 7, 2013

EBN Online

If the hype is true, the supply chain is on the brink of a revolution, with cloud computing improving everything from product design to vendor management inventory - and now manufacturing, too.

U.S. Economy Continues Growth in May, But Manufacturing Takes a Step Back

June 7, 2013

Institute for Supply Management

Economic activity in the manufacturing sector contracted in May for the first time since November 2012, and the overall economy grew for the 48th consecutive month, say the nation's supply executives in the latest Manufacturing ISM Report On Business.

Driving Innovation and Value Through Supplier Collaboration

June 6, 2013

Jon Washington, Director, Product Sourcing & Global Procurement, Diebold Inc.

Deliverables for Cloud ERP Solutions

June 6, 2013

Ben Stewart, Enterprise Applications Director, Inteva Products

What Manufacturing Renaissance? The Data Doesn't Support Such Claims.

May 21, 2013

Bloomberg Business Week

Despite all the hype surrounding America's supposed Manufacturing Renaissance, the data has painted a starker picture for some time. Hardly a renaissance, U.S. manufacturing has seemed to be closer to a recession.

Aspen Technology Issues New Release of Process-Industry Software

May 16, 2013

Aspen Technology Inc.

Aspen Technology Inc., a vendor of software and services for the process industries, has released version 8.2 of aspenONE.

Manufacturing's Dilemma: Baby Boomers Retiring; Students Finds the Industry Uninteresting

May 14, 2013

Industry Week

Many U.S. manufacturers are experiencing talent shortages in part because of an aging baby boomer generation that has begun its exodus from the U.S. workforce. The oldest baby boomers turned 65 on Jan. 1, 2011, and every day thereafter for about the next 19 years, some 10,000 more will reach the traditional retirement age, according to the Pew Research Center.