Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) manage and monitor work-in-process on the factory floor including manual or automatic labor and production reporting, as well as on-line inquiries and links to tasks that take place on the production floor. Manufacturing Execution Systems may include one or more links to work orders, receipt of goods, shipping, quality control, maintenance, scheduling or other related tasks.
Manufacturing Execution Systems
Extend innovation in virtual worlds with IBM Cluster Solutions and Intel
published by IBM on Oct 13, 2009
To be more competitive, small and medium suppliers are increasingly using Computer Aid Engineering (CAE) solutions. Download this white paper to see how IBM Cluster Solutions, powered by Intel Xeon 5500 Series maximizes the total cost of ownership for CAE environments and extend innovation in virtual products for manufactures and suppliers alike.
Rapid Bottleneck Identification - A Better Way to do Load Testing
published by Oracle Corp. on Sep 01, 2009
Rapid bottleneck identification (RBI) is a new testing methodology that allows quality assurance (QA) professionals to very quickly uncover Web application performance limitations and determine the impact of those limitations on the end user experience. Developed through years of testing engagements across all types of platforms, the RBI methodology dramatically reduces load testing cycles while allowing more-and more thorough-testing.
Customer Video: Siemens chooses DB2 & SAP
published by IBM on Aug 31, 2009
Siemens is one of the largest technology companies with six major business divisions. They chose DB2 and SAP for scalability, performance, increased savings, and lower TCO.
Craft Brewer Standardizes on Microsoft Technologies to Reap Integration Benefits
published by Microsoft Exchange on Oct 02, 2008
New Belgium Brewing, a Colorado-based craft brewery with origins in the Belgian style of ale making, has grown steadily from a home-based operation to a thriving company with distributors across the western United States. The company was using a Novell-based networking and e-mail system, which it found increasingly challenging to integrate with its business and IT applications from other vendors.
Implementing Kanban Alternatives In Lean Manufacturing
published by Made2Manage on Sep 10, 2008
For many years small to midsize manufacturers and ERP software providers struggled with the notion that full system implementations included more complexity, not to mention cost, than could be incurred by organizations with limited resources. Fortunately, drastic improvements in price performance, enhancements to underlying technologies and introduction of new forms of delivery have made ERP solutions viable and affordable to manufacturing companies of all sizes.
Server Virtualization: Do's and Don'ts for Mission-Critical Manufacturing Systems
published by Stratus Technologies on Feb 12, 2008
Discover best practices you can use to benefit from server virtualization today. Avoid mistakes that could affect the availability and performance of your mission-critical manufacturing IT solutions.
CA SiteMinder 100 Million User Project: Cost-Effective Access Management for Large-Scale Enterprise
published by CA on Jul 25, 2007
This paper describes CA SiteMinder performance and scalability in a 100 million user deployment, the test environment, tests conducted and their results, and important conclusions and recommendations.
Build a Competitive Edge for Manufacturing Plant Operations
published by Microsoft Dynamics on Jul 11, 2007
This white paper outlines ways that technology can help manufacturers meet these challenges, increase operational efficiency, and step ahead of competitors with more proactive planning, greater shared visibility, and more agile and more profitable responses to change.
Driving New Efficiencies in the Indirect Supply Chain
published by Exel on Nov 03, 2009
In challenging economic times, companies look for new ways to control costs and improve efficiency. To address these issues, manufacturers are taking a hard, strategic look at Maintenance, Repair and Operations (MRO) supply. Commonly known as "indirect materials," MRO supply includes a vast array of items that support internal operations, ranging from safety gloves and office supplies to spare parts for mission-critical industrial equipment and tooling.
Top 5 IT Budget Killers (and how you can fight back)
published by IBM on Aug 28, 2009
You've already taken basic cost-cutting steps and saved the easy money. You know that you need to dig deeper. But where should you start? What's killing your IT budget?
Low Administration ROI Tool
published by IBM on Aug 28, 2009
Use the IDS Low Administration ROI tool to assess potential savings and expenses in deploying IBM Informix Dynamic Server 11.
There is No Execution Without Integration
published by SAP 2 on Aug 21, 2009
Many manufacturers today are getting caught on the wrong side of a technology adoption wave that is quickly gaining momentum. Of the more than 200 surveyed manufacturers 54% are planning on adopting MI (Manufacturing Intelligence) within the next 24 months. Additionally, 56% of manufacturers having already implemented MES (Manufacturing Execution Systems) did so within the past two years.
A Manufacturing Imperative: Enterprise SOA
published by SAP 2 on Aug 21, 2009
Read how Enterprise SOA goes beyond the fundamentals of a service-oriented architecture (SOA). SOA is a distributed software model that uses independent Web services to support business processes as defined by SAP and its partners and customers.
Aberdeen Lean Scheduling and Execution Benchmark Report
published by Infor on Aug 21, 2009
In this report, find out the operational performance benefits that Best-in-Class manufacturers attribute to the use of Lean Scheduling and Execution principles. Read about Lean Scheduling key metrics and get ready to implement them. Discover best practices in Lean implementations and how these help reduce overall manufacturing costs.
Webcast Replay: Automotive System Design and Mechatronics
published by IBM on Mar 17, 2009
Download this webcast replay to learn more about: Integrating Software Development and System Engineering, Integrated Requirements Engineering, Cross-Discipline Change and Configuration Management
Aberdeen Group: For Mid-Size Manufacturers the Issue is Visible
published by IBM on Feb 08, 2008
As manufacturing goes global, initiatives to standardize processes and key performance measurements across the enterprise to unite the greater supply chain are emerging. The main catalyst? Driving down costs in response to customer and market pressures. However, mid-size companies in particular are driving performance improvements with a more proactive, strategic vision for improving performance than reactively responding to cost pressure.
The Keys to Performance
published by Infor on Apr 19, 2007
Key Performance Indicators and To-Do Lists provide the opportunity for a company to more fully utilize information already available within the organization to promote greater efficiency, stronger performance, and continuous improvement – all directed toward accomplishing company-wide business objectives for greater stronger asset performance.
Maintain Your Focus: Sustaining the Lean Transformation on the Shop Floor
published by Infor on Feb 27, 2007
Lean has become the proven approach companies have used in industry after industry to transform into – and maintain position as – leading, dominant, world-class competitors. Yet, many companies that begin the Lean transformation process with energy and resolve fail to sustain and complete the transformation to a Lean organization. Download this white paper to learn more.
The Four Corners of the Earth: The Right Position For Global Manufacturers
published by Infor on Feb 27, 2007
Access this white paper to learn how by employing technology to surmount the challenges of globalization, manufacturers can expand their businesses profitably to incorporate new markets, new levels of innovation and new revenue streams.
Industry Leading Solutions for Comprehensive Manufacturing Control
published by Infor on Feb 27, 2007
Infor Discrete Manufacturing Essentials are built exclusively for discrete manufacturers, with specific functionality that addresses the industry's essential challenges. The result? For one typical Infor customer, a 50 percent reduction in data processing costs and fully automated management of more than 11,000 items and 200 suppliers.
Business Process Management: The Key to ITIL Success
published by LANDesk on Feb 12, 2007
This white paper describes how ITIL implementation can be rendered simpler, faster, more effective and more affordable by combining new service-oriented Business Process Management (BPM) tools with the established functionality of task-oriented IT management software.
Realizing ROI from Automating Business Processes
published by LANDesk on Feb 12, 2007
This white paper examines some of the business benefits and potential cost savings that can accrue to an organization that implements a BPM solution.
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