ERP for Green Supply Chain Management In Manufacturing

How can ERP with Green SCM tools help manufacturers satisfy green supply chain requirements in order to satisfy customers and regulators? Find out now Industries in every sector are feeling the pressure to reduce their impact on the environment. This pressure is coming for North American manufacturers. This pressure is not only coming from investors and customers but also from government regulations. These regulations place new demands on manufacturers to track the impact their operations and products have on the environment, specifically at the end of the products lifecycle. This whitepaper addresses the various drivers for the green supply chain trend, shares important considerations for satisfying a green supply chain initiative of a customer or initiating your own green supply chain initiative, and discusses the role of enterprise software like enterprise resources planning (ERP) in keeping pace with this industry trend.
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Databases and ERP Selection: Oracle vs. SQL Server

How do Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server database platforms compare on reliability, scalability and cost? Download this whitepaper for details. An enterprise application like enterprise resources planning (ERP) or enterprise asset management (EAM) is comprised of multiple technologies layers, but during a software selection process it is the database layer that can be the subject of some of the most heated discussions, at least among technologists. The database is an essential component of enterprise applications such as enterprise resource planning (ERP) and enterprise asset management (EAM). This white paper outlines the advantages and disadvantages of the Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server database platforms.
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How to Use Projects to Master Asset Management

Why project management functionality tightly integrated with Asset Lifecycle Management (ALM) tools is essential to executives of asset-intensive industries. In this white paper, we will discuss how project-based software solutions are essential for asset-intensive industries, and explore the specific ways that project, maintenance and financial functionality must be integrated in an enterprise software tool for information management. This white paper will also address how this information can be leveraged in the company on a macro level for strategic decision-making as well as on a micro level to facilitate technical activities in the maintenance department.
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Usability as an ERP Selection Criteria

ERP software is often criticized for being complex and difficult to use. Learn how to evaluate ERP software for usability. In this whitepaper, we will discuss how the complexity of a system like ERP can be reduced, and how the huge spectrum of functionality and information that an application encompasses can be made easier to navigate. In short, we will discuss ERP usability, with special attention to allowing you to consider usability as a criterion in your enterprise application selection process.
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10 Ways to Use ERP to Lean the Manufacturing Supply

Four tips for lean supply chain improvements in manufacturing operations and six technology tools to automate these best practices.
Lean in a supply chain context is about a holistic view of procurement, manufacturing distribution and sales order processing. This means that some level of enterprise technology is necessary to view the organization in an integrated context instead of as functional islands. However, before technology can facilitate the lean supply chain, manufacturing executives need to start thinking in lean supply chain terms. We will be reviewing those terms and sharing the key concepts that are the foundation for the lean effort.
In short, this white paper gives four tips to help you bring lean supply chain improvements to your manufacturing operation. Additionally, it discusses six technology tools that help automate these lean supply chain practices.
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