Operations Planning

Technology Strategies for Integrated Business Planning: A Benchmark Report
SAP

Leading research finds that the top pressures for improving sales and operations planning (S&OP) processes include rising customer order fill…

Manufacturing 2007 Executive Summary
Infor

For a decade, IndustryWeek and the Manufacturing Performance Institute (MPI) Census of Manufacturers have provided data to US manufacturers.…

Manufacturing Outsourcing: 7 Common Pitfalls to Avoid
Arena Solutions

For years, outsourcing has been a way of life for many original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), as they regularly offload certain activities to…

Sales and Operations Planning: Choosing the Optimal Strategy for Your Business
Hitachi Consulting

Sales and operations planning (S&OP) provides the visibility and agility to improve product management and promotional planning, minimize…

The Benefits of Next-generation ERP
Logo Business Solutions

Rapid changes in the market and in customer needs mean small to medium businesses (SMBs) must work harder to stay competitive. Setting and…

The Benefits of Retail Management POS Software
TRG International

Point of sale (POS) software was designed to speed up sales checkout processes. However, it has evolved to include many more features, and is…

Integrated Business Planning: Taking Strategic Planning to the Competitive Edge
River Logic, Inc.

Some managers have concluded that strategic planning is nothing more than an exercise in futility, to be taken out and dusted off at annual…

Case Study: Material Management Optimization
Lapiz Technical Services

To be certain its materials management functions were up to par with industry best practices, a South African fertilizer plant obtained the…