Reading room
David Caruso is a regular columnist and contributor to Manufacturing Business Technology
ERP:
Six ways to ensure an ERP implementation delivers value
Manufacturers face choices in initiating multiplant planning
How to procure manufacturing software
It’s time to rethink selection processes for the backbone of the business
Only a global view nets global savings
Its tough, but organizations must address global visibility and processes through their ERP system.
Pay me now or pay me later... ERP upgrades
in perspective
Costly ERP upgrades in perspective
In perspective: ERP at the crossroads, facing "lean" split
Is ERP essentially flawed when it comes to supporting lean manufacturing?
Supply Chain
Demand-driven supply networks: SCM done right
A model we believe in – Demand-Driven Supply Networks - could reshape IT strategies and priorities.
This time, the question was blowing in the wind
In a post-Katrina world we need to examine the attributes of supply chain agility.
Managing demand: is this the secret to success?
Why organizations should focus on demand management to mitigate variability across their operations.
Supply chain excellence means superior financial performance
A look at some of the numbers of high performing supply chains.
S&OP: lynchpin of supply chain success
Why sales and operations planning should be a top improvement priority.
IT Budgets and strategy
Throw ill-advised caution to the wind
Now is the time for American manufacturers to invest in innovation.
IT budget forensics: what the numbers can tell you
How to look at the IT budget to see the value it creates.
Enterprise applications markets:
ERP is in a league all its own
Cool new technology and all that jazz
It’s all about the architecture
Dramatic computing shifts will reveal newfound business processes and create powerful new opportunities.
Will SOA make enterprise systems less transaction-centric?
Emerging SOA-enabled applications will shift our long term application strategies.
Best-of-breed apps: still viable after all these years
Considerations for adding specialty applications to your existing ERP system.
Management and Performance Improvement
Five steps to bridging the gap between IT and lean
Defining the right performance targets is a matter of industry and scale
A new executive for change
We consider an emerging role (the Chief Process Improvement Officer CPIO) that is charged with
delivering productivity.
What does it take to move the organization?
Three milestones successful supply chain executives use.