Corporate Competitiveness : Stephen Carson, Visibility According to Stephen Carson, executive vice-president with Visibility Corporation, “Anywhere anytime mobility is a big advantage for manufacturers that conduct some of their business remotely.” VISIBILITY.net drives corporate competitiveness due to the fact that it is 100% web based; the client device only needs Internet Explorer to access the ERP system.With plants and assets being highly...... Similar Editorial : On The Planet Corporate by Vera Jane Cook. | Source : Technological
Discrete Manufacturers & Product Costs : Azzolino According to Frank Azzolino, President & CEO of aPriori, the Massachusetts based Cost Management Platform company, “There are a number of reasons why discrete manufacturers have been forced to take a “rear view” look at product costs, such as evaluating and allocating product costs well after production was underway.”1. Cost information in most organizations is fragmented throughout the...... Similar Editorial : Discrete Event Simulation Explained by Jp Online. | Source : Technological
Datacraft Supplier & Power Partners Day Awards Conference On March 28th in Athens Georgia, Datacraft Solutions, the leading digital kanban firm based in Durham, NC was recognized at the Power Partners Supplier Day Awards Conference. According to Steve Hollis, CEO of Power Partners, “We recognize that excellence can only be achieved through a strong supply chain and building strong supplier relationships is an important part of our ongoing strategy....... Similar Editorial : Datacraft e by Thomas R. Cutler. | Source : Conference Calling Rates
Datacraft Solutions CTO Quantifies ROI For Digital Kanban According to Justin Diana, Chief Technology Officer, for Digital Kanban pioneer Datacraft Solutions, Inc. (www.datacraftsolutions.com) based in Durham, North Carolina, “Lean ROI is based on metrics; primarily cold, hard, RELIABLE numbers. Distributed financial data or paper-driven reports are incomplete, at best. The concept of data centralization, introduced through the use of Digital...... Similar Editorial : Datacraft Solutions Digital Kanban by Thomas R. Cutler. | Source : Enterprise Resource System
Datacraft Solutions ASP Digital Kanban Pressure to reduce lead times, expanding product lines, and global competition drives the value of digital kanban, a lean manufacturing practice that automates consumption driven replenishment across suppliers, customers, and the factory floor. Marrotta added, “Datacraft Solutions’ ASP model provides global visibility into the plant floor from anywhere in the world, with nothing to install...... Similar Editorial : Datacraft Solutions Digital Kanban by Thomas R. Cutler. | Source : Compile C#
Shoplogix Inc. Announces Plant-wide Deployment At Fourmark Inc. Fourmark Inc. is a contract manufacturer of custom injection molding and related services to a variety of industries including food packaging and consumer goods, cosmetics and construction. The company operates a 25,000 sq. ft. facility in Oakville, Ontario; from which it serves markets in Canada and the U.S. Fourmark is installing additional units throughout the plant as well as...... Similar Editorial : Shoplogix Plantnode by Thomas R. Cutler. | Source : Technological Development
Complex Manufacturers Define Strategic Advantages In ERP Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software for the Complex Manufacturing sector, non-repetitive manufacturing, has been less than effective in accomplishing these strategic advantages until VISIBILITY.net. Business integration, comprehensive functionality, collaborative capabilities, global features and compliance based controls enable effective decision making, increased organizational...... Similar Editorial : Define Your Own Future by Edward B. Toupin. | Source : Enterprise Resource System
APriori Profile In Manufacturing.net By TR Cutler Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) has become an increasingly important metric as the largest expense item on the income statement; typically 70% to 90% of revenue. Manufacturers are forced to focus on product cost and profit margins with renewed vigor. Cost targets, an important component of design-to-cost strategies, are now being defined early and with greater granularity, even down to the individual...... Similar Editorial : aPriori One Year ROI by Thomas R. Cutler. | Source : Technological Development
Benlan Inc. Expands Use Of Plantnode Benlan is implementing ten new Plantnode units on multiple machines in their Oakville, Ontario facility. The company initially implemented Plantnode in April 2005 to assist them in gathering information on the efficiency of a form-fill-seal packaging machine. According to Tom Enns, President of Benlan, “Plantnode has helped us increase productivity on this machine by up to 25%, so it makes sense...... Source : Technological Development
Power Partners Supplier Day Awards Conference Datacraft Solutions, the leading digital kanban firm based in Durham, NC was recognized on March 28th in Athens Georgia, at the Power Partners Supplier Day Awards Conference. Tony Diana, Client Executive with Datacraft Solutions was in attendance as the Power Partners event and noted, “It was a great honor and privilege to be present and recognized as a strategic partner in the...... Similar Editorial : Top Wholesale Supplier Questions by Boricua. | Source : Conference Calling Rates
New Kanban Supplier System This screen now displays the configuration options that your customer has setup to control how you use the Curator portal. This contains information such as whether or not activities are required, the timeframes that they are required within, legal/contractual terms, etc. This will help better facilitate communication between both parties when working towards reconciling terms of replenishment....... Similar Editorial : Top Wholesale Supplier Questions by Boricua. | Source : Technological Development
McLeish Containers And Brown Packaging Implement Plantnode McLeish Containers and Brown Packaging are manufacturers of corrugated goods including displays and packaging, and are under the same ownership. Five Plantnode units have been implemented between the two companies; and have been installed on box making equipment: machines that cut, fold, print and fasten corrugated cardboard into various sizes of packing boxes. The companies implemented the...... Similar Editorial : Plantnode Shoplogix McLeish Container by Thomas Cutler. | Source : Technological Development
Datacraft Solutions Digital Kanban This is a brief except from the April issue of The Manufacturer. The entire feature article may be read at http://www.themanufacturer.com/us/detail.html?contents_id=4171.The key to recognizing those exceptions is availability of data with total reliability and speed of access. “By having one place where data resides, you ensure that there are no disconnects or a lack of synchronization,”...... Similar Editorial : Datacraft Solutions e by Thomas R. Cutler. | Source : Enterprise Resource System
To-Order Manufacturers Business Intelligence In a To-Order environment business processes are significantly influenced by the nature of the order or contract being executed. No only can each order or contract involve different types of processes, but the value of contracts can have a significant influence. According to Stephen Carson, Executive vice president with Visibility Corporation, “Visibility’s Reporting & Analytic...... Source : Enterprise Resource System
Shoplogix & Rock Interface State Strategic Reseller Relationship Rock Interface management consulting services focuses on improving the overall competitiveness of manufacturing companies. Rock Interface works to assist firms in automotive, steel, electrical components, furniture and paper product industries. According to Mike Dorado, President of Rock Interface, "The best companies in these vertical markets are using real-time plant floor data to optimize...... Similar Editorial : Shoplogix Inc by Thomas R. Cutler. | Source : Technological Development
