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Jan 27, 2012
Mobility Plays Key Role in PLM Software Selection
Italian apparel manufacturer Beretta chose Centric Software to create digital product catalogs that its global sales staff can customize to their clients’ local market needs using an iPad app.
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Jan 26, 2012
ABB Wins Manufacturing Services Deal at Paper Mill
The five-year agreement with Africa’s Nampak Corrugated uses ABB’s applications and expertise to improve productivity and equipment reliability through industry-specific predictive maintenance and management practices.
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Jan 25, 2012
Voice-Directed WMS Facilitates Wholesale Improvements
Voice-directed warehouse management software aids an Irish wholesaler and retailer, helping to boost utilization in the warehouse and improve customer satisfaction.
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Jan 24, 2012
EDI and Supply Chain Software Meet Via Partnership
SCM software provider HighJump inks an agreement that ties its TrueCommerce EDI unit to e-commerce technology from Dydacomp, in a tie-up that both companies hope will facilitate better supply chain management.
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Jan 20, 2012
Integration Cited as Key to ERP-CRM Harmony
A New Jersey manufacturer implements Scribe technology to tie an SAP ERP system to Microsoft Dynamics CRM, giving salespeople timely order information and helping execs plan production.
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Jan 19, 2012
Thomas Teams with Ariba to Expand Commerce Options
The new partnership provides manufacturers with a larger collaborative B2B community for procurement and supplier relationship management.
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Jan 18, 2012
Aegis Upgrades Major Modules in Manufacturing Intelligence App
The latest version of Discoverant includes enhancements to analytics, reporting, and security; the company says these improvements can help drug manufacturers boost process predictability and quality.
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Jan 17, 2012
Business Intelligence Vendors Woo With Speed
Companies in the market for BI software in coming months will find their options enhanced by the speed at which they can receive business insight, two recent vendor announcements indicate.
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Jan 13, 2012
Life Sciences Firm Upgrades to EAM App for cGMP Compliance
Avid Bioservices has selected Blue Mountain Quality Resources’ Regulatory Asset Manager to automate record-keeping, workflow, and change management within its manufacturing facility.
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Jan 12, 2012
HR Software Vendor Gets $35M Infusion
Buyers of human resources software and talent management tools might be hearing more from iCIMS, an HR SaaS provider, after the company secured $35 million in private equity funds.
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Jan 11, 2012
Aerospace Firm Picks MES App for Digital Factory Project
EADS subsidiary Astrium will use iBASEt’s Solumina product to help standardize both business and technical processes across multiple manufacturing sites to create a paperless virtual factory.
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Jan 10, 2012
Cegedim Announces Two CRM Contracts
Two global companies have chosen customer relationship management software from Cegedim, including SaaS-based access via the iPad.
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Jan 06, 2012
PTC, Camstar Partnership Aims to Improve PLM Quality Management
Camstar has signed on to the PTC PartnerAdvantage Program so the duo can deliver a closed-loop change management and quality execution system for PTC’s Windchill PLM product.
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Jan 05, 2012
Deacom Adds Supply Chain Execution Tools to ERP
The maker of ERP software releases a new version that incorporates additional tools for warehouse management activities, promising more inventory control for warehouse managers.
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Jan 04, 2012
Infor Buys Quality Control App From RSVP Business Systems
As an Infor channel partner, RSVP built its quality control software on top of Infor’s development framework, which will ease integration with the company’s enterprise application suite.
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Dec 30, 2011
Moving Robotics Forward
Keeping the technology on the right path will require course corrections in industrial investment as well as science and engineering education.
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Dec 29, 2011
Beyond the ‘Happy Path’: Managing Dynamic Processes Case-by-Case
New to the manufacturing industry, dynamic case management applications can help employees make the right decisions when events stray too far from the norm.
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Dec 28, 2011
Manufacturer Moves from Homegrown to Commercial MES
Steel sheet producer Sahaviriya Steel Industries selects MES and supply chain software from Broner Metals Solutions to optimize production and reduce costs.
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Dec 27, 2011
Chemical Company Selects Rockwell’s Production, Asset Management System
Warwick Chemicals will replace its aging DCS with Rockwell’s PlantPAx Process Automation System, which includes batch and sequencing production software, and manufacturing operations and asset management applications.
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Dec 22, 2011
SYSPRO Launches Collaborative ERP for SMB Market
The new Quantum Architecture framework is said to give small and midsize businesses a leg up in the global competitive landscape by embedding IT mapping, data collaboration, workflow models, and real-time notification of business changes in an ERP structure.