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Small to Midsize Businesses Questions

Small Manufacturer Seeks Track and Trace

QDear Alison: Thank you in advance. We are a small dental implant manufacturer company and we would like to set up a software with bar code readers in order to trace back finished product into components level and vice versa. This would include handling and managing inventory of raw materials and finished goods. Question: Is there any standard software that I can buy? (Non custom software.) Sincerely, Mario

On-Demand and the Mid-Market

QIs on-demand CRM the best model for a mid-size business?

Moving From SCADA To MES

QWe are in the process of expanding our operations and as part of this, are looking at replacing an aging SCADA system. We're looking at all the usual suspects, and are wondering if there's any merit in looking at an MES type application. Our understanding is that MES is expensive and hard to deploy -- are there benefits an MES offers that we can't already get with a SCADA system that has a good UI and analytics?
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Alison Smith

Senior Research Analyst, AMR Research Inc.

Over her 25-year career, Alison has developed, installed, and supported supervisory control and manufacturing execution systems in a number of Fortune 500 manufacturing environments.
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