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- NIBCO Realized Significant Inventory Asset Savings With Advanced Inventory Optimization Capabilities From IBM
- NIBCO wanted to improve its inventory target-setting process to better meet customer expectations and requirements. In addition, the company sought to streamline its manufacturing process and reduce on-hand inventory levels by better aligning inventory targets with product demand. IBM Global Business Services designed a cost-effective solution to NIBCO's inventory planning...
- Tags: Asset, Inventory, IBM Corp., NIBCO, Engineering, Enterprise Software, Software
- Case studies 2008-01-01
- Tough Problems Solved: Inventory Optimization With SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence
- Business owners know all too well that unused inventory is money languishing on the shelf. This means that gaining - and maintaining - strict control over inventory levels can help trim operating costs, loosen cash flow and improve customer service. Many major companies already boast sophisticated inventory control systems to...
- Tags: Optimization, SAP NetWeaver, Inventory Control, SAP AG, IBM Corp., Strategic Planning, Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Middleware, Strategy, Management, Marketing, Software, Data Management
- Case studies 2008-01-01
- SAS Markdown Optimization Solution With IBM POWER5 and System Storage
- Recently SAS and IBM proved the power of their alliance by performing a SAS Markdown Optimization Proof of Technology scenario that leveraged the power of IBM's technology. This test case scenario was developed by SAS as a means to demonstrate the scalability of SAS Markdown Optimization. IBM and the IBM...
- Tags: Storage, SAS Institute, IBM POWER5, IBM Corp.
- White papers 2007-03-29
- Dynamic Provisioning of SAP Environments Using IBM Dynamic Infrastructure for mySAP and IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager
- This paper provides details about the dynamic provision of SAP application servers using IBM Dynamic Infrastructure for mySAP. The IBM Dynamic Infrastructure for mySAP solution relies on IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager V2.1 for the provisioning and deprovisioning operations. This paper focuses on the tasks required for planning, implementing, and configuring...
- Tags: mySAP, Environment, Provisioning, SAP AG, IBM Corp., Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2005-10-11
- Optimizing Inventory: How Cooking.com Reduced Inventory Costs & Replenishment Planning Time
- If you are like most businesses you have a major investment in inventory and maintaining that inventory. With thousands or tens of thousands of items to keep track of, your costs likely include debt service and insurance as well as costs associated with providing space for the inventory and labor...
- Tags: Catalyst International Inc., Inventory, Roi/Tco, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Insurance, Financial Planning, Digital Media, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Enterprise Software, Software, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Webcasts
- SAS Analytics for Inventory Optimization: Improve Your Supply Chain Investment
- Since its inception, "Inventory optimization" has been residing in the realm of the business innovator or supply chain visionary. Forward-thinking companies have taken these toolsets and shown huge improvements to inventory costs, service levels and customer satisfaction over the old ways of doing business. Achieving savings of 30 to 50...
- Tags: Supply Chain, Optimization, Analytics, Investment, SAS Institute, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2007-07-01
- Amoi Electronics Wins Consumer Games With IBM Dynamic Infrastructure and SAP
- Amoi Electronics Company Limited manufactures an extensive range of consumer electronics and related products: from 3G telephones to LCD TVs and MP3 players. Success at Amoi Electronics was bringing its own challenges, with IT systems stretched to the limits. The company wished to find a better way to solve the...
- Tags: Game, SAP AG, IBM Corp., 3G, Monitors & Displays, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Strategy, Digital Music, Digital Media, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Components, Home Entertainment, Management
- Case studies 2007-08-15
- IBM IT Optimization for Mid-Market Executive Kit: Is your IT infrastructure optimized for maximum performance?
- IT optimization can help you simplify, consolidate, and integrate existing IT resources for maximum performance. Optimization also reduces operating expenses and makes it easier to manage the entire infrastructure in line with the growth objectives of the company. This IBM executive kit contains solution briefs, white papers, and other valuable...
- Tags: IT Infrastructure, Performance, Optimization, Information Technology, IBM Corp., Strategy, Management
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- Opening the Door to Increased ERP Bene?ts
- IBM ERP Optimization Services can helps identify and realize additional opportunities for reducing operating costs, such as purchasing spending, indirect labor costs, and system support costs. Also, ERP optimization can further reduce working capital requirements such as cash and inventory, and improve customer service by reducing cycle time and increasing...
- Tags: Working Capital, ERP, IBM Corp., Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Managerial Accounting, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance
- White papers 2005-09-01
- Perishable Inventory Management and Dynamic Pricing Using RFID Technology
- In supply chains that handle perishable products, inventory management is already a complex problem and the management of products in a dynamic-pricing environment is even more challenging. Monitoring and control of time-sensitive products can be facilitated by the application of Radio Frequency IDentification RFID technology, which enables non-contact, real-time data...
- Tags: Inventory Management, Pricing Strategy, Indian Institute Of Technology, RFID, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Enterprise Software, Wireless, Security, Biometrics, Software
- White papers 2005-04-01
- Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack
- Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack is a dynamic desktop solution which reduces application deployment costs, enables delivery of applications as services and allows for better management and control of enterprise desktop environments. It helps reduce the TCO of the entire Windows desktop lifecycle by accelerating OS and application management, and enhancing...
- Tags: Optimization, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack, Desktops, Hardware
- Webcasts
- Optimization of Silicon Technology for the IBM System z9
- IBM 90-nm Silicon-On-Insulator SOI technology was used for the key chips in the System z9 processor chipset. Along with system design, optimization of some critical features of this technology enabled the z9 to achieve double the system performance of the previous generation. These technology improvements included logic and SRAM FET...
- Tags: Optimization, SRAM, IBM Corp.
- White papers 2007-02-13
- Be in Control - Tap Into the Power of Symantec Ghost's Hardware and Software Inventory
- In this webcast, the viewer will learn how to leverage the Symantec Ghost console to see what inventory data is collected; discover different ways of working with and customizing inventory data; discover how to target machines for migration; and learn how to setup inventory to create and manage computers in...
- Tags: Software, Symantec Corp., Hardware, Security
- Webcasts
- Pep Boys Revs Up Customer Service With an IBM and Oracle Retail Solution
- Faced with eroding customer loyalty and aging technology, Pep Boys needed to transform its retail systems to improve the customer shopping experience. To tackle this IBM and IBM Business Partner Oracle Retail created a scalable, open retail infrastructure, based on IBM Store Integration Framework, enhancing customer service by integrating people,...
- Tags: Customer Service, Oracle Corp., IBM Corp., Pep Boys, Product Marketing, Application Servers, Middleware, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Utility Computing, Servers, Open Source, Marketing, Software, Hardware
- Case studies
- Through Optimization, Global Ground Transportation Provider BostonCoach Meets Demand While Improving Utilization
- The client wanted to improve fleet utilization while maintaining its 99% on time pickup record. A dispatch optimization system was developed that optimizes drivers' schedules and is responsive to changing conditions. Using data supplied by the client, IBM Research and the IBM Center for e-business Innovation developed the rules and...
- Tags: Optimization, IBM Corp., GIS, Engineering, Web Technology, Software
- Case studies 2008-01-01
- Optimization With SAS/OR: What It Is, What's New, and How It Adds Value
- SAS/OR 9.1.3, Release 3.1 continues the initial release of a completely new suite of powerful, accessible optimization procedures. This roster of new procedures includes production versions of OPTMODEL for powerful and accessible building and solution of optimization models, OPTLP for linear optimization, and OPTQP for nonlinear optimization. New experimental features...
- Tags: Optimization
- White papers 2007-05-14
- The art of doing more with less: SMBs embrace IT Optimization
- Find out how IT optimization strategies can help small and mid-sized businesses keep their competitive edge. In this IBM ForwardView webshow, IBM explains how strategies such as virtualization and Storage Area Networks SAN can simplify your systems and free up resources to support your overall business growth. ...
- Tags: Optimization, Information Technology, Small And Medium Business, IBM Corp., Smb/Sme, Strategy, Management
- Presentations 2008-01-14
- Momentum Webcast: Windows Vista Desktop Optimization Pack Overview for Mid-Sized Businesses (Level 100)
- The attendee of this webcast will learn about the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack MDOP for the Windows Vista operating system as an add-on for Software Assurance SA. MDOP can help enable to better control the desktop, accelerate and simplify desktop deployments and management, and create a dynamic infrastructure by turning...
- Tags: Webcast, Optimization, Midsize Business, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software
- Webcasts 2008-03-06
- CIO insights from IBM: IT optimization to meet business goals
- The need for IT optimization is nothing new. But as CIOs are increasingly called upon to drive business strategy, they need to take a new look at their IT optimization goals. They still need to boost efficiency and cut costs—but those efforts must be balanced with the organization's need for...
- Tags: CIO, IBM Corp., information technology
- White papers 2006-09-01
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