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- Microsoft Case Study: Knaack Manufacturing Company
- Knaack Manufacturing Company, established in 1961, is leading manufacturer of jobsite storage equipment and WEATHERGUARD truck and van equipment. In early 1999, Knaack decided they wanted to give their workers mobility within the shop floor while providing access to ERP data running on their host HP 9000 system. Once the...
- Tags: Manufacturing Company, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows CE, Microsoft Windows, Manufacturing, Handhelds, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
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- Large Manufacturing Company Simplifies User Identities With Active Directory Application Mode
- A large U.S. manufacturing company with global operations and many different applications and systems needed to find a new, more efficient way of managing user identities. In particular, the company wanted to streamline logon procedures for users while reducing IT help-desk tasks. The company adopted the Microsoft Active Directory Application...
- Tags: Manufacturing Company, User Identity, Microsoft Corp., Help Desk, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Call Centers, Directory Services, Manufacturing, It Operations, Enterprise Software, Software
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- Smiths Manufacturing Pty (Ltd) Expands Production Capabilities by Integrating Manufacturing Processes
- Smiths Manufacturing Pty Ltd is a leading manufacturer of air conditioning and engine cooling components for the automotive industry. The company wanted to align and centralize disparate legacy enterprise resource planning applications. The challenge was to integrate production facilities to gain full business process visibility and enhance manufacturing capabilities without...
- Tags: Manufacturing
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- Butler Manufacturing Company Streamlines Business Processes to Increase Profitability
- Butler Manufacturing Company, a BlueScope Steel Company, is a building-solutions company providing the design, manufacture, and marketing of metal building systems for commercial construction. The company wanted to replace outdated legacy Enterprise Resource Planning ERP system and centralize business processes. The challenge was to improve efficiency by integrating manufacturing, planning,...
- Tags: Business Process, Oracle Corp., Operational Planning, Manufacturing, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Software
- Case studies 2007-09-01
- Symbol Hands-Free Scanners Selected by TSW Manufacturing Ltd
- TSW Manufacturing Ltd. is a manufacturing company producing alloy wheels for both the aftermarket and as original equipment to the motor manufacturers. Before the introduction of the wireless wearable system solution from Symbol Technologies TSW Manufacturing used fixed position computers for data entry. With the Symbol system, they are able...
- Tags: Symbol Technologies Inc., TSW Manufacturing Ltd., Manufacturing, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing
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- Tecumseh Products Company Accelerates Innovation With Integrated Enterprise Application Infrastructure
- Tecumseh Products Company wanted to increase integration between engineering and manufacturing systems using a cohesive IT platform. The challenge was to standardize enterprise engineering and manufacturing processes to increase operational efficiency and product quality. The company wanted to accelerate new product development and reduce manufacturing costs by standardizing components required...
- Tags: Innovation, Oracle Corp., Enterprise Application, Manufacturing
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- Distribution Case Study
- A small manufacturing company was experiencing rapid growth. Their existing processes could not sustain further expansion as the number of trading partners with complex and varied data requirements began to increase. In order to enable that growth, they turned to RESPEC. RESPEC partnered with this manufacturing to produce a solution...
- Tags: RESPEC, Manufacturing
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- Electronics Manufacturer Says Good-Bye to Islands of Automation
- Halin, part of the Industrial Technologies Group, located in Veldhoven, Netherlands, concentrates on manufacturing SMTs, PCBs and systems for the industrial market. The company wanted to low volume, high mix, and high value products with flexibility for changes even during production to perfect manufacturing preparation for high quality products and...
- Tags: Electronics, Automation, Manufacturing
- Case studies 2007-09-01
- Moving Toward Digital Manufacturing
- With its headquarters in Spain and operations in more than 70 countries, SEAT is a car manufacturer that places special emphasis on design and the sporting spirit. The company's challenge was to introduce digital manufacturing tools while simultaneously working on the development of the new model. When it came to...
- Tags: Manufacturing
- Case studies 2007-02-01
- Midea Group Streamlines Manufacturing Workflows
- The Environmental Electrical Appliances division of Midea Group is responsible for research and development, manufacturing, sales, and service for various ventilation and environmental treatment products. The division wanted to improve collaboration between manufacturing facilities while allowing them to continue operating independently. The challenge was to standardize and streamline manufacturing processes...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Business Management, Workflow, Manufacturing
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- Orchestration of Service-Oriented Manufacturing Processes
- This paper outlines the perspectives opened by the application of the service-orientation paradigm for realizing high-level communications between next-generation, increasingly intelligent embedded devices - it indicates how this approach can benefit the manufacturing industry - and outlines the issues and approaches for cohesively coordinating manufacturing services at various levels of...
- Tags: Manufacturing
- White papers 2005-04-25
- HyClone Uses Integrated Manufacturing Suite for Compliance With FDA Requirements
- Founded in 1967, HyClone has revolutionized the cell culture industry, evolving into a leader in manufacturing cell culture media, sera, and BioProcess Container systems. In April 1998, HyClone began preparing for Y2K, and took the opportunity to rethink its entire information system. Each of its sites was using separate PC-based...
- Tags: FDA, Compliance, HyClone, Manufacturing
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- Strategies to Run a Lean Supply Chain: How Principles of Lean Manufacturing Transfer Benefits to Operations
- The blurring of the line between manufacturing and supply chain logistics provides the opportunity to move efficient manufacturing management concepts to supply chain management. One manufacturing concept stands out as most successful: the concept of lean. This paper from Ventana Research describes lean manufacturing and how it can be applied...
- Tags: Strategy, Benefit, Lean Manufacturing, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Enterprise Software, Software, Business Operations
- White papers 2007-04-20
- Automotive Case Study
- The Company is a Malaysian automotive manufacturing company that manufactures automobile that correlates to KIA. The Company needs a system that can overlook the entire manufacturing process and is able to communicate to the production floor equipment to prevent human error, and also automate a few business functions in order...
- Tags: Company, Manufacturing, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, RFID, Telephony, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Wireless, Security, Biometrics, Networking
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- Barnstead International Increases Business Efficiency and Productivity With Additional Manufacturing Plant in Malaysia
- Barnstead International manufactures laboratory and dental products for a worldwide market, and it began the year 2005 knowing it would soon add a 100-employee operation half-way around the world, in Malaysia, to its primary manufacturing base in Dubuque, Iowa, where the company also is headquartered. To add manufacturing plants without...
- Tags: Malaysia, IBM Corp., Manufacturing
- Case studies 2006-04-01
- Novell Case Study: Hines Corporation
- The Hines Corporation is a privately held management company in Muskegon, Michigan, that oversees eight manufacturing facilities in the Midwest and Texas along with a distributorship in New York. The Hines Corporation lacked ongoing budget to keep a diverse and outdated IT infrastructure up to date. The company needed a...
- Tags: IT Infrastructure, Novell Inc., Information Technology, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, Manufacturing, Open Source, Servers, Strategy, Hardware, Management
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- Edsal Manufacturing Company, Inc. Implements Scalable Financial Solution to Accommodate Growth
- For more than 50 years, Edsal Manufacturing Company, Inc. has manufactured and distributed storage systems and industrial furniture through three plants and three distribution centers in the Chicago area. The challenge was to replace existing legacy system to improve visibility and provide a single accurate view of all company financial...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Financial, Financial Accounting, Finance
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- Millennium Pharmaceuticals Streamlines Manufacturing and Financial Processes
- Founded in 1993, Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is one of the world's leading biopharmaceutical companies. The company wanted to improve ability to more efficiently and effectively manage the company's financial and process manufacturing environments. The challenge was to facilitate management of a broader product set - both clinical and investigational and...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Financial, Millennium Pharmaceuticals Inc., Manufacturing, Financial Management, Financial Accounting, Financial Planning, Finance
- Case studies 2007-09-01
- Modine Manufacturing Company: Private IP Lays the Groundwork for Growth at Modine
- Modine Manufacturing makes automotive heat exchangers and parts for heating, ventilating, and air conditioning HVAC systems. When the Wisconsin-based company, which operates in 85 locations worldwide, needed to upgrade its outdated hub-and-spoke frame relay configuration, it chose an IP-based network from Verizon Business. Download this case study to read about...
- Tags: Verizon Communications Inc., IP, Frame Relay, Network Technology, Networking
- Case studies 2006-10-01
- Halo Enables a Swift, Successful Move of HP Manufacturing Operations From Corvallis, Oregon to Singapore
- Like many large multinational companies with dispersed manufacturing facilities, Hewlett-Packard Company HP has sought to attain cost savings by consolidating its manufacturing operations. While needing to maintain ongoing output of its products, the transition of an assembly line from one location to another - sometimes half way around the world...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Halo, Manufacturing, Research & Development, Business Operations
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