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- Global Tobacco and Logistics Firm Drives Efficiency With Improved Collaboration and Data Management
- Altadis Group is a global leader of the European tobacco and logistics sector. Altadis Group wanted to improve the company's business processes both internally and among its local subsidiaries. It required a customisable solution that could automatically consolidate data and simplify reporting and analysis processes. By implementing a collaborative workflow,...
- Tags: Collaboration, Logistics, Tobacco, Data Management, Altadis Group, Supply Chain, Business Operations
- Case studies 2007-11-06
- Using Solid Models to Find New Markets
- KSEC, China's leading manufacturer of tobacco processing equipment, adopted Solid Edge to adapt its machinery expertise to new uses. The company wanted to boost market share within tobacco industry and find new business lines that leverage the company's core expertise in machinery design. KSEC partnered with Siemens PLM (Product Lifecycle...
- Tags: Siemens AG, Tobacco, Product Marketing, Marketing
- Case studies 2007-01-01
- The EU Doth Protest Too Much
- Yesterday, the European Union antitrust chief went on therecord denying that the EU was seeking a vendetta against Microsoft in itsongoing battle with the company over alleged anticompetitive practices. I saythat the EU isn't nearly as interested in innovation and competitive choice inEurope as it is of picking the pocket...
- Tags: DOS, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows
- Blog posts 2006-09-19
- Country Varmint Hunter (exe)
- A swarm of varmints are invading the countryside. Flying, jumping, annoying, and pestering anyone the come across. It's up to you and your sharp-shooting skills to get rid of em. Zany, fun-filled, interactive environment. Hidden puzzles and extra features. More addictive than chewing tobacco.
- Tags: Swarm, Tobacco
- Software downloads 2006-07-27
- Tobacco Company Gains Increased Efficiencies in Migration Monitoring
- Imperial Tobacco Group, headquartered in the United Kingdom, planned to migrate its messaging infrastructure throughout Western Europe. Entitled Project Swift, the migration meant a transition from Microsoft Exchange Sever version 5.5 to Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 communication and collaboration server. The migration's success depended on the reliable delivery of the...
- Tags: Network, Microsoft Exchange Server, Monitoring, Tobacco, Migration, Microsoft Corp., Roi/Tco, E-mail Servers, Groupware, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Enterprise Software, Software
- Case studies 2006-01-01
- Drugs
- Just been having an interesting conversation with some fellow workers regarding drugs & legalisation. Many different viewpoints developed such as: -1) Legalise none of it2) Legalise soft drugs (hash & the like)3) Legalise all of them & let the money raised help those people who become addicted (believe it...
- Tags: alcohol, Ciderick, drugs, gateway drug, law, off-topic, soft drug
- Discussion threads 2005-12-19
- Bill to Ban Smoking In Your Car...(No I'm Not Kidding)
- Bill to Ban Smoking In Your Car...(No I'm Not Kidding)This is amazing to me. Granted I'm not a smoker and I detest the habit as I think its disgusting, but this is just wrong....And people wonder why NJ is the *butt* end of so many jokes. (Let's see most crowded...
- Tags: Ban Smoking, government, mandatory tagging has to go, nj, off-topic, stupid laws, stupid politicians, TomSal
- Discussion threads 2005-07-25
- Roads of Time
- Roads of Timeblog rootA musingFor years I have had this horrible fear. My phobia is riding on elevators going higher than 25 stories. Why, I don't know - he's playing third base. More importantly, my real fear is the cable breaking and free falling back to the basement. Here's my...
- Tags: Microsoft Outlook, Fayero, e-mail, tobacco, HTML
- Discussion threads 2005-05-21
- Low-Cost Infrastructure Improves Scalability of Tobacco Group's Business-Critical System
- JT International JTI, based in Geneva, Switzerland, is responsible for the Japan Tobacco Group's international production, marketing, and sales. The existing mainframe-based SAP R/3 solution presented a number of technical challenges. It lacked underlying flexibility and features to make administration simple and scaling cost effective. After rigorous testing, the company...
- Tags: Scalability, Tobacco, Microsoft Corp., Infrastructure, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Mainframes, Sales Strategy, Databases, Enterprise Software, Servers, Software, Hardware, Sales, Data Management
- Case studies
- Gallaher Group Plc Improves Sales and Trade Customer Relationships
- Following the introduction of the United Kingdom tobacco advertising ban in February 2003, Gallaher Group Plc, a leading international tobacco manufacturer and wholesaler, launched a strategy aimed at strengthening its relationships with retailers that sell tobacco. The strategy is designed to build on existing methods and help retailers fulfill the...
- Tags: Strategy, Oracle Corp., Tobacco, Sales
- Case studies
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- British American Tobacco Improves Support and Reduces Costs With Its SAP-Certified Customer Competence Center
- In business for more than 100 years, British American Tobacco BAT is the world's most international tobacco group and the second largest tobacco group employing more than 85,000 people with factories in 66 countries. To ensure that they receive the best service possible, the company set up its own SAP-certified...
- Tags: SAP AG, American Tobacco
- Case studies
- Beijing Tobacco Cuts Costs and Improves Resource Use by Adopting Grid Technology
- Founded in 1986, Beijing Tobacco Monopoly Administration oversees the tobacco industry in Beijing. Beijing Tobacco Monopoly wanted to construct an integrated IT infrastructure that offers high performance, reliability, and availability and enable online information sharing and collaboration. The challenge was to utilize any spare capacity to improve system performance and...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., System Performance, Strategy, Databases, Enterprise Software, Management, Software, Data Management
- Case studies 2008-03-01
- Firewall Gives British Tobacco Company Secure E-mail Messaging and Web Browsing
- Imperial Tobacco Group migrated its existing messaging infrastructure throughout Western Europe from Microsoft Exchange Server version 5.5 to Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 communication and collaboration server. As the new server system supported more than 3,000 users via multiple access channels, the organisation realised it needed a firewall solution. Imperial Tobacco...
- Tags: Web, Microsoft Exchange Server, Messaging, Microsoft Corp., E-mail, Groupware, E-mail Servers, Firewalls, Servers, Security, Enterprise Software, Software, Networking, Hardware
- Case studies
- British American Tobacco - Gaining Insight Into Application Performance
- British American Tobacco is the world's most international tobacco group with operations in 180 markets, 85 factories in 66 countries and an employee base of 85,000 worldwide. Increasingly, businesses are looking to their IT organisations to provide comprehensive application and infrastructure services that are clearly aligned with business objectives, and...
- Tags: Performance, Compuware Application Expert, Application Management, Compuware Corp., British American Tobacco, It Services
- Case studies
- British American Tobacco Ensures High Availability of Its CRM Application
- With a market share of more than 15%, British American Tobacco is the world's second largest listed maker of tobacco products. BAT France wanted to optimize the performance and availability of the CRM application, Take proactive control of the enterprise's IT environment, effectively track the activities of external suppliers, minimize...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., High Availability, CRM, American Tobacco, Change Management, Help Desk, Utility Computing, It Management, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Tools & Techniques, Management, It Operations, It service Management, Enterprise Software, Software
- Case studies
- DeriveIt's Web Content Filter (exe)
- Each category filter is created by applying machine learning techniques such as Bayesian text classification, as well as, probability and statistics. These methods allow for real-time content analysis, thus creating truly dynamic category filters. The program supports the optional filtering of pornography, gambling, weapons, tobacco, cigarettes, and adult content. It...
- Tags: Web, Category, DeriveIt, Productivity
- Software downloads 2006-12-12
- Cigarettes sold on internet are due taxes
- Taxing sales on the internet? Was never a big enough prize when you were talking between 4 and 6% sales tax. That has all changed when Michigan raised the tax on smokes to one of the highest in the nation, $2 per pack.People started buying over the internet...
- Tags: tax, jdclyde, sales, internet sales, off-topic, sales tax, jd-quick (formerly clyde), Internet
- Discussion threads 2006-03-09
- Signus Group Achieves a Complete View and Control Over Every Business Process
- Signus Group is a group of 10 companies with a long tradition distributing and producing alcoholic and nonalcoholic drinks, coffee, and tobacco. The company needed to flexibly allocate logistics or financial resources and to adapt rapidly to changing markets. Signus Group wanted to integrate all of the group's companies onto...
- Tags: Business Process, Oracle Corp., Financial, Signus Group, Operational Planning, Supply Chain, Financial Accounting, Business Operations, Finance
- Case studies
- Innovia Readies Itself for SAP R/3 Enterprise, Choosing IBM eServer pSeries Solutions
- Innovia Films is the world's leading supplier of speciality labels and security films, high-performance coated packaging, tobacco overwrap, and biodegradable and compostable films. Innovia faced the challenge of selecting a SAP solution infrastructure ready for SAP R/3 Enterprise and choosing a system with long-term low costs of ownership and operation....
- Tags: IBM eServer, SAP R/3, SAP AG, IBM Corp., Innovia, Innovia Films, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Enterprise Software, Software
- Case studies
- Food Supplier in Spain Enhances Convenience With Captaris Alchemy
- Conway, a subsidiary of the Lekkerland Group, supplies foods, tobacco goods and other products to restaurants, service stations and convenience stores throughout Spain. Conway needed to make access to vital business information more convenient. Every year, it handles close to three million pages of proof of delivery notices, invoices and...
- Tags: Food, Alchemy, Captaris Inc., Food & Beverage, Document Management, Manufacturing, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting
- Case studies 2008-06-27
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