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Do More with Less: The 5 Strategies Used by Successful SMB Manufacturers
A common issue facing small and medium-sized business (SMB) manufacturers is how to increase revenue and grow their business without significantly adding staff.
Manufacturers can position themselves for more predictable success and business growth, without increasing staff by considering 5 strategic planning guidelines.
This Guide goes beyond theory to include Best Practices from actual SMB Manufacturing companies who've made it work.
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Key Elements of Vantage Workflow Management
The Epicor Vantage solution is designed to meet the needs of discrete mixed-mode manufacturing companies. The product is delivered ‘out-of-the-box’ with built in workflow processes that enable an enterprise to manage the entire order cycle: from Marketing and Sales, to Production and Planning, Sourcing and Procurement, Installation and Service through to Financial Recognition. |
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Designed To Manage Lean Principles
Manufacturers are widening the scope and focus of lean manufacturing to encompass all processes that contribute to the bottom line. Lean thinking is now increasingly being applied to all areas within the organization – from sales and marketing to engineering and production through to finance and post sale service. The true benefits of lean thinking will only be fully realized when the entire enterprise adopts lean ideology. Epicor Vantage enables enterprises to attain this goal. |
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Throughput Appliance
Activplant's Throughput Appliance offers a low cost and repeatable solution for plants with low or no automation layer that desire the performance management results of Throughput Analyzer. By adding a low level automation layer, Throughput Appliance – an easily installed middle interface - bridges the gap in the automation layer making Throughput Analyzer a reality in these environments.
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Blast Past Bottlenecks with Constraint Based Scheduling
Lumpy demand due to seasonality or business cycles. Limited capacity in part of a plant. Skilled labor shortages. These and a number of other problems can be solved with constraint-based scheduling, also referred to as finite scheduling. Learn the basics of constraint-based scheduling including optimal, predictive and interactive scheduling. |
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6 Steps To ERP Implementation Success
Implementing an enterprise application like an enterprise resources planning (ERP) contact relationship management (CRM) or enterprise asset management (EAM) is almost as complex as undertaking a civil engineering or major construction project. Here are six simple steps to take in order to manage that complexity and achieve your corporate goals. |
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Road Map To The Perfect Order - Best Practice Strategies For Success
The “perfect order” concept emerges as a measure of not only supply chain performance, but also overall order management cycle (OMC) effectiveness. However, there is much debate on what comprises a perfect order. To some extent, a perfect order may be driven by stakeholder-centricity or the ability to meet changing stakeholder expectations. |
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Throughput Analyzer - Cycle Based Edition
The Throughput Analyzer performance management application automates the identification of true chronic constraints and provides the information to improve production throughput in high volume discrete manufacturing facilities. This edition was specifically designed for manufacturers whose products are produced in a one-piece flow environment and are measured to takt time such as engines, powertrains, component parts and vehicles.
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CRM: The Essential Guide - The Five Principles for CRM Success
Today's customers are radically transforming the way companies in every industry are doing business. And many companies are successfully responding with CRM. This paper provides insight to help you take a more customer-centric view of your business. |
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How to Ensure That Your Employees Will Want to Use CRM
The decision to go with a CRM solution built to address the needs of information workers is a smart and valuable investment that recognizes the need to help employees work effectively with the deluge of data available to them in today’s connected, always-on, real-time workplace. In this paper, learn how with the right CRM solution, information workers can increase productivity, improve customer service, and boost collaboration, while the business simplifies complex processes, increases sales... |
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The Executive Guide to CRM Architecture: Why CRM Flexibility Will Impact Your Success
Most businesses today are under increasing pressure to respond to change expeditiously—to adapt to the ongoing needs and demands of their customers, the changing competitive landscape, and the evolution of the marketplace. An organization’s CRM system can either effectively support or hinder their business agility and capacity to respond to change, affecting overall corporate performance and customer satisfaction. This white paper explains the importance of flexible software architecture and... |
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The CRM Journey: From Productivity to Profit
In this business paper, you will read how companies across
a vast selection of industries are using customer relationship management to converge people, processes and products more efficiently. This convergence makes it easier and more convenient for prospects, customers and partners to do business. And with meaningful insight on what these constituents want, companies make smarter business decisions that improve the trajectory of their revenues, margins and customer loyalty. |
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Six Sigma Software
Most manufacturers have heard of Six Sigma and its quality improvement methodologies designed to reduce defects and costs. Although Six Sigma can be applied without technology, most companies choose to leverage computers and software. |
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The Integration Advantage - Integrate CRM with Other Systems for Greater Enterprise Effectiveness
Does your organization suffer from estrangement: between the front and back office, between front-office applications, between your company’s data and valuable external data sources? CRM can become a critical hub, bringing disparate customer information together in a single application and joining it with external data sources to truly enrich your users’ experience. Learn how integration can help maximize the value of a CRM solution. |
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Managing Quotes, Contracts, and Pricing for Higher Profits: A Guide for Manufacturers
Manufacturers often do not realize they are leaking revenue until they review their business processes and discover that errors and missed opportunities are costing them significant amounts. The good news is that you can recover this lost revenue by identifying the causes, refining processes, and becoming a customerdriven organization. This white paper addresses the challenges manufacturers face in managing quotes, contracts, and pricing and discusses how customer relationship management... |
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11 Criteria For Selecting The Best ERP System Replacement
Manufacturers decide to replace their ERP systems for a variety of reasons. At the most fundamental level, the question is whether your current system supports or constrains your ability to execute business strategies that will make your company successful and establish it as an industry leader. |
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