RFID: A Smart Tag Primer by Dennis Bacchetta
Good things come in small packages. This familiar cliché usually refers to precious stones, but today it's taken on new meaning, in that small things are now protecting items we deem valuable. Analysts estimate that the retail industry loses US $50B a year to theft and up to ten times that much... RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) is an automatic data capture technology that offers unparalleled accuracy in inventory control and supply chain management. ... The US Department of Defense, Benetton, CVS, Home Depot, Gap, Target, Kohl’s, Tesco, Coca Cola and Albertsons have all begun...

Finite and Infinite Scheduling Practice in ERP Operations by Dusty Alexander
For manufacturing planning and scheduling systems that consider capacity leveling, production data is plugged into equations that result in two types of schedules: Those based upon the known real-time data of existing work loads, emerging jobs, material, machines, and labor ( finite scheduling... In addition, ERP software can be used for supply chain management as a global scheduling and rescheduling tool for multiple locations throughout the supply chain and plant work centers. ... In conclusion, whether operational needs are for scheduling jobs in either an infinite or finite capacity, a...

Integrating RFID Into Your Packaging by Dennis Bacchetta
Market forces such as the RFID mandates from Target, Wal-Mart, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) have many manufacturers and suppliers focused on RFID simply as a compliance tool, overlooking the significant additional benefits of automatic... In fact, by design, RFID enables superior supply chain efficiency and inventory management, resulting in increased productivity and accountability, decreased shrinkage, and a more robust bottom line. ... Although chipless tags typically cost less than silicon-based tags, their use in supply chain...

Microsoft Great Plains Chemicals & Paint Industry Implementation & Customization Notes by Andrew Karasev
Microsoft Great Plains fits to majority of industries, in the case of Chemicals & Paint you should consider implementation with balanced approach of utilizing existing Great Plains standard module and light customization and reporting with Great Plains Dexterity, MS SQL Server stored procedures,... If automated shipment is the most business processes critical requirement – you can implement Supply Chain solution, integrated with Microsoft Great Plains. ... • Logistics & Warehouse Management. ... If you are looking for budget solution – we recommend you light modification in Sales Order...

List Of Top Accounting Software For Your Business by Joann Grant
Simply put, accounting is the lifeline of a business. Accounting deals with summarizing, analyzing and reporting the financial data and information about a business. An accounting software records and processes the accounting transactions of a business within its functional modules. ... Also, the different attributes for different categories have been considered like for ERP software, attributes such as manufacturing solution, supply chain solution and database solution. ... They are simple and inexpensive with simple functioning such as management of budgets.

My Feelings For The Imaging Supplies Business For 2007 by Daniel Roberts
Where has 2006 gone? In some ways it has gone quickly; in other ways less so. For many it has not been an easy one. Looking at the imaging supplies business, the days of rapid growth were over. The stupidity of the price battle on compatible inkjet cartridges led to problems - financial losses... How do they control their supply lines? ... Incartek will keep its eyes out for new opportunities, in management areas working with Excelsis Enterprises to provide solutions to problems; in product areas putting portfolios for you to sell, complementing your current business.

Cross-Platform Custom Software Development & Integration – IT Strategy for Large Corporation by Andrew Karasev
Microsoft Business Solutions products: Great Plains, MS CRM, Navision, Axapta, MS RMS integration with UNIX/Java based platforms & non-Microsoft applications: Oracle, Lotus Notes/Domino, DBII, PeopleSoft, SAP The history of software application development indicates that global trends to... Project Green will lead to Microsoft suites: Microsoft Financials, Microsoft Distribution/Supply Chain Management, Microsoft Human Resources. ... If you take a look at C programming language, intended as cross platform solution (which resolves graphical interface cross platform migration).

ERP Software Solutions For Efficient On-Time Delivery by Dusty Alexander
Whether in a major manufacturing organization or on a country newspaper route, the degree to which you are able to delivery the goods on-time is often the determining factor for the loyalty of any customer. While some tolerances can be made for the occasional late throw of the daily rag, in many... Your late delivery of product impacts the due dates promised by the myriad other shops in the manufacturing supply chain—as you fail, so too do those downstream from you. ... This is especially productive in lean cell production systems where inventory management is critical to the efficient...

Microsoft CRM for Large Corporation – Security by Andrew Karasev
Microsoft Business Solutions CRM proved to be reliable solution in the whole spectrum of industries and market niches: transportation & logistics, education, recruiting & placement, supply chain management, pharmaceutical, oil & gas, aerospace & defense, manufacturing, wholesale & retail. ... • Presentation Level. ... This statement is true even if you have customization, done in MS CRM SDK: C# or VB.Net. ... When you, as European market manager run report on the gadgets sales – you see only records in your security realm.

Axapta: Global Economy ERP implementation notes by Andrew Karasev
The evolution of ERP/MRP comes together with the change in business processes and new businesses models emerging. If we look at the companies, going public in .com era and now, we could recognize very unusual business models, such as Google, which is neither really paid services, nor advertising... Looking at the other companies, such as eBay, Amazon.com – we could say that the shift for the ERP is made from traditional business processes, such as manufacturing, customer service, project management, accounting to more generic processes, such as Supply Chain Management (SCM), where you...