Global manufacturers, including Heineken, PepsiCo and Siemens, have agreed to share their experiences in turning maintenance from a cost centre to a profit generating activity at the upcoming WM Maintenance Conference.
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WM has published IT Shortlist 2013- the ultimate guide to IT systems and service designed to help manufacturers boost performance.
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Crisp manufacturer Burts has announced that it "could easily double or treble in size" and is looking to grow to a £20m-plus business over the next two to three years by maximising production capacity.
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Maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) management and services specialist One MRO has signed an agreement with e-business firm Science Warehouse to create MRO Direct, an online marketplace for e-procurement.
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Three leading car manufacturers have joined forces to reduce risks in their supply chains.
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Open, interoperable automation technologies pressure group ODVA is forming a special interest group for machine information.
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Hitchin-based manufacturer Hermitage Sheet Metal has become one of the smallest engineering companies in the UK to secure a silver World Class Supply Chains for the 21st Century Award (SC21).
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Teversham Engineering is using SolidWorks CAD software to design an authentic replica of one of the most important early British digital computers, EDSAC.
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British Encoder Products says it completed its technical upgrade to QAD Enterprise Applications in four months and, less than one month later, is already seeing revenues and profitability grow.
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Reminding manufacturers of the truism that business leaders need to use IT effectively to stay ahead of the game, while IT leaders need new solutions to innovate and stay relevant, global IT compliance body ISACA says both can benefit from its INSIGHTS 2013 event.
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Appliances manufacturer Electrolux has selected GT Nexus to provide the cloud-based supply chain technology platform that will automate its global freight spend management process.
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AWE, which manufactures and maintains the warheads for the UK's nuclear deterrent Trident submarine-launched, ballistic nuclear missile weapons systems, has upgraded its maintenance system to the latest release of Infor EAM.
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Mid market manufacturing and distribution ERP developer Epicor has rebranded and extended its Carbon Connect suite as Epicor Energy Management.
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More than four fifths (84%) of IT decision makers in manufacturing industry say that their cloud computing provider is not listening to their requirements.
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Manufacturing business application software giant Infor says its Infor ION technology is now its top selling and fastest growth product ever.
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Advanced planning and scheduling software specialist Preactor Group has teamed up with global Sage ERP solutions provider Tangerine Software to roll out its APS systems across North America.
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Users of K3 Syspro's manufacturing ERP software now have a secure environment in which to share custom solutions, following the launch of the Syspro app store.
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Six IT research projects aimed at improving manufacturing competitiveness in the UK have been awarded £12 million EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council) grant funding.
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Ultra-deep water drilling contractor Sevan Drilling has chosen IFS Applications business software modules for offshore service to streamline both its onshore and offshore operations.
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MISRA, the organisation behind many of the guidelines for critical systems, says the latest version of MISRA C – its global standard for embedded C programming – will be available from 18 March 2013.
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US-based single- and twin-engine aircraft manufacturer Piper Aircraft has selected Infor LN ERP to improve its purchasing, supply chain, product engineering and account management processes.
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Business and shopfloor production process simulation software specialist Lanner has signed a software development partnership with Virtalis, the virtual reality (VR) company.
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Manufacturing companies could save thousands of pounds by using cloud-based applications to manage their business, according to the new CEO of a company that specialises in developing web-based solutions.
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The global consumer packaging company and former Best Factory Award winner, Rexam, claims that the application of lean manufacturing and Six Sigma made a significant contribution towards £26m in savings last year.
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Food manufacturer Symington's is reporting full ROI on its investment in Infor Supply Chain Execution (SCE) software, ahead of schedule, as a result of a 30% increase in throughput, with no additional headcount.
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