Three leading car manufacturers have joined forces to reduce risks in their supply chains.
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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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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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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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Ferrari is reporting success with the second phase of its Infor ERP LN manufacturing software project, with supply chain management and shopfloor control fully implemented for its V8/12 turbo engines and now being rolled out for its V6 family.
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Cloud computing is set to grow rapidly throughout this year (2013), as it tackles the mutually exclusive IT challenges of reducing costs but boosting performance and innovation
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Nissan Europe is replacing its ageing procurement systems with 'purchase to pay' software, which it says will improve management of its multi billion euro annual non-production spend.
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European automotive giant Renault is moving its export supply chain into the cloud in order to support its international expansion plans.
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Award-winning sweet corn processor Barfoots of Botley says its switch to a fully managed EDI service, from Wesupply, has improved the speed, ease and cost effectiveness of trading electronically with its major clients.
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A disappointing two thirds (67%) of engineering and construction companies are bottom-tier B2B integration performers.
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Cloud-based mobile finance applications claimed to help organisations improve productivity, safely and securely while on the move have been launched by Access Group.
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End-to-end supply chain optimisation can deliver best-in-class service at half the cost. So says business improvement specialist Oliver Wight, which has released a white paper on the subject.
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G&J Greenall has switched to fully managed EDI with Wesupply, following a major review of its entire electronic trading network.
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Builders merchant Grant & Stone has laid new foundations for cost efficient supplier trading by adopting OneTime, Wesupply's fully managed EDI service.
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In an age of empowered customers, who expect to enjoy virtually unlimited access to information that they can instantly share internally and externally around the world, manufacturers are struggling to keep up.
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Nitrogen based chemicals manufacturer GrowHow has selected applications from Oracle's supply chain management solution to improve its ability to compete internationally.
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Manufacturing ERP software developer QAD has acquired Strasbourg-based supply chain planning software specialist DynaSys, for €6.0 million.
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ISEL, at the University of Le Havre in France, and Renault's Environmental Division are working with Barloworld Supply Chain Software (SCS) to help minimise cost and reduce carbon footprint in automotive recycling.
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Supply chain design and optimisation consultancy Oliver Wight is offering supply chain leaders the chance to attend a pre-conference day at the 10th annual Extended Supply Chain Conference next Monday (16 April 2012).
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40 years ago today (April 2, 2012), the manufacturing business software giant SAP was founded as a five-man operation.
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Hilton Foods Ireland, part of Europe's largest red meat packing group, is to deploy the Microsoft Dynamics-based LINKFresh food supply chain management solution, from Anglia Business Solutions.
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Perfumes manufacturer Drom fragrances has selected IFS Applications to increase visibility of its international business processes and improve analysis, control and planning.
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The Technology Strategy Board is to establish a so-called Connected Digital Economy Catapult centre aimed at accelerating technological innovation in 'the Internet economy'
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Barloworld SCS will be taking a number of sessions at Bedfordshire's Cranfield School of Management to support the organisation's logistics and supply chain courses.
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Manufacturing businesses should see 2012 as an opportunity to improve the resilience, value and cost of their supply chain systems by connecting internal business systems and processes, such as ERP, job scheduling and financials, to the wider supply chain, using cloud computing.
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