According to Nigel A. Park, Managing Director for UK-based, TPS Consulting International Limited, “I personally started using Commence in 1988 when it was called IBM Current. At the time, I ran a small team of consultants for a division of Italian International Bank in London and needed an application that was flexible enough to meet our particular requirements. At that time there very few...
Trakware Systems (www.trakware.com) is the worldwide leader in manufacturing execution system (MES) solutions for engineer-to-order (ETO) and project-based manufacturers maximizing both profitability and productivity. Trakware specializes in lean business-critical functions such as estimating, advanced scheduling, job costing, production management and labor as well as material shop floor data...
If a large company wants to know the cost to install at multiple sites as well as the stability, financial status and size of the WCS company, it is quickly addressed by establishing referrals and a strong industry reputation. Depending on the organization’s objectives, source code availability may also be a concern.The cost of doing nothing may be most expensive. Rich Hite, President of QC...
Albaugh, Inc. is a U.S. owned company with U.S. manufacturing and formulation facility at St. Joseph, Missouri dedicated to providing the North American distributor with a constant supply of high quality crop protection chemicals that competes on a global cost basis. This central location allows 24-hour delivery to most major distribution outlets using the firm’s own fleet of bulk trailers and...
Hong Kong, March 22 2008 – For the past decade Spy Gear has richen kids toy box, and expanded their playing enjoys. Give them the power to hear through walls, see around corners, communicate in silence, and protect their belongings. “Pretending to be a spy is not a new idea,” explains Louis Fred, CEO of Sourcingmap, “but having a real-working night vision spy binoculars...
Jerry List, vice-president of QC Software (www.qcsoftware.com), which provides warehouse control systems for several sectors including food distribution, suggested that, “Food automation distribution warehouses are facing increased pressure as retailers insist on customized orders, including partial pallets…even single unit food product delivery.†Manufacturing journalist, Thomas R. Cutler...
Hertzler Systems Inc.,announced that it has obtained distribution rights for the Aberdeen Group’s “The Cost of Quality – Benchmarking Enterprise Quality Management†report. The report showcases the operational performance benefits manufacturers are enjoy due to the adoption of enterprise quality management. It also examines the strategies, enablers, and technologies that Best in Class...
With the possible exception of pharmaceutical manufacturing, no industry sector is similarly exposed to the quality manufacturing requirements as the food industry. Building core competencies, effective tracking and tracing programs are not optional; regulatory compliance requires it. From raw material control processors to state-of-the-art software solutions, leading and lean methodologies drive...
Preston Blevins, has just been named Client Manager for Datacraft Solutions. Blevins noted, “Adoption of the Virtual Enterprise model has increased the number of participants in supply-chains and made them more complex to manage. Electronic Kanban reduces communication complexity by sending electronic “pull†signals within the enterprise and out to supply-chain participants. In my new role...
Many small and mid-sized businesses (SMB) have taken notice of Commence Corporation (www.commence.com), a provider of on-premise and hosted web-based solutions designed specifically for this businesses sector. The company is gaining momentum and marketshare with Commence On-Demand, a suite of CRM (customer relationship management) applications that is deployed as software as a service (SaaS)...