Process manufacturing software, Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), Lot Traceability, Batch Production

By John Paterson, Chief Executive at Really Simple Systems.

Many organisations will have a CRM system in place and they will urge their employees to use it, but are they really making the most of the system? The answer for most businesses is "probably not".

BizSlate Inc. has been selected as a winner of Supply & Demand Chain Executive's Top 100 Supply Chain Projects for 2013. BizSlate is recognised for providing SMBs with innovative tools they require in order to substantially improve supply chain efficiency and accuracy.

Industry leaders from the mobile advertising community will gather in Dublin this June to attend a Big Data seminar, hosted by the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA).

Large corporates are showing increasing demand for distributor finance (DF) programmes to enable downstream business in international supply chains, especially in emerging markets. In parallel, global banks are confirming their growing interest in offering DF solutions to their clients.

Following an overwhelming majority vote from its membership, the Institute for the Management of Information Systems (IMIS), has ratified its decision to merge with BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, with immediate effect.

Hear how technology can be used across the supply chain to increase automation and reduce the risk of error, duplication and loss in the free seminar session "The Bare Essentials of Integrated Delivery Management" from OBS Logistics at Logistics Link Live 2013. To attend the session, simply register for free at http://live.logisticslink.co.uk

Accellos, provider of supply chain execution software solutions, has announced a new case study on AccellosOne Warehouse Management System and AccellosOne Ship customer, Atlantic Can Company.

Teletrac has announced that its commercial telematics solution has made the shortlist for the Best Telematics Solution for Commercial Vehicles for the third year in a row by Telematics Update, a respected association within the fleet tracking industry.

CargoWise has announced that Austrian-headquartered freight forwarder ACS Logistics is adopting ediEnterprise, delivered through the WiseCloud hosting platform to form a strategic pillar of the company's ambitious expansion plans.

Manufacturing & Logistics IT spoke to a number of experts from the vendor community about recent shifts within the world of ERP – including those related to Mobility and the Cloud. We also consider what the main spurs for these developments have been, and what further ERP innovation could be headed our way in the near future.