Seiki Systems, a specialist provider of real-time production management solutions for 20 years, has released an enhanced Electronic Work Queue feature as part of the latest version of Seiki NMS, the company's Networked Manufacturing System.
Manufacturing Software, ERP, MRP
Manufacturing software systems are important tools for the automation and management of production processes. A wide range of manufacturing companies covering many different vertical sectors rely on manufacturing software to better manage the sourcing and use of material or parts quantities, scheduled production timelines, inventory management and the planning for future order demand. One commonly deployed example of a manufacturing software system is an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution, designed to better manage information concerning orders and materials, finance, Customer Relationship Management etc.over the whole organisation.
Seiki Systems improves information accuracy and visibility with Electronic Work Queue enhancement
Aug 22, 2013
Optimal delivers complete PAT software and hardware solution for continuous pharmaceutical production
Aug 08, 2013
Bristol, UK based Optimal Industrial Automation is just completing the design, construction and installation of a complete Process Analytical Technologies based control system, built to manage a pharmaceutical customer's continuous manufacturing line, it delivers a huge increase in production efficiency, including regulatory compliance.
ToolsGroup: Simple yet powerful technology to ensure spare part availability with minimum inventory
Jul 25, 2013
Maintenance service departments at industrial facilities or in after-market operations out in the field are responsible for making sure that equipment works correctly and with minimal down-time.
Talend recognised as a 'Visionary' in 2013 Magic Quadrant for data integration tools
Jul 25, 2013
Talend, the global open source software provider, has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the 'Visionaries' quadrant of the 'Magic Quadrant for Data Integration Tools' [1] report.
SolutionsPT focuses on Manufacturing Intelligence with new Product Manager
Jul 25, 2013
Industrial IT solutions provider, SolutionsPT, has appointed a new Product Manager to drive the sales performance of its portfolio of Manufacturing Intelligence products and services.
Bull expands into data analytics market with C24 partnership deal
Jul 25, 2013
Building on a long heritage designing, building and operating mission-critical IT systems, Bull Information Systems has announced it is expanding into the data analytics market and launching a new business intelligence solution.
Technology Management recognised as one of the top 5% of Microsoft Dynamics partners worldwide
Jul 18, 2013
Technology Management, Microsoft Gold Certified Partner for both ERP and CRM, has been named to the 2013 Microsoft Dynamics President's Club, a group that represents the top 5% of Microsoft Dynamics partners worldwide.
Accenture enhances drug development from discovery to approval with launch of Accenture Accelerated R&D Services
Jul 18, 2013
Accenture has announced the launch of Accenture Accelerated R&D Services, a business service focused on delivering streamlined and integrated research and development (R&D) functions that will help pharmaceutical companies bring new medications to patients using a more collaborative and efficient approach.
Expanding manufacturing's vision: MTConnect + Google Glass
Jul 11, 2013
Indiana Technology and Manufacturing Companies (ITAMCO) has released MTConnect + Google Glass, a free Glassware application that monitors machine tools using Google Glass.
Toyota Material Handling Europe to transform accounts payable with OB10
Jul 03, 2013
Toyota Material Handling Europe (TMHE), provider of forklifts and warehouse equipment, has selected OB10, the global e-Invoicing network, to bring the benefits of invoice automation to its community of suppliers.
Manufacturing software systems
Manufacturing software systems provide the automation and computational support for complex manufacturing processes. Manufacturing companies leverage manufacturing software systems to carefully manage the timing, types and quantities of materials they purchase in order to ensure that they are able to meet current and future customer demand while at the same time achieving the lowest possible cost and inventory accumulation.
Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems integrate internal and external management information across an entire organization, embracing finance/accounting, manufacturing, sales and service, customer relationship management, etc. ERP systems facilitate the flow of information between all business functions inside the boundaries of the organisation and manage the connections to outside stakeholders.
Manufacturing resource planning (MRP II) addresses operational planning in units, financial planning, and has a simulation capability to answer "what-if" questions and extension of closed-loop MRP.
CRM or Customer Relationship Management concerns the relationship between an organisation and its customers. The scope of CRM which can vary drastically as it can be used by management, salespeople, people providing service, and even customers could directly access information to find out information.
Cloud computing can be defined as the set of hardware, networks, storage, services, and interfaces that combine to deliver aspects of computing as a service. Cloud services include the delivery of software, infrastructure, and storage over the Internet and is based on user demand. Cloud Computing is the latest stage in the Internet's evolution, providing the means through which everything , from computing power to computing infrastructure, applications, business can be delivered to you as a service wherever and whenever you need.
Cloud computing has some essential characteristics: scalability depending on requirements, offers a way to increase capacity or add capabilities on the fly without investing in new infrastructure, eliminates the need for on-site personnel to maintain computer equipment. No up-front CAPEX (capital expenditure) required, as billing is a pay-as-you-go model, access to the very latest application programming interfaces (APIs).
SaaS (software as a service) is a type of cloud computing delivering a single application through the browser to thousands of customers using a multitenant architecture. On the customer side, it means no upfront investment in servers or software licensing; on the provider side, with just one app to maintain, costs are low compared to conventional hosting. SaaS is emerging to provide service to all aspects of an organisation`s activities in the areas of Manufacturing, ERP, Demand Forecasting, Advanced Planning, S&OP, Supply Chain, Warehousing, Transport Management and HR (human resource).
Business intelligence (BI) is a set of theories, processes and technologies that convert raw data into useful information for business purposes. BI can handle large amounts of information to help identify and develop new opportunities to gain market advantage over competitors. The amounts of data that are now being gathered as a result of because they are increasingly being gathered by a growing range of diverse and ubiquitous information-gathering devices.
These data sets become so large and complex that it becomes difficult to process using on-hand database management tools or traditional data processing applications. The trend to larger data sets is due to the additional information derivable from analysis of a single large set of related data, as compared to separate smaller sets with the same total amount of data. The current challenges of BIG DATA include the capture, storage, search and share capability, transfer, analysis, and visualisation. Every day, we create 2.5 quintillion bytes of data — so much that 90% of the data in the world today has been created in the last two years alone. This data comes from everywhere: sensors used to gather climate information, posts to social media sites, digital pictures and videos, purchase transaction records, and cell phone GPS signals to name a few. This data is big data.
It is estimated that the world's technological per-capita capacity to store information has roughly doubled every 40 months since the 1980s. The challenge for large enterprises is determining who should own big data initiatives that straddle the entire organisation and how this data can be used as a source of revenue and to gain competitive advantage.
