Process Manufacturing Software – Process manufacturing is a unique vertical market that is unlike traditional manufacturing as a company in that companies in this niche process liquids, chemicals, and fine blended ingredients. Usually the inventory is combined in a batch based on a recipe or a formula, the inventory is not assembled, but rather blended. This results in some unique properties, including yield factors and re-blended waste products. Because of these unique factors, traditional manufacturing software does not fit these manufacturers. As such, we have listed below our Top 10 Process Manufacturing ERP Software solutions (in no particular order): 1. Batchmaster Software About | Demo | Pricing
Infor, one of the major players in ERP software, announced today that it has teamed with Micosoft to utilize their Azure platform for SAAS based computing and is offering several cloud based solutions on the Azure Platform. This is a significant move on their part and shows how larger ERP Vendors are moving to cloud computing.
Leading their ERP charge is Syteline, a powerful ERP solution for manufacturers. Taking this to a cloud solution will allow companies without the base infrastructure to utilize this software without the headaches of maintaining application and database servers.
Cloud based ERP should also shorten the implementation timelines of implementations. Using a cloud platform, you have taken the infrastructure questions out of the equation and are now strictly focused on processes and configuration.
Project Management for ERP cannot be understated. It is the essential tool for ensuring a successful launch of a new Enterprise Software system. Understanding the Scope, the Time Frame, the Budget, the People/Resources available, and the goals are all important. Many people use a tool such as MS Project to plan the various stages and tasks to complete.
There is a fundamental difference between planning a project and tracking it. On a project team there are various assignments and tasks that need to be accomplished. MS Project is often cumbersome to track detailed tasks. Especially those that come up in steering committee meetings and even on phone calls.
Being able to track them requires a useful tool to manage all the tasks. This is different than Microsoft Project. MS Project is a great planning tool. But to manage the various sub-projects and tasks, we have started using Nozbe. Check it out. We have put up a link on the sidebar of our site to assist you. Another good resource for various project software is http://www.gtdsoftware.net.
Posted by Administrator on Tuesday, 17 November, 2009
In establishing its foothold in the enterprise resource planning (ERP) software market, Microsoft has acquired no less than thirteen companies. Now Microsoft – and their prospects – face the challenge of sorting through the various applications in the Microsoft Dynamics family.
With the recent launch of our ERP software service, we decided to shed some light on the Dynamics product family. For starters, here is a chart that shows the target market for each product. Industries are down the side, business sizes are across the top, products lie in the middle. Click on the image for an expanded view.
Posted by Administrator on Wednesday, 21 March, 2007
It has been apparent for a couple years now that Microsoft was pushing upwards in the Enterprise space. But are they really ready for prime time? They seem to think they are. Here is an article from an SAP site about Steve Ballmer’s keynote speach in San Diego this past week.
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Microsoft had some strong words about SAP at last weeks Convergence conference in San Diego. Does this signal the end of the happy union between the two companies?
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer called SAP his companys “big competitor” in the enterprise market and said that Dynamics has a simpler set of processes, requiring less customization than SAP and that it is “enterprise-ready.” “When it comes to scale, reliability, transaction volume, theres nothing in our design mentality, philosophy or anything else that should hold us back,” Ballmer said. “We want to give people the capabilities they want, the capabilities that their users can use, and the capabilities that you can get implemented at whatever size, whatever volume you are.”
Posted by Administrator on Tuesday, 30 January, 2007
Vista hits the street today, so how will it affect ERP? Vista ultimately will pervade the corporate environment. For now though it is the home user that will be scooping it off the shelves.
For the server side, vendors are either already there with Windows Server 2003r2 or are coding to make it ready. There is a good link here where Microsoft lays out its promises to how the server operating system will work.
We want to know what you think. Please comment on this post and let us know what you feel will happen in the ERP space now that Microsoft has launched their new flagship.
In the meanwhile, here is an entertaining video of Bill Gates on The Daily Show.
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