The basic functional criteria for an ERP system differ for process manufacturers and discrete manufacturers. Many manufacturing operations involve elements of both approaches, so identifying where you ...

Process manufacturing is highly complex. Issues such as traceability mean that companies in process industries such as chemicals, oil and gas, and beverages use ERP software that targets the needs of ...

The existing literature about ERP systems - especially ERP for process manufacturers - provides many sources of helpful information for Microsoft Dynamics AX solution architects. In particular, I have ...

When FDA calls about a contaminated lot, an agri-food processor has one day to show where the product came from and where it went. For nut handlers, fresh produce packers, and processors buying ...

Facing tough competition from China and other Asian countries, it has never been more vital to make a manufacturing operation as lean as possible. Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems can help ...

Too many shops grind to a halt the moment that one employee goes on vacation. You know the one: the person who knows every machine inside and out, who spends half the day fixing problems for other ...

In a recent blog post, Joshua Morrison, whose company Tradeshift operates a cloud-based transactional business, noted that ERP software is becoming more common for handling transaction processing, ...

While third-party solution providers often recognize the importance of ERP integrations, there is no single, perfect tool to eliminate friction entirely — and no single ERP can address every company’s ...