manufacturing enterprise resource planning in news

Cadbury takes wraps off £650m efficiency drive

News The glut of chocolate products followed the rollout of a new SAP-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. That system was part of a five-year global IT transformation project called Probe which entailed implementing a £200m ERP system for... [26 Jun 2007]

SAP CEO on SaaS - a dirty word?

News And while many traditional software companies have been hit by the open source movement, from operating systems to desktop apps to databases, Kagermann didn't see it as a threat to SAP's mainstay, enterprise resource planning (ERP), which looks... [23 Mar 2007]

Banks top CRM software spending

News Manufacturing and financial services companies will be the big spenders on enterprise resource planning (ERP) and customer relationship management (CRM) in the short term. Manufacturing has the highest share of companies building or implementing a... [19 Feb 2007]

SAP eyes 'third way' for software - using SOA like a gearbox

News ERP, or enterprise resource planning, can take care of everything in an organisation from payroll to HR to financials to manufacturing and more - only it's costly and has a reputation for not always being easy to implement. [28 Sep 2006]

Cadbury IT glitch takes £12m chunk out of profits

News CTB was left with a glut of chocolate products at the start of the year, after the rollout of a new SAP-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) system led to an excess of chocolate bars building up at the end of 2005. [08 Jun 2006]

Basic SME software dominated by Intuit, Microsoft and Sage

News The analyst house includes enterprise resource planning (ERP) software - for functions such as managing payrolls, HR or manufacturing systems - in its ranking. The top three suppliers of accounting software used by small and medium-sized... [17 May 2006]

Dorma bedding in Lawson ERP software

News Bed linen-maker Dorma has chosen enterprise resource planning (ERP) software from Lawson to streamline its operations, especially its supply chain links with manufacturing facilities in China and other countries. [11 May 2006]

SAP tops CRM and ERP market

News SAP is in pole position in the $7.1bn enterprise resource planning (ERP) applications market in western Europe, according to research house IDC. Lykkegaard said: "SAP has successfully sold its CRM solution in the industries where it has a strong... [23 Feb 2006]

Easynet flush with Kohler contract win

News It carries data relating to enterprise resource planning (ERP) functions such as payroll, HR and manufacturing. Luxury bathroom fittings maker Kohler has selected Easynet to manage its wide area network in a deal worth €1.2m over three years. [02 Feb 2006]

Manufacturers raid piggybanks for ERP and RFID

News A separate study from AMR Research has found that ERP is also being taken up more widely, with 16 per cent of manufacturing companies evaluating the use of a resource planning application this year. SMEs in particular are still lagging behind in... [27 May 2005]

Microsoft makes latest acquisition

News ERP stands for enterprise resource planning - software that helps companies with accounting, staffing, manufacturing and customer service. Microsoft has acquired a program designed to accelerate the installation of its Axapta business software, the... [23 Feb 2005]

5 years ago: PeopleSoft CEO says ERP has weathered the storm

News Looking back, clearly there were and remain problems with ERP - the enterprise resource planning applications that handle processes such as manufacturing, finances, payroll and HR within organisations, the latter a starting point, once upon a time... [09 Dec 2004]

RFID: the saviour of business?

News Forrester analyst Navi Radjou said that RFID could provide the real-time information that has proved elusive in enterprise systems that have attempted to streamline processes such as manufacturing and distribution. [29 Oct 2003]

Esselte inks $10m Microsoft ERP contract

News Microsoft's high-end applications credentials have received a boost with office supplies giant Esselte signing a five-year contract for enterprise resource planning (ERP) software. Also at the centre of Esselte's supply chain and manufacturing... [04 Aug 2003]

IBM, SAP deal targets smaller businesses

News Edwards in the market for enterprise resource planning (ERP) software. IBM's consulting business already sells services for helping companies install SAP software, which is used to automate back-end processes such as manufacturing or finances. [18 Jun 2003]

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