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RSS production steelData Collection System Reduces Costs, Improves Productivity
White Paper With its Midwest operation's manual production recording system fast becoming obsolete, National Steel knew the time had come to deploy a highly automated system with real-time information access. To make matters worse, the existing data entry... [03 Jul 2008]
WRQ Reflection for the Web Helps French Manufacturer Streamline Access to Corporate Applications
White Paper Trefileries de Conflandey is a leading international manufacturer of drawn and coiled steel wires. They wanted to give their employees easy, consistent access to their applications - including a new production control tool, while taking advantage... [03 Jul 2008]
Outsourced IT Proves Crucial to Success of Global Business Transformation - The Corus Advantage is IT
White Paper Corus, one of the world’s leading manufacturers, processors and distributors of steel and steel-based solutions, was formed just ahead of the new millennium by the merger of British Steel and Koninklijke Hoogovens. [03 Jul 2008]
Republic Looks to SAS for Rock-Solid Reporting and Analysis
White Paper The largest producer of high-quality steel bars in the United States, Republic Technologies International serves customers in the automotive, agricultural, aerospace and energy industries. To make better use of this data for production planning... [03 Jul 2008]
Steel Company Ortiz y Cia Rolls Out Quality Assurance With SAP, IBM and Linux
White Paper The IT infrastructure at Ortiz y Cia had grown piece by piece, and, with the success of the new export business, the company had arrived at the point where it was crucial to integrate their management and production systems. [03 Jul 2008]
Farwest Steel Corporation Streamlines Order Management and Manufacturing With Real-Time Data
White Paper Farwest Steel implemented Oracle Process Manufacturing, Oracle Order Management, and Oracle Financials to streamline order, warehouse, and financial processes and better facilitate the company's custom ready-made or made-to-order parts business as... [01 Jul 2008]
Optimizing Production Scheduling Helps POSCO to Meet New Customer Demands and Reduce Costs
Customer demands for shorter fulfillment cycles were having a negative effect on profitability because of the higher production costs associated with increased surplus (partly used steel slabs). POSCO needed to improve production capabilities by... [11 Jun 2008]
By Optimizing Four Key Production Processes, This Manufacturer Reduces Inefficiencies and Cuts Costs
IBM was hired to help optimize the four basic areas of steel production - inventory application, slab design, cast design and finishing line scheduling. Customers were placing smaller orders with shorter fulfillment lead-times and there were... [11 Jun 2008]
Optimizing Production Scheduling Helps POSCO to Meet New Customer Demands and Reduce Costs
White Paper Customer demands for shorter fulfillment cycles were having a negative effect on profitability because of the higher production costs associated with increased surplus (partly used steel slabs). POSCO needed to improve production capabilities by... [11 Jun 2008]
By Optimizing Four Key Production Processes, This Manufacturer Reduces Inefficiencies and Cuts Costs
White Paper IBM was hired to help optimize the four basic areas of steel production - inventory application, slab design, cast design and finishing line scheduling. Customers were placing smaller orders with shorter fulfillment lead-times and there were... [11 Jun 2008]
Corus hammers out £26m IT deal with Capgemini
News Under the terms of the new contracts Capgemini will retain responsibility for managing the mainframe computers that support core steel production, supply chain, stockholding, purchasing, sales ordering and invoicing at Corus' main UK manufacturing... [17 Apr 2008]
Solid Energy Lowers Risk, Frees IT Team to Focus on Strategic Work
White Paper Solid Energy's coal is used in New Zealand for steel making, electricity generation, and energy for industry. More than half the company's annual coal production is exported. Solid Energy New Zealand Ltd is a state-owned enterprise based in... [08 Feb 2008]
Optimizing Production Through Better Information Management
White Paper Magotteaux, established in 1920, originally focused on the production of specialty cast iron and steel grades designed for high wear resistance. Magotteaux was struggling with the production efficiency. [14 Jan 2008]
Solid Edge Delivers Advantages for Consumer Products Design
White Paper The company maintained compatibility with US head offices and used features such as automated steel frame design to improve productivity. It also reduced assembly time by creating more accurate production drawings. [14 Jan 2008]
Xiangtan Iron & Steel Group Co., Ltd. Improves Data Accuracy and Workflow Efficiencies
White Paper Highly profitable, the company has total fixed assets of US$688 million, net assets of US$410 million, and an annual comprehensive production capacity of 2 million tons of steel. Founded in 1958, Xiangtan Iron & Steel Group Co. [11 Jul 2007]
