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PRODUCT SCAN immediate feedback on key operating metrics, including rate, yield, utilization, and per-unit cost. Predefined workflows and an intuitive kiosk-style interface for real-time performance tracking enable factory floor operators to act on information and make immediate decisions to adjust production schedules, improve OEE, and reduce waste. www.managingautomation.com/CDC IDS SCHEER PROCESS EVENT MONITOR B usiness process management software vendor IDS Scheer has enhanced its ARIS family of products with a new most popular SCE apps A look at the 10 most compared supply chain execution (SCE) products on ManagingAutomation.com (6/1/07 - 8/31/07), with information on the degree of SCE functionality that each product supports, according to MA’s directory database: 1. IFS Applications, a suite of 60 Web-based components, including production execution and warehouse management functionality (90% of MA’s SCE functionality supported) 2. Oracle Applications, Oracle’s platform, including order management, warehouse management, and transportation management (78% of MA’s SCE functionality supported) 3. Infor ERP SyteLine, which ties manufacturing operations and core business processes together with suppliers and customers (86% of MA’s SCE functionality supported) 4. FlexNet by Apriso Corp., which includes WMS functionality for managing crossdocking, receiving, warehousing, and shipping operations, while streamlining the flow of materials through the extended supply network (60% of MA’s SCE functionality supported) 5. Plexus Online, by Plexus Systems, an on-demand manufacturing performance system containing SCE modules, such as customer shipping, shipping labels, packaging, warehouse picking and staging, customer returns (RMA), drop shipping, and auto invoicing (54% of MA’s SCE functionality supported) 6. CMSi5 from CMS Software, an integrated ERP package for supply-chain-intensive manufacturing applications, with features for security, supplier collaboration, customer collaboration, shipping schedules, and advance shipping notices (58% of MA’s SCE functionality supported 7. iristaWarehouse, from HK Systems, which prioritizes, directs, and confirms activities based on the real-time conditions and constraints of space, equipment, inventory, and personnel (47% of MA’s SCE functionality supported) 8. TCM, from WorkWise, with supply chain functionality for purchasing and receiving materials, managing multiple warehouse inventories, and processing customer orders from initial entry through shipping and invoicing (66% of MA’s SCE functionality supported) 9. Ramco Enterprise Solutions, which supports catch weight, lot tracking, attribute management, shelf life, multiple pack sizes and containers, product costing, and product conversions applications (54% of MA’s SCE functionality supported) 10. DLx Warehouse from RedPrairie, which provides enterprise-wide logistics visibility, event management, performance measurement, logistics command and control, and supplier collaboration (40% of MA’s SCE functionality supported) process event monitor add-on feature that can be used to perform automated business activity monitoring. Scheer’s new ARIS Process Event Monitor (PEM) feature is based on the business activity monitoring software framework from Systar, a French company with which Scheer is partnering. The software lets manufacturers define critical business processes and monitor them automatically. Manufacturers can use the software to validate incoming events and alert managers when critical situations arise. The PEM feature is most useful, Scheer says, for manufacturers attempting to meet regulatory requirements or customer performance requirements, such as service-level agreements. The new PEM feature will work in tandem with Scheer’s Process Performance Manager. www.managingautomation.com/IDS BELLHAWK SYSTEMS CORP. SUPPLY CHAIN TRACK & TRACE F or companies that place a high priority on tracking their products throughout the supply chain, BellHawk Systems Corp. has released version 4.9 of its self-named software. The software is popular in the food and beverage industry, where data that is gathered as a product moves through the manufacturing and distribution cycle leaves an audit trail that can become critical in the event that a pathogen is introduced into the food supply. BellHawk version 4.9 acts as a data management tool for all of the information gleaned from a product’s touchpoints, which can include bar-code readers, RFID scanners, and other devices. BellHawk’s “semi-customized” software creates a bridge between the data gathered by these logging devices and a company’s back-end planning systems. www.managingautomation.com/BellHawk PAS CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT P AS, a purveyor of software and services to the process industries, recently released the next-generation version of its automation configuration management software. Integrity 2.0, for operations, maintenance, and safety personnel, provides a single Web view to all real-time data flow and automation assets across the plant. Integrity logs all changes within the control system infrastructure so that October 50 2007 http://www.managingautomation.com/CDC http://www.managingAutomation.com http://www.managingAutomation.com http://www.managingautomation.com/IDS http://www.managingautomation.com/BellHawk

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Contents Take 1 Mailbox New Selling and Fulfillment Product Leads Plan to Transform Sterling Commerce Comtrol Closes Bizarre Chapter Involving Founder New Omron COO Outlines Four-Part Growth Agenda New Mfg. ‘Czar’ Will Have a Full Plate of Issues Lawson Embraces The Trend of Fewer Upgrades Notes Wanted: A Unified Infrastructure Needed: Greater Reliability Special Report: Innovation: Why Are So Many Coming Up Short? Transforamation: Beating the Odds in Global Supply Industries: Metals: Tracking Carbon Footprints Product Scan Advertiser Index Next

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