Manufacturing Executive - January/February 2009 - (Page 47) Oracle Title: SALES AND OPERATIONS PLANNING - DELIVERING PROFITABLE FINANCIAL PLANS Download: manufacturing-executive.com/oracle12 Summary: With economic soothsayers predicting leaner times ahead for the world economy, there has never been a more appropriate time for financial directors to use sales and operations planning (S&OP) to ensure demand-driven business plans are delivering in terms of that all-important profitability. Title: ENGINEERING CHANGE MANAGEMENT 2.0: BETTER BUSINESS DECISIONS FROM INTELLIGENT CHANGE MANAGEMENT Download: manufacturing-executive.com/oracle15 Summary: Recently, there has been a shift in perspective on change management. Companies now recognize that better change processes can drive top-line benefits and, thus, companies are developing change management with an eye towards improving speed to market – Engineering Change Management 2.0. This report serves as a roadmap for those companies seeking to improve productivity in their engineering change processes, but just as importantly make better business decisions that will drive product profitability. Rockwell Automation Title: INTEGRATING CONTROL & INFORMATION SYSTEMS Download: managingautomation.com/rockwell5 Summary: Today’s factories generate incredible amounts of raw data. That data, when put into the proper format and into the appropriate hands, can be turned into useful information to improve manufacturing and business processes. Today’s new business realities drive manufacturers to seek out the benefits delivered through control and information integration. Capturing – and Using – The Data Many manufacturers realize the need to create an integrated environment where people can interact with the automation system, and put that data into context – letting users make better, faster decisions by providing plant-wide information in a single format appropriate to the function. Manufacturing JAN/FEB-09 Executive 47 http://www.manufacturing-executive.com/oracle12 http://www.manufacturing-executive.com/oracle15 http://www.managingautomation.com/rockwell5
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