SmartBiz IT Research Library

PODCAST - Hear TIBCO Spotfire's John Callan discuss how you can perform total spend analysis, drive supplier consolidation, identify maverick spend in a user-friendly, visual analysis environment and address a range of KPI's.
Posted: November 17, 2009 | Premiered: November 17, 2009


Topics:  Business Logistics | Compliance (Finance) | Financial Management | Inventory Management | Payment Processing | Purchase Order Management | Purchase Orders | Sales Order Management | Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 | Spend Management | Supplier Management | Supply Chain Management

WEBCAST - Hear TIBCO Spotfire's John Callan discuss how you can perform total spend analysis, drive supplier consolidation, identify maverick spend in a user-friendly, visual analysis environment and address a range of KPI's.
Posted: November 17, 2009 | Premiered: November 17, 2009


Topics:  Business Logistics | Compliance (Finance) | Financial Management | Inventory Management | Payment Processing | Purchase Order Management | Purchase Orders | Sales Order Management | Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 | Spend Management | Supplier Management | Supply Chain Management

WHITE PAPER - This white paper is designed to give warehouse operations and IT managers an understanding of the capabilities of SAP's ERP Yard Management and Cross-Docking solutions. Introduced with Release 4.7 extension set 2.0, SAP continues to improve its Logistics offering, while minimizing the gap between Best-of-Breed software solutions.
Posted: November 12, 2009 | Published: November 12, 2009


Topics:  Inventory Management | Inventory Management Software | Logistics Outsourcing Services | Radio Frequency Data Communications | RFID | RFID Middleware | SAP (Product) | Supply Chain Intelligence | Supply Chain Management | Supply Chains

CASE STUDY - Read this case study to learn how by leveraging Catalyst's expertise in SAP R/3 systems integration and remote data collection using SAP console, Brown-Forman was able to increase shipping throughput, improve space utilization, decrease shipping errors, improve inventory accuracy and stock rotation, and more.
Posted: November 12, 2009 | Published: November 13, 2009


Topics:  Inventory Management | Inventory Management Software | RFID | RFID Middleware | SAP (Product) | Systems Integration | Warehouse Management | Warehouse Management Software | Warehouses

WHITE PAPER - Companies do not always know what technologies or processes exist that can help them achieve their desired improvements. Read this paper to learn how Catalyst Logistics Assessment for SAP, makes it easy and affordable to identify specific areas where they can improve.
Posted: November 12, 2009 | Published: November 12, 2009


Topics:  Business Process Automation | Business Process Management | Customer Satisfaction | Inventory Management | Inventory Management Software | Logistics Outsourcing Services | SAP (Product) | Supply Chain Intelligence | Supply Chain Management | Warehouse Management | Warehouse Management Software

WEBCAST - In this webcast, you will see how you can take control of your IT costs by effectively managing your assets with Numara Asset Management Platform (NAMP). You will learn how NAMP automates your resource-intensive IT asset management challenges so you can improve compliance, improve customer satisfaction, reduce risk, and optimize your investments.
Posted: November 4, 2009 | Premiered: November 4, 2009


Topics:  Customer Satisfaction | Database Management | Database Management Software | Databases | Enterprise Asset Management Software | Enterprise Content Management | Inventory Management | Inventory Management Software | IT Asset Management | IT Asset Management Software

WHITE PAPER - This paper will present you with all the information needed to make an educated decision on whether to commodity coding is right for your organization and it will help with choosing the commodity coding that fits your company.
Posted: November 4, 2009 | Published: November 2, 2009


Topics:  Business Process Management | Business Process Outsourcing | Data Governance | Data Management | Data Quality | Database Management | Inventory Management | Risk Assessment | Risk Management

CASE STUDY - This case study explains how Kubota turned to Catalyst to implement SAP® Console Technology and extend SAP warehouse management capabilities. Read on to learn how Catalyst was able to deliver this inside four months, ensuring no loss of business and driving significant benefits throughout the business.
Posted: November 2, 2009 | Published: November 2, 2009


Topics:  Inventory Management | Inventory Management Software | Manufacturing | Manufacturing Industry Organizations | RFID | SAP (Product) | Supply Chain Management | Warehouse Management | Warehouse Management Software | Warehouses

CASE STUDY - ConAgra Foods, Inc. is one of North America's largest packaged food companies. With the help of SAP and SmartOps, the company was able to tackle its key challenges in making its supply chain more efficient. Read this case study to learn about the challenges ConAgra faced along with the benefits achieved from implementing SAP and SmartOps solutions.
Posted: October 30, 2009 | Published: September 1, 2007


Topics:  Inventory Management | Inventory Management Software | SAP (Product) | Supply Chain Event Management | Supply Chain Management | Supply Chain Software | Supply Chains | TCO

CASE STUDY - When C&H Sugar decided to implement SAP console to further optimize their implementation of core SAP applications, they wanted an expert in radio frequency (RF) transactions. By partnering with Catalyst, they have achieved their goal of increasing visibility and accuracy.
Posted: October 30, 2009 | Published: October 30, 2009


Topics:  Inventory Management | Inventory Management Software | Manufacturing | Manufacturing Execution Systems | Manufacturing Industry Organizations | RFID | RFID Middleware | SAP (Product) | Supply Chain Management | Warehouse Management

WHITE PAPER - This report provides a roadmap for the strategies and capabilities that Best-in-Class companies are employing to improve operational performance.
Posted: October 26, 2009 | Published: December 28, 2007


Topics:  Business Activity Monitoring | Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business IT Alignment | Business Performance Management | Business Process Management | Business Processes | Inventory Management | Manufacturing Systems | Operational Metrics (Systems) | SAP (Product)

WHITE PAPER - This paper examines how you can gain reliable, accessible information from efficient, integrated IT systems – and use that information to make faster, smarter decisions. In turn, the right decisions will lead to better operations and a stronger competitive position.
Posted: October 26, 2009 | Published: December 17, 2007


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business IT Alignment | Information Management | Inventory Management | IT Systems | Manufacturing Systems | SAP (Product) | SMBs | Strategic Planning

CASE STUDY - Welch's selected the TAKE Supply Chain Gemini™ for OPM mobile software solution and Compliance Label Manager (CLM), a barcode and radio-frequency identification (RFID) label management solution to improve the speed, visibility, accuracy and control of extended manufacturing and distribution supply chains. Read on to learn more.
Posted: October 15, 2009 | Published: October 15, 2009


Topics:  Barcode Label Software | Compliance (Systems Operations) | Data Quality | Inventory Management | Inventory Management Software | Manufacturing | Manufacturing Industry | Manufacturing Software | RFID | Supply Chain Management | Supply Chain Software

CASE STUDY - To improve inventory management and standardize procedures, Blue Bell turned to TAKE Supply Chain's Gemini Series™ for OPM mobile software solution. Read this case study to learn more about the benefits Blue Bell experienced from switching to TAKE Supply Chain’s Gemini Series™, and learn how your company can do the same.
Posted: October 14, 2009 | Published: October 14, 2009


Topics:  Business Process Automation | Data Collection | ERP | ERP Software | Inventory Management | Inventory Management Software | Manufacturing Execution Systems | Manufacturing Industry | Oracle (Product) | Supply Chain Management

WHITE PAPER - In this paper you will learn how TAKE Supply Chain has developed a scalable, rules-based barcode label and RFID print management platform that allows business users — not IT programmers — to effectively administer tagging output and compliance programs, which can increase efficiency while decreasing costs with RFID label management.
Posted: October 14, 2009 | Published: October 14, 2009


Topics:  Downtime | ERP | Inventory Management | Manufacturing Execution Systems | RFID | RFID Middleware | Supply Chain Intelligence | Supply Chain Management | Warehouse Management | Warehouse Management Software