Achieving Operational Excellence: How to Become the Best-in-Class

To achieve operational excellence, manufacturers must be able to keep control over cost structures while meeting customer expectations. While it sounds like an almost impossible task, somehow Best-in-Class companies manage to average: 99% manufacturing schedule compliance 99% perfect orders 97% overall yield 94% Overall Equipment Efficiency (OEE) Learn how you can do the same in this free Special Report! Find out about the pressures facing the manufacturing industry, what the top companies in the field are doing to overcome them, and how you can formulate your own strategy towards operational excellence. Published by: Aberdeen Group; Presented by: Infor Request Free!

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Complimentary Trial: Rational AppScan

Previously known as Watchfire AppScan, Rational® AppScan® Standard Edition V7.8 is a leading testing tool that scans and tests your Web applications for all common vulnerabilities. Request Free!

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Protecting and Nurturing Your Brand

Get answers to these questions: How can your company ensure delivery on its brand promises to customers? How can you meet sustainability concerns and protect brand value? And how can you develop the type of workforce associated with a world-class brand? Request Free!

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Plant Engineering and Maintenance

Canada’s pre-eminent magazine for manufacturing plant engineers, plant managers and maintenance managers, PEM shows readers how to minimize manufacturing equipment downtime, maximize plant efficiency, improve plant safety and implement shop-floor technology through award-winning feature stories and departments. Request Free!

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Applied Clinical Trials

Applied Clinical Trials strives to be the resource of first resort and a thought leader for the global community of pharmaceutical and medical professionals who design, initiate, manage, conduct, and monitor clinical trials in the tightly regulated, highly competitive pharmaceutical industry. Request Free!

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The Return on Investment of Open Source Data Integration

With cost often viewed as one of the major reasons to adopt open source technologies, the Return On Investment (ROI) of open source must be determined precisely when looking at deploying data integration solutions. This ROI white paper looks in detail at all project costs: License costs (development, runtime, maintenance) Training and rampup, development and maintenance time Hardware and operating system IT operations It also considers many intangible elements; reliability, predictability and time to market. More than a theoretical report, the ROI white paper provides not only hard numbers but also the tools IT organizations need to assess the return of investment of open source and to compare this ROI with the one of alternative options: manual coding, and proprietary data integration solutions. This ROI white paper is also illustrated by real-life examples from users of data integration technologies. Request Free!

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10 Steps to a Successful CRM Implementation

A CRM solution can have an enormously positive effect on your business’s bottom line, but a lot can go wrong during a rollout if you haven’t planned properly. This White Paper addresses topics such as: Budgeting realistically Training employees Managing the implementation Request Free!

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Walls & Ceilings

We cover all aspects of the industry: drywall, lath and plaster, stucco, ceilings and acoustics, exterior insulation finish systems (EIFS), fireproofing, metal framing and architectural decorative ornamentation, insulation, windows/doors, trims/moldings, spray textures and paints. Request Free!

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The Embedded Processor for an Embedded World

The Intel® EP80579 Integrated Processor is an Intel architecture based System-on-a-chip (SoC) processor that is specifically designed to meet the challenging requirements of embedded markets.

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Designing an SMB Multi-Service Security Gateway Off-the-Shelf Building Blocks Accelerate Security Gateway Development

Despite the best efforts of security professionals, IT managers are extremely anxious about securing emails and internet downloads, curtailing hacker attempts and managing devices. Providing relief on these issues, equipment manufacturers are developing security routers that consolidate routing and multiple security functions and eliminate the need for several devices. These devices need to be low cost, easy to use and effective against many types of potential security breaches.

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