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This paper examines facts that reveal the close relationship between reliability and energy monitoring and energy management: 40% of the electricity that is generated in the United States is used to drive manufacturing systems in industrial plants. Electric motors consume the lion’s share of that industrial electricity draw. Focusing on energy monitoring and management can reduce the energy cost for motors by as much as 15%. Start monitoring the energy consumed by motors …That’s real savings—at a low cost to implement. By the end of this paper, you will see that energy monitoring and energy consumption management is, quite simply, good business and a key to success for an asset reliability program. Request Free!

This Aberdeen paper offers practical insight for Process Manufacturers as well as addresses: How best-in-class process manufacturers bring the asset online quickly during the commissioning process, and how they maximize asset effectiveness, availability, and reliability during the operation process. How effectively managing an asset’s lifecycle can have a big impact on the success of process manufacturers—specifically in reducing maintenance costs and unscheduled asset downtime, and achieving higher overall equipment effectiveness (OEE). In a case study, how Brewster Cheese, the largest manufacturer of Swiss cheese in the United States selected a solution to standardize processes across all their plants. Three strategic areas that companies in process industries are missing out. Written by: Aberdeen Group; Sponsored by: Infor Request Free!

The Item Unique Identification (IUID) Program aims to improve asset management by marking items delivered to the DoD with unique item identifiers. It’s up to contractors working with the DoD to determine the best way to mark their products. This white paper helps by: Summarizing the IUID program requirements Explaining the leading options for compliance marking Presenting the advantages and limitations of using certain types of labeling products Providing an overview of what to look for in an IUID label printing system Request Free!

Learn how an effective automation strategy can significantly improve your ROI for EnterpriseOne by: Reducing your EnterpriseOne batch window Eliminate manual integrations and scripting between applications Effectively manage business processes across applications Mitigate risk by controlling mission critical business processes Request Free!

Learn how an effective automation strategy can significantly improve your ROI for PeopleSoft Enterprise by: Simplifying a complex IT infrastructure Eliminating manual integrations and scripting between applications Effectively managing business processes across applications Mitigating risk by controlling mission critical business processes Request Free!

Life Sciences manufacturers are feeling new pressure on their operations from many directions. Dynamic market needs, increased compliance requirements, more distributed manufacturing operations, rapid product innovation, lean manufacturing, and the approaching transition to new IT technology all manifest themselves on the plant floor and throughout the enterprise – and often lead to pleas for new technology solutions. Written by ARC Advisory Group; Commissioned by SAP Request Free!

This SAP white paper describes how an adaptive supply chain network allows all the stakeholders in the supply chain – both internal and external to the enterprise – to share knowledge, make collaborative decisions and immediately respond to changing conditions. Trading partners can avoid costly supply chain problems. Moreover, firms can enhance their financial position and improve their supply chain economics. Request Free!

Their goal is to enforce stricter control processes to ensure legal and regulatory compliance, offer strategic insights into the internal and external business environment, and connect the business strategy with daily operations through performance tracking. To assess the trends in the finance function and identify best practices, APQC, an internationally recognized nonprofit organization that provides best practice research, metrics, measures, has evaluated the performance of more than 130 finance organizations. This SAP Insight shares the results of SAP research as well as APQC’s Open Standards Benchmarking Collaborative (OSBC) research. Request Free!

While such cost reduction is important, companies often overlook equally critical strategic decisions—opportunities to use valuable business information to strengthen product and service offerings and emerge ahead of the competition. The paper highlights six common mistakes companies make in a down economy, and how organizations can use business intelligence to avoid them. The paper also includes a self-assessment questionnaire to determine the level of business intelligence opportunity across an organization. Request Free!