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Summary of Reports

 Azur

 Exel

 IFS

 Infor business solutions

 MAPICS

 McGuffie Brunton

 Oracle

 MQAD

 Sage

 SSI

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Management Briefings

 Market Overview & Analysis | Part 2 | Part 3

 Expert Opinion: Martin Armistead of Deloitte Consulting

 View from the Top: David Figg of Sundora Foods

 View from the Top: David Figg of Sundora Foods

 Round Table: Manufacturing specialists from StrataBridge, Bourton, Wipro and Cap Gemini Ernst & Young | Part 2 | Part 3

 Supply Chain Optimisation: Alastair Ross and Dave Carter of Supply Chain Analytics | Part 2 | Part 3

 Industry Change: Peter Thorne of Cambashi | Part 2

 Implementation Issues: Ian Henderson of MLG | Part 2

 Enterprise Systems: Darren While of gedas

 Mobile Technology: Tim Jefferson of The Human Chain | Part 2

 Market Research: Jakub Wawszczak reports

Four market experts debate how cash-strapped manufacturers can make the most of technology. Pat Sweet summarises their views.

IT in a cold climate - Part 2 | Part 1 | Part 3

APS

This rule also holds true for some of the more specialist applications which companies are now installing as a complement to their ERP systems. One such is advanced planning systems (APS) software, which focuses on the decision-making side of supply chain requirements.

“Since all APSs are built on sophisticated models and algorithms, the most important question is not ‘What is the best APS in the world?’, but ‘Are you clear about how you want to make your planning work and can your people adapt to the new APS?’. We have seen too many organisations stuck in their APS project because they have over-complicated the tool and simply cannot run it,” Coldrick said.

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