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Defining business requirements for ERP: Where do you start?
Written by Jonathan Gross March 22, 2012
By now you know that ERP should be treated as a business project, part of a larger transformation project. You probably also know that ERP success depends on your business'…
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Manufacturer automates business processes and sees big savings with ERP solution
Written by Odete Passingham, Syspro Canada March 22, 2012
Headquartered in Burlington, Ont., Higginson Equipment was founded in 1945 as a manufacturer of pneumatic and hydraulic NFPA-style cylinders, and as a distributor of fluid power and industrial product lines.…
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ERP empowers equipment manufacturer to reduce lead times and cost, and improve productivity
Written by Odete Passingham, Syspro February 22, 2012
Hayward Gordon designs, manufactures and distributes process equipment, products and systems relating to pumping, mixing, filtration and bulk solids handling. With 78 employees and branch locations in Vancouver, Calgary and…
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Searching For ERP-related business value? Look at planning activities
Written by Jonathan Gross February 21, 2012
All business leaders want to take their organizations to the next level. In an effort to do so, many have invested heavily in ERP implementations and have suffered through associated…
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ERP packs corporate change and growth for InterWrap Industries
Written by Odete Passingham January 18, 2012
InterWrap Industries manufactures and distributes plastic and paper products for packaging and industrial use. You may see its product wrapped around a stack of lumber, a hay bale or a…
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SaaS ERP is coming of age - But is it right for your business?
Written by Jonathan Gross January 03, 2012
With all of the recent marketing hype surrounding SaaS ERP, you might be surprised to learn that it only commanded seven percent of the 2011 global ERP market share by…
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ERP solution drives 15 percent more business for Lakeside Plastics
Written by Solarsoft January 03, 2012
Faced with shipping errors, inventory accuracy issues and weak supply chain management, Lakeside Plastics, a mid-sized Canadian plastic injection moulder, implemented Solarsoft iVP to solve its issues and strengthen enterprise-wide…
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Cosma International improves operations with ERP system
Written by Solarsoft Business Systems November 07, 2011
Cosma International, a wholly-owned operating unit of Magna International, is one of the world's premier global automotive suppliers providing a comprehensive range of body, chassis and engineering solutions to OEM…
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ERP for the agile business: Innovations in mobility, business intelligence and cloud computing
Written by Jonathan Gross November 07, 2011
Whether businesses like it or not, they have to be agile to succeed. If managing extreme economic volatility wasn’t challenging enough, businesses also have to contend with shifts caused by…
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The Company: On October 23, 2008, NASA caught the attention of the world by announcing the detection of snow on Mars. The discovery was made by Canadian-made lidar (light detection…
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