Duration: 60 Minutes
Archived Internet Broadcast
Sponsored by Infor, with special participation by AberdeenGroup
Recent decades have seen dramatic change in manufacturing, with globalization altering nearly everything about how a company conducts business. Now, more than ever, manufacturers of all sizes and in virtually every industry must rely on their enterprise applications to remain competitive.
However, a great many companies are wondering if their old ERP systems are robust enough to facilitate the business processes this new global landscape demands. Many more find themselves the product of an acquisition in an enterprise that now possesses multiple ERP systems, and facing the challenge of making these disparate systems communicate effectively.
In its recent study, The ERP in Manufacturing Benchmark Report, renowned research organization AberdeenGroup relates that while ERP implementations have been aging, they've also been proliferating, with roughly 50% of mid-sized and 71% of large companies possessing two or more ERP packages across the enterprise. As the report states, this "is spurring the need to examine the options of staying the course, with each acquired company continuing with its installed applications, or consolidating applications to one or more 'standards' across the enterprise -- or choosing some combination of these two."
While the challenge for manufacturing companies may seem daunting, the outlook is anything but bleak. If you're seeking to get the highest possible business value out of your ERP system or systems -- from both the acquired smaller business or plant, or larger business with several systems to harmonize -- then you should attend this Webcast. The presentations will reveal proven strategies and best practices for how to successfully standardize and speed manufacturing processes, reduce costs, and achieve and maintain competitive advantage in the face of aging or multiple ERP systems.
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Your panel of speakers include:
Cindy Jutras, Vice President & Service Director, Manufacturing Research, Aberdeen Group
Karl Ulreich, Chief Information Officer, Pro Mach, Inc., Managing Director of Client Strategy Services
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Russell Johns, Senior Director of Enterprise Solutions Industry & Product Marketing, Infor
