The CIO’s immediate responsibility is to meet the organization’s expectations, and this can best be done by judiciously employing the facilities that IT offers. Big business houses often face a tough ...

Six Sigma principles use statistical and numeric methods to reduce the number of defects in output to an insignificant level. They emphasize simplicity of process, quality of parts and supplies, and ...

As soon as Michael Baker Corp.’s IT department finished installing a Web-based procurement system from ePlus, Bruce Higgins, CIO of the $405 million engineering and construction company, was bombarded ...

When it comes to implementing supply chain planning and operations solutions, success relies heavily upon an organization's ability to identify and document its desired value measures and outcomes, ...

Much has been written on the topic of manufacturing execution systems (MESs). Most articles, however, tend to focus on the pre-implementation steps: determining the need for MES software based on ...

One of the main challenges facing the modern lab is optimizing operations and improving performance, while maintaining and maximizing quality and, at the same time, meeting necessary compliance ...

Abstract: Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems have become essential tools for organizations seeking to integrate and streamline business functions such as finance, human resources, sales, and ...