Delivery Dates

Profitable-to-promise: A New Exciting Era

by Ashfaque Ahmed ... In all cases, you are always faced with the perennial question of how to stick to the delivery dates you have promised to your clients. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/SCM/2005/11/research_notes/TU_SC_XAA_11_24_05_1.asp - 18k - 2005-11-24 Summary: Any manufacturing business is faced with promising accurate delivery dates for customer orders. At the same time, the manufacturer has to ensure that every order taken, is profitable. This article focuses on the issues related to order delivery date promising in view of profitability of orders to the man

Supplier Logistics Management (SLM) Part 3

by Todd Buelow ... Too often companies commit to order delivery dates without considering all supplier constraints. Transportation service restrictions ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ExecutiveView/2002/01/research_notes/MI_EV_XTB_01_24_02_1.asp - 17k - 2002-01-24 Summary: This continues the coverage of the fundamental issues targeted by supplier logistics management. Fully utilizing the compliance benefits that SLM offers allows companies to redirect employees from tactical operations to those more strategic.

Order Promising: Pre-Condition Your Enterprise for Operational ...

by Dave Strothmann ... is different, an order promising application must support multiple order entry points simultaneously promising accurate and profitable delivery dates via the ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/WhitePapers/2001/11/research_notes/TU_WP_DST_11_24_01_1.asp - 19k - 2001-11-24 Summary: Simple questions often have complex answers. Whether they are speaking with you on the phone or placing an order on a Web storefront, your customers expect immediate gratification. They want to know when their order will ship the moment it is placed. How do you respond?

Master Requirement Planning and Master Production Scheduling ...

by Ashfaque Ahmed ... because it calculates the time required to make finished products as per orders from raw, sourced, and WIP materials and so the delivery dates are determined ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2004/10/research_notes/TN_ER_XAA_10_11_04_1.asp - 12k - 2004-10-11 Summary: Most of the manufacturing software vendors have planning and scheduling software which assume either infinite production capacity for calculating quantities of raw material and work in progress (WIP) requirements or infinite quantities of raw and WIP materials for calculating production capacity. There a

Master Requirement Planning and Master Production Scheduling ...

by Ashfaque Ahmed ... because it calculates the time required to make finished products as per orders from raw, sourced, and WIP materials and so the delivery dates are determined ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2004/10/research_notes/TN_ER_XAA_10_12_04_1.asp - 18k - 2004-10-12 Summary: Most of the manufacturing software vendors have planning and scheduling software which assume either infinite production capacity for calculating quantities of raw material and work in progress (WIP) requirements or infinite quantities of raw and WIP materials for calculating production capacity. There a

JD Edwards On The Mend; This Time Might Be For Real

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... such as maximizing customer service or minimizing costs, allowing the customer service representative to immediately quote accurate delivery dates to the ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2002/01/research_notes/EN_ER_PJ_01_11_02_1.asp - 19k - 2002-01-11 Summary: Although not quite yet out of the woods, by having product flexibility 'in the bag', and by providing now much more of its own 'must have' collaborative applications (e.g. SCM and CRM), J.D. Edwards might again start looking forward to the future.

Mid-Market ERP Vendors Doing CRM & SCM In A DIY Fashion Part 1 ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... announced the release of Frontstep Capacity Promiser, which is devised to allow companies to automate the promising of delivery dates that accurately reflect ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2002/04/news_analysis/NA_ER_PJ_04_19_02_1.asp - 18k - 2002-04-19 Summary: While the ERP mid-market has seen more vibrant intra-market merger & acquisition activity during 2001, it appears that 2002 will, for some more tenacious Tier 2/Tier 3 vendors, be the year of delivering products under their own steam as to counteract the onslaught by Tier 1 vendors and mid-market juggern

Managing Your Supply Chain Using Microsoft Axapta: A Book Excerpt ...

by Dr. Scott Hamilton ... consideration of alternate routings, the planning calculations were performed again using finite capacity and material to highlight unrealistic delivery dates. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Scm/2004/03/research_notes/MI_SC_XSH_03_26_04_1.asp - 22k - 2004-03-26 Summary: The lack of effective game plans is typically cited as a leading cause of poor system implementation. The following guidelines provide suggestions for improving the effectiveness of sales and operations planning (S&OP) game plans.

Justification of ERP Investments Part 1: Quantifiable Benefits ...

by Dr. Scott Hamilton ... Corrective actions can be taken early, such as determining shipment priorities, notifying customers of changes to promised delivery dates, or altering ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2004/02/research_notes/TU_ER_XSH_02_10_04_1.asp - 28k - 2004-02-10 Summary: Studies that surveyed manufacturers about the impact of ERP systems on firm performance indicate that company size and industry do not affect the results. Benefits have been indicated for large and small firms, whether they make standard or custom products or are in discrete or process manufacturing envi

Justification of ERP Investments Part 1: Quantifiable Benefits ...

by Dr. Scott Hamilton ... Corrective actions can be taken early, such as determining shipment priorities, notifying customers of changes to promised delivery dates, or altering ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2009/06/research_notes/TU_ER_XSH_06_12_09_1.asp - 27k - 2009-06-12 Summary: Studies that surveyed manufacturers about the impact of ERP systems on firm performance indicate that company size and industry do not affect the results. Benefits have been indicated for large and small firms, whether they make standard or custom products or are in discrete or process manufacturing envi