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After almost a year of postings here at Enterprise Technology, we are packing up our content and moving to a new home, FourthShift Edition Blog.  Like Enterprise Technology Blog, FourthShift Edition Blog will be filled with insights and analysis from subject matter experts inside and outside of SoftBrands, as well as other news and information [...]

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SoftBrands and TBC International have joined forces to bring you Can O’ Worms: A Food Safety Web Seminar on Thursday, October 9Th. The live event was created to address the issues faced by food and beverage manufacturers, especially those who exist in the SME market. 
Register for Can O’ Worms here.
The free interactive forum will take a [...]

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Of the many, many unsolicited emails I received last week only one had a subject line compelling enough for me to take a chance on opening it: “SAP and Oracle: Who’s Ready for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses?”
Being that SoftBrands is a Gold Channel Partner of SAP which focuses on the SME space - as well [...]

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If we are to believe the daily media reports, the economy is either in a recession or perilously close to slipping into one. If this is the case, one has to wonder why ERP spending continues to rise. SearchSAP.com gives us part of the answer in this post.
Quoting Jim Shepherd, a vice president at of AMR Research, SearchSAP.com [...]

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I saw this post at the insights Four51 blog the other day.  Like SoftBrands, Four51 has a software solution that integrates to SAP Business One.  But where SoftBrands focuses on manufacturing, Four51’s solution is specifically for the printing industry. I won’t speak to how good the product is, but if SAP has signed Four51 as a [...]

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It’s been too long since I’ve posted and have nothing to blame it on other than time, or lack thereof. 
This item from the IT Failures Blog at ZDNet came to me via Twitter.  Michael Krigsman, the IT Failures blog blogger, picked up the story from ZDNet’s Larry Dignan.  Larry is Editor in Chief of ZDNet and Editorial Director of [...]

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Recall.
For consumers it can mean illness and, in some cases, death from ingesting tainted products. For producers a recall, however modest, can mean lost business and, often, bankruptcy.
The bottom line: Recalls are not good for anyone. 
For food and beverage producers surviving a recall hinges on several factors, not the least of which is the ability [...]

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Ok, I’ll concede that achieving yield perfection is pretty difficult, but that doesn’t me you don’t do your best to get as close as possible. After all, any variance on yield - high or low - costs the company cash.  If you find yourself on the low end - getting out less than planned - [...]

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(Readers of the Enterprise Technology Blog know we’ve spent a fair amount of time on the subjects of SAP Business ByDesign and SaaS. Use the category list to access previous posts and podcasts.)
Since it announced a delay in the general release of SAP Business ByDesign, the software leader has been bombarded by questions about its [...]

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Controlling costs through controlling inventory is Manufacturing 101. But for small batch manufacturers of food and  beverage products, indeed any perishable goods, the simple becomes complex.
Unlike big batch enterprises, where one line will produce the same product day after day, week after week, small batchers may run several products on one line, [...]

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