MANUFACTURING
&LOGISTICSIT
July 2009
CONTENTS
Manufacturing and Logistics IT
End User Analysis
July 2009
6 Voice
The European magazine promoting the effective
use of IT in supply chain applications
Manufacturing
Editor: Ed Holden
16 Get your workforce management house in order with Crown Computing &
Pasfield Curran
Contributors:
Consistent quality delivered on time with Exelʼs EFACS
Mark Croxton, Aldata
Peiner Träger sources production management system PSImetals
Publisher: Dean Taylor
Advertising: Alex Prodromou
Planning
Designer: Karen O’Neill - KAW Creations
22 Preactor APS – an appealing solution for UK potato supplier
Production:
Demand Solutions – Planning for the future
Carolyn Pither
Circulation: Sarah Schofield
IT Manager: Peter West Printing & Labelling
IT Support: Warren Leven
26 The new Printronix roadmap
Accounts: Katherine Saward
Published by: Interactive Business
Automatic data capture
Communications Ltd, Latimer House,
28 Bluebird Soft spreads its wings
189 High Street, Potters Bar, Herts
Intermec supports BSkyB Customer Service
EN6 5DA, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 1707 664200
Fax: +44 (0) 1707 664800
Voice
Email (publishing):
31 Getting better connected with Zetes
info@logisticsit.com
Office products supplier finds its Voice with Dematic
Email (editorial): editor@ibcpub.com
Vocollect – Something to shout about
Printed by: The Magazine Printing
Company©2009
Keeping the noise down with topsystem
C J Lang extends Accord Voice WMS to frozen and chilled operations
Psion Teklogix – Greater picking accuracy and productivity for Wilkinson
Aldata – Why you canʼt afford not to invest in Voice-directed warehousing
Getting the Gist of Voice technology with VoiteQ
Voxware – Agility is the watchword
No part of this publication may be reproduced in any
form without written permission from the publishers.
Supply chain
No liability is accepted for any action arising from
the contents of this publication; readers are advised
51 Getting the balance right with Infosys
to check any manufacturerʼs or supplierʼs claim for Tata Consultancy Services – The importance of collaborative freight
products. The publishers do not endorse opinions
forecasting & planning
expressed in any article by an outside contributor.
While every care is taken over photographs and
tmWare at Air Link systems
illustrations, which are returned when requested, SCL Europe triumphs in Düsseldorf
no liability can be assumed by the publishers for
Infor – Leading from the front with S&OP
the loss of such materials.
ISSN:1463-1172
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