Data that flows in context: workflow and other new tools weave data collection into a better business context

摘要

Immediately upon implementing a new real-time data collection system simultaneously with its new enterprise resources planning (ERP) system, Oki Data Americas, a Mt. Laurel, N.J.-based manufacturer of computer printers and fax machines, increased sales by USD6 million in the first month. A central objective of Oki Data's deployment of the R/3 ERP package from Walldorf, Germany-based SAP was to be able to handle increased business without a hiccup, but a surprise benefit was the more efficient flow of bar-coded data passing into R/3. That benefit stemmed from the deployment of FlexNet, a manufacturing and warehouse execution software package from Long Beach, Calif. -based Apriso. Specifically, FlexNet's ability to validate and manage bar-code data streamlined the integration of execution-related information that Oki Data needed.