1. Cloud-based computing This is without doubt the most significant trend in the world of the warehouse management system. Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) delivery means customers do not have to manage and maintain their own system. In 2011 these Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) offerings will be capable of matching best-of-breed WMS as research and development has seen them built [...]
As a company that is 3 years old, we had systems challenges in the early days as we knew what we wanted to make the business slick, but it was financially outside of our grasp. We started with Sage for accounting at £40 per licence and then the rest were all cloud applications, ranging from [...]
Here are the predictions from Gartner: By 2015 1. Critical infrastructure of a G20 nation will be brought down by hackers cracking through security. 2. CIOs will be compensated based upon IT improvement, top and bottom line. 3. 60% increase in IT budget per head for companies that care about having information real time and [...]
Just when everybody thought manufacturing was dying or dead, November blows us all out of the water. Low interest rates with increased foreign and even domestic demand has created the first increase in orders backlog in 5 months. The most solid sector being reported to be the industrial sector, with companies like Rolls Royce, Honda, [...]
For Immediate Release: (www.peoplevox.co.uk), October 16, 2010 United Dairy Farmers are rolling out a herd management software system to capture data and store it in a web portal. It is claimed to help fully manage their herd. Is this type of software really going to be used by the farmers, or just freak them out [...]
A key trend in inventory systems over the past 12 months has been towards Software as a Service (SaaS) web based inventory software. The general play with this model is that it provides a lower cost of ownership in comparison to traditional inventory management software. There are a few key points to consider when choosing an inventory [...]
CIO.com confirmed that half of CIOs to increase IT budgets in 2011 More than 50% of the top IT companies have plans to increase IT spend over the next 12 months with only 15% saying that their spend is likely to fall. The survey was on 250 IT leaders who were questioned about their future [...]
For Immediate Release: (www.peoplevox.co.uk), September 24, 2010 Eurozone services and manufacturing sector saw a surprise slowdown in September Whilst Markit’s composite eurozone index showed a figure categorised as growth, it is the lowest in seven months, pulled down by Greece and other Mediterranean countries. On the flip side, Germany and France are looking strong creaing [...]
