Latest Case Studies in MANUFACTURING

How Sharma Automated Atul's Accounts Payable Process with Zero Capital
A case study on ERP in ManufacturingManual processes created lags in Atul’s accounts payable process, resulting in the loss of Rs 3 crore of Cenvat claims a year. That wouldn’t do.
CEMEX Increases IT Service Levels and Realizes Substantial Cost Savings with a Capacity Management Solution
A case study on Capacity Management & Provisioning in ManufacturingDownload this Case Study to know how a capacity management solution enabled CEMEX to view transaction level SAP data from their production system and identify architecture design issues, SAN storage utilization and some application processes that were “spiking” CPU consumption. The solution has also let CEMEX realize significant cost savings by determining the exact amount of hardware required to support the continued rollout.
Sponsored by CA
How Eveready Brought Down its Forecast Errors
A case study on ERP in ManufacturingBattling inefficient manual systems, Eveready Industries’ new businesses were reporting 60 percent forecast errors. Here's how its CIO turned that number into75 percent accuracy rate.

Vedanta Unleashes Technology with Telepresence
A case study on Infrastructure in ManufacturingIn a world which asks telepresence to pipe down, Vedanta has unleashed the technology and taken it to new heights. Why?

IT helps Stumpp, Schuele & Somappa Spring into Action
A case study on Infrastructure in ManufacturingWhy more manufacturers should follow this spring manufacturer's bid to increase efficiency using IT—and the MBA who’s made it his mission to help them.
IBM BladeCenter Success Stories
A case study on Servers / Blades in ServicesIBM BladeCenter is the ideal platform for the convergence journey. By simplifying through integration—or converging—the datacenter with a BladeCenter solution, you can see immediate and demonstrable ROI benefits while gaining data center space, ease of management, performance, scalability, and investment protection. Download this brochure to know how clients who have implemented IBM BladeCenter x86 processor-based servers tasted success in their ventures.
Sponsored by IBM
Applied Materials Journey To Host CAD Designs On Cloud
A case study on Cloud Computing in ServicesHow Applied Materials enabled users to access CAD applications from the cloud.

AaramShop: Kiranas Go High Tech
A case study on Mobility in ManufacturingAaramShop, an online retail platform, is combining mobility, the cloud, and analytics to bridge the gap between kiranas and their tech-savvy customers—giving kiranas a real chance to take on large retailers.

Vijay Mahajan Helps MSLS Boost Productivity by 40 Percent
A case study on Smartphones / Handhelds / Tablets in ManufacturingMahindra Shubhlabh Services works with about 250 farmers who grow fruit crops such as grapes, apples, and agri input products for MSLS. This produce is then packed and exported to European companies.The company aims to be a farmer’s single point access to all the products, services, and knowledge they need to run productive farms.
Monitoring tool helps Sony Italia improve security at low cost
A case study on Security in ManufacturingThe Italian Government recently passed a legislation aimed at regulating the corporate use of personal data. To meet the requirement of the new regulation, Sony Italia needed the ability to maintain auditable records of all logins to systems containing personal data. It required a low cost solution which can be quickly deployed before the deadline for compliance. Sony Italia selected the Novell Sentinel Log Manager solution, which gave them the ability to monitor activities of all servers and routers on its network, with the help of one-click reporting.
Sponsored by Novell
Heading Towards Better Sales Management: Nilkamal
A case study on ERP in ManufacturingNilkamal’s attempt to boost the effectiveness of its sales people with Salesforce was being stymied by an inability to efficiently link the SaaS-CRM tool with Nilkamal’s ERP. Could IT find a way?

Fleetwood Enterprises Realises the Value of Its IT Team During An Acquisition
A case study on Applications in ManufacturingNot until filing bankruptcy papers and trying to sell off parts of the company did Fleetwood Enterprises realize the value of its IT group. Here’s how its CIO ensured that it did.
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Perfetti Savors the Success of VDI
A case study on Desktop Virtualization / VDI in ManufacturingIt's expensive, it's bandwidth intensive, and it meets user resistance. That's what you, like most of your peer, probably think of VDI. But the IT head of Perfetti Van Melle doesn't agree.
Boeing Reduces Annual Labor Costs by $879K Using Application Performance Management
A case study on Applications in ManufacturingWith close to 12,000 jetliners in service currently, Boeing's aircraft constitute 75% of the world's commercial fleet. The company needs to provide long-term support till the end of life for each plane. To ease the service process, the manufacturer was looking to empower application teams to take ownership of system availability and performance. The solution came in form of building application availability Center of Excellence based on an Application Performance Management (APM) solutions. This approach enabled as few as six employees to support 160 applications. Other operational benefits include labor cost savings of $878,641 annually and reducing mean time to resolution from 10.02 to 1.03 hours.
Sponsored by HP
ERP-BI Helped Blue Star Seal Off Revenue Leakages
A case study on ERP in ManufacturingMoving ERPs can be one of a CIO’s most intractable problems. How Blue Star’s IT leader handled it.




