Transport equipment manufacturer, JR Industries, has bought a resource planning software package from US company Symix as part of a £250,000 project to upgrade its IT infrastructure. The Welsh manufacturer said it chose Symix because it preferred...
Elkem, the world's largest supplier of silicon metals for manufacturing, is looking to move outside its core market after profits fell 19 per cent in the first quarter of this year. The results - which were better than the Norwegian firm expected...
Cobalt Networks, the company behind low maintenance Linux-based servers and server appliances, has made a preliminary filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission to float its shares. The company aims to raise over $86m through the sale for...
Cap Gemini claims the tyre manufacturer refused to pay additional costs when the project to integrate and configure Bridgestone's SAP, Business 2000, services, ran into over time. According to reports in the French media, the company issued a suit...
The company said the unit would change its operation focus to customer service and the development of new products. Mike Zafirovski, head of the Motorola unit, claimed the site could not remain competitive even though the employees had lowered...
In markets such as utilities, where the product is more or less homogeneous, buyers are obviously inclined to buy on price. Despite this, the increasingly common experience is for customers to deal with employees who have no discretion to act...