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There are many commercial software applications to support business processes. More and more companies, however, rely on open source alternatives, because there is now a wide range of sophisticated applications for classical business functions. But how good is the royalty-free alternative, for whom is it appropriate and what to look for? The following article provides a glimpse into the world of open source and introduces some tools and applications.

The following short market survey presents interfaces between services in industry and logistic of five different providers. Main topics in the survey were the use of IT-Systems, connection with cooperation partners, challenges in the Supply Chain and trends concerning the future of industrial services.

The article highlights the current challenges factory planning is facing in the realm of changeability and the creation of flexible structures, which adapt to changing market environments. IM has conducted a survey among factory planning companies and provides the results as well as annotating remarks in this report.

Business processes play an important role for companies these days. No Manager can ignore potentials resulting of the optimisation of these processes. Therefore it is usual to use software tools to collect, visualise and analyse the business structures. The present investigation enabled an overview at actual purchasable systems.

Nowadays simulation is a technically mature tool for industrial process design. However, its potential has not been put to use adequately so far. One reason for that is the highly dynamic development of products in this field, which makes it difficult to keep track with the range of products, their possibilities and limitations as well as the state of the art in general.

After looking at the current market situation for mobile devices, a system architecture for mobile operation sys-tems is being introduced. The systematic segmentation of Integrated Development Environments (IDEs) and the development of an evaluation scheme enable a detailed and consis-tent market analysis.

This article shows the diversification of logistic services especially in the range of value added services respectively extend products. The investigation of the business resource management working group at the University of Oldenburg offers an overview and compares the different logistic services.

MES are designed as a link between the ERP solution and the production process of a company. They are to support the production order handling in line with the pretended objectives. In a market study 18 MES have been checked concerning their planning and control strategies.

Stress of competition and associated costs savings take effect on the procurement of indirect goods in addition to production. To configurate purchase order processing to this sector efficiently e-procurement systems back up the process of procurement and release potential in the company. The inquest of the business resource management working group at the University of Oldenburg offers an overview and compares available systems and their functions.