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Abstract: Following the general tendency in the metallurgy industry -knowing very well your product costs - Ductil
Steel 'alloyed' with Epicor iScala 2.2, the enterprise resource planning (ERP) system provided by Epicor Scala in Romania, in order to maintain its leading position in manufacturing wires and wire products,' said Gellu Brotan, CIO of Ductil
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PubDate: 9/1/2005 10:45:00 AM
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