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I'm Dylan Persaud, senior analyst at Technology Evaluation Centers. Welcome to another in our ongoing series of enterprise
software Showdowns. Today's Showdown pits three of the top ERP - Distribution solutions against each other in a head-to-head
contest: Microsoft Dynamics vs.Retalix vs. Epicor Enterp (...)
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I'm Dylan Persaud, senior analyst at Technology Evaluation Centers. Welcome to another in our ongoing series of enterprise
software Showdowns. To...
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2007-06-22
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Three major parties (vendors, consulting services, and adopting organizations) are identified in the ERP ecosystem, in which
different parties need different key success factors. This article also discusses some challenges that may have an impact
on the ERP ecosystem. (...)
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Three major parties (vendors, consulting services, and adopting organizations) are identified in the ERP ecosystem, in which
different parties nee...
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2008-12-05
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I'm Larry Blitz, editor of Technology Evaluation Centers’ (TEC) Vendor Showdown series. Welcome to our latest: ERP - Distribution
Showdown. You’ll notice this one has a broader focus than Showdowns we’ve done in the past. Again we’ll be comparing three
vendor solutions head-to-head, but not just (...)
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I'm Larry Blitz, editor of Technology Evaluation Centers’ (TEC) Vendor Showdown series. Welcome to our latest: ERP - Distribution
Showdown. You’ll...
Published:
2008-05-23
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Organizations today realize that although strategies focusing on outsourcing transportation, e-business and new distribution
models are important, these are all secondary in relation to what lies at the heart of any supply chain: INVENTORY. Although
firms have invested significantly in ERP and MRP syste (...)
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Organizations today realize that although strategies focusing on outsourcing transportation, e-business and new distribution
models are important,...
Published:
2003-04-05
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ERP remains the information backbone for contemporary manufacturing enterprises. However, today's ERP systems are required
to address more than traditional processes taking place within the walls of an enterprise. This is a concise ERP reference
guide for anyone needing a general knowledge of ERP feature (...)
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ERP remains the information backbone for contemporary manufacturing enterprises. However, today's ERP systems are required
to address more than tr...
Published:
2001-02-05
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Enterprise resource planning (ERP) implementation costs can be divided into one-time costs and ongoing annual costs. Both
types of costs can be segmented into hardware, software, external assistance, and internal personnel. Reprinted from Maximizing
Your ERP System by Dr. Scott Hamilton. (...)
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Enterprise resource planning (ERP) implementation costs can be divided into one-time costs and ongoing annual costs. Both
types of costs can be s...
Published:
2004-02-12
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Although interBiz has spouted an interesting value proposition to many enterprise applications users, the company still has
to address some potential stumbling blocks in order to clear the path to its applications business success. (...)
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Although interBiz has spouted an interesting value proposition to many enterprise applications users, the company still has
to address some potent...
Published:
2001-12-06
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Within the warehouse management system (WMS) market, which is still the main breadwinning offering for most of the SCE vendors,
most products are functionally on par with mere nuances in ease of configuration or industry focus to differentiate the winner.
ERP vendors have taken advantage of this unfavora (...)
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Within the warehouse management system (WMS) market, which is still the main breadwinning offering for most of the SCE vendors,
most products are ...
Published:
2004-04-27
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The intangible or non-financial benefits of an integrated enterprise resource planning (ERP) system can be viewed from several
perspectives. For illustrative purposes, the discussion will focus on the benefits for accounting, product and process design,
production, sales, and management information syste (...)
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The intangible or non-financial benefits of an integrated enterprise resource planning (ERP) system can be viewed from several
perspectives. For i...
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2004-02-11
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Winning ERP products will demonstrate deep industry functionality and tight integration with best-of-bread ‘bolt-on’ products
in a particular vertical. Users should focus on the handful of business objectives they need to achieve and the ways to measure
their success. (...)
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Winning ERP products will demonstrate deep industry functionality and tight integration with best-of-bread ‘bolt-on’ products
in a particular vert...
Published:
2001-10-15
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As organizations prepare for their next ERP version upgrade, they find themselves trying to make sense of a new iteration
that disrupts the traditional understanding and thinking about ERP. ERP II requires organizations to transform from a focus
on internal resource optimization to a new focus on process (...)
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As organizations prepare for their next ERP version upgrade, they find themselves trying to make sense of a new iteration
that disrupts the tradit...
Published:
2004-06-18
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You are currently using enterprise resource planning (ERP) software. You want to improve your warehouse management and operations
and are considering a warehouse management system (WMS) solution. However, there is significant overlap between ERP software
and a WMS regarding inventory-related functionalit (...)
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You are currently using enterprise resource planning (ERP) software. You want to improve your warehouse management and operations
and are consider...
Published:
2003-06-17
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The worsening plight of most ERP vendors, caused by the market slowdown, which started in the fourth quarter of 1998, continued
in full force throughout 1999. The market size for 1999, with the 4th quarter yet to be reported, is estimated at $18.5B-$19.5B
(12%-16% growth over 1998), with sales expected t (...)
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The worsening plight of most ERP vendors, caused by the market slowdown, which started in the fourth quarter of 1998, continued
in full force thro...
Published:
1999-01-01
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With so much frenzy surrounding e-business and CRM applications, ERP may be a far cry from its halcyon days. However, ERP
implementation skills are still in demand, particularly as a foundation and a facilitator to other sexier applications. (...)
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With so much frenzy surrounding e-business and CRM applications, ERP may be a far cry from its halcyon days. However, ERP
implementation skills ar...
Published:
2001-02-02
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An investment analysis focusing on enterprise resource planning (ERP) benefits frequently applies to those firms initially
justifying an ERP implementation. It can also be used to justify a 're-implementation' when the initial efforts have failed
to produce desired results. Reprinted from Maximizing You (...)
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An investment analysis focusing on enterprise resource planning (ERP) benefits frequently applies to those firms initially
justifying an ERP imple...
Published:
2004-02-13
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Globalization, technology stabilization, inventory visibility, and traceability are forcing organizations to reevaluate supplier
relationship management systems. The benefits of a customer relationship management system that can be applied to a supply
chain can streamline operations and increase bottom l (...)
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Globalization, technology stabilization, inventory visibility, and traceability are forcing organizations to reevaluate supplier
relationship mana...
Published:
2007-07-13
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There is, at long last, an upbeat announcement from Intentia. It has all but turned the corner, with both a new product portfolio
and a rapid increase in license revenue. The company finally seems to be achieving expansion concurrently with achieving profitability. (...)
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There is, at long last, an upbeat announcement from Intentia. It has all but turned the corner, with both a new product portfolio
and a rapid incr...
Published:
2001-03-16
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ERP will be redefined as a platform for enabling e-business globally. Originally focused on automating internal processes
of an enterprise, ERP systems will include customer and supplier-centric processes as well. The conclusive evidence of this
redefinition is the move of all major ERP players into CRM (...)
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ERP will be redefined as a platform for enabling e-business globally. Originally focused on automating internal processes
of an enterprise, ERP sy...
Published:
2001-10-11
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Today's ERP Showdown pits Infor SyteLine vs. Exact Software Macola ES vs. QAD Enterprise Application, all aimed at medium-sized
businesses in the $250 million (USD)–plus range. Once again, we used TEC's ERP Evaluation Center to look at all eight standard
ERP modules… (...)
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Today's ERP Showdown pits Infor SyteLine vs. Exact Software Macola ES vs. QAD Enterprise Application, all aimed at medium-sized
businesses in the ...
Published:
2008-06-23
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The evolution of ERP systems has been driven by the emergence of new business practices and information technologies. These
have been supported by the growing maturity of the manufacturing profession, and by the evolving development of commercially
available software packages. This is an excerpt from the (...)
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The evolution of ERP systems has been driven by the emergence of new business practices and information technologies. These
have been supported by...
Published:
2003-10-08