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All was fine, methodical, and elegant until enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendors started aspiring to new customer acquisitions
in the hundreds per annum. And with the advent of "ERP for small to medium businesses," the numbers are simply mind-boggling. (...)
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All was fine, methodical, and elegant until enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendors started aspiring to new customer acquisitions
in the hundre...
Published:
2006-08-25
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Having a system that can support mix-mode manufacturing without the need for artificial constraints would mean that the technology
is available to offer on demand manufacturing enterprise resource management to the marketplace. (...)
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Having a system that can support mix-mode manufacturing without the need for artificial constraints would mean that the technology
is available to...
Published:
2007-01-17
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As the battle for the mid-market intensifies and each vendor is exhibiting a pertinent sabre rattling display of power, SAP
is turning to help from the alliance in order to partly counteract the needed cost-cutting exercise in its US operations (...)
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As the battle for the mid-market intensifies and each vendor is exhibiting a pertinent sabre rattling display of power, SAP
is turning to help fro...
Published:
2001-12-18
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Today's enterprise applications are required as a matter of course to address more than the processes taking place within
the walls of an enterprise. Almost all traditional ERP vendors (small and big alike) had to experience a wake-up call and
have long been trying to expand their product offering in tu (...)
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Today's enterprise applications are required as a matter of course to address more than the processes taking place within
the walls of an enterpri...
Published:
2004-01-31
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It is hard to recall the last time an ERP implementation team included an auditor as an active member. This article explores
key points in a project's lifecycle where the audit function should be involved and the deliverables to be expected. (...)
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... It is hard to recall the last time an ERP implementation team included
an auditor as an active member. Could it be because of availability? No defined role? ...
Published:
2003-09-02
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Glovia hopes to become a manufacturing service platform that will connect and integrate various business systems that user
companies currently use. The vendor's software-as-a-service offering is one of the routes it plans to take to get there. (...)
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Glovia hopes to become a manufacturing service platform that will connect and integrate various business systems that user
companies currently use...
Published:
2007-01-24
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The star above small and medium businesses (SMB) has never been so bright. CRM solution vendors are courting this market
segment extensively. This is the second of a series of articles that look at strategies deployed by major enterprise solution
vendors to attract the SMB decision makers and whether t (...)
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The star above small and medium businesses (SMB) has never been so bright. CRM solution vendors are courting this market segment
extensively. Th...
Published:
2003-06-30
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More than their larger counterparts, small and medium businesses (SMB) are looking for relatively simple and inexpensive
software that is easy to install yet easy to customize and extend. (...)
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More than their larger counterparts, small and medium businesses (SMB) are looking for relatively simple and inexpensive software
that is easy to ...
Published:
2004-04-20
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... for a small to medium business (SMB) can be ... Inventory mangement
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Published:
2007-11-26
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For a successful customer relationship management (CRM) implementation, the chief executive officer (CEO) must have an ongoing
role in the process. The project implementer must be aware of common CRM misconceptions, and communicate the nature of CRM
to c-level management. (...)
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For a successful customer relationship management (CRM) implementation, the chief executive officer (CEO) must have an ongoing
role in the process...
Published:
2006-11-23
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SAP, traditionally regarded as too cumbersome and costly for small or midsize enterprises, has recently been announcing stellar
increases in sales and acceptance of its Internet-based mySAP.com by smaller companies. We believe that the incumbent smaller
vendors as well as other Tier 1 vendors should prep (...)
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SAP, traditionally regarded as too cumbersome and costly for small or midsize enterprises, has recently been announcing stellar
increases in sales...
Published:
2000-12-18
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As the battle for the mid-market intensifies and each Tier 1 vendor is exhibiting its bag of tricks for small-to-medium enterprises,
SAP is trying a twofold strategy of promulgating its mySAP.com offering for the higher-end of the mid-market, while offering
a recently acquired product to appeal to comple (...)
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... and/or more vertically focused ERP vendor's offering. ... certainly
consider SAP's 'sophisticated' SMB offering and ... their needs and implementation
time framework ...
Published:
2002-04-08
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Abstract:
Having a system that can support mix-mode manufacturing without the need for artificial constraints would mean that the technology
is available to offer on demand manufacturing enterprise resource management to the marketplace. (...)
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Having a system that can support mix-mode manufacturing without the need for artificial constraints would mean that the technology
is available to...
Published:
2007-01-17
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QAD, a renowned provider of enterprise software solutions for midsized global manufacturers, has outlived many of its contemporaries
by maintaining its stronghold in the discrete and process manufacturing sectors. In doing so, the vendor has reached a respected,
veteran status. (...)
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QAD, a renowned provider of enterprise software solutions for midsized global manufacturers, has outlived many of its contemporaries
by maintainin...
Published:
2007-10-05
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Lately demand-driven supply networks (DDSN) are a much talked about topic, yet little is written about SMBs and DDSN. By
understanding the basics of DDSN, and through selective implementation, SMBs can experience the agility, adaptability, and
alignment of DDSN. (...)
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Lately demand-driven supply networks (DDSN) are a much talked about topic, yet little is written about SMBs and DDSN. By understanding
the basics ...
Published:
2005-10-10
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Abstract:
In today's cutthroat business environment, value-added reseller aspirants are seeing the need for faster deployment, improved
systems quality, better cost control and resource utilization, and more flexibility to change requirements on short notice.
The alternative? To disappear altogether. (...)
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In today's cutthroat business environment, value-added reseller aspirants are seeing the need for faster deployment, improved
systems quality, bet...
Published:
2006-05-16
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Project portfolio management (PPM), once a solution only larger organizations could afford, enables companies to analyze,
recommend, authorize, activate, expedite, and monitor projects. In recent years, however, small to medium businesses have
been able to benefit from PPM too, through software-as-a-serv (...)
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Project portfolio management (PPM), once a solution only larger organizations could afford, enables companies to analyze,
recommend, authorize, ac...
Published:
2008-10-29
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Abstract:
PeopleSoft's solutions within enterprise resource planning (ERP), customer relationship management (CRM), supply chain management
(SCM), enterprise portals, business intelligence (BI), and supplier relationship management (SRM) functionality provide a
wide scope of features, and very few smaller vendors (...)
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PeopleSoft's solutions within enterprise resource planning (ERP), customer relationship management (CRM), supply chain
management (SCM), enterpris...
Published:
2004-07-28
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The universe of existing applications partners is relatively stable; some occasional movement from dropping one product in
favor of another occurs naturally, and no vendor is immune to losing partners. But some innovative vendors are doing their
best. (...)
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The universe of existing applications partners is relatively stable; some occasional movement from dropping one product in
favor of another occurs...
Published:
2006-05-18
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Small enterprises, like their bigger brethren, need some differentiation means in the market, and that will not be achieved
by implementing a cut-and-dried business solution in a "cookie cutter", "me too" deployment approach (...)
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Small enterprises, like their bigger brethren, need some differentiation means in the market, and that will not be achieved
by implementing a cut-...
Published:
2004-04-19