Back Office Functionality

ERP - Distribution Showdown! Microsoft Dynamics NAV vs. Retalix vs ...

by Dylan Persaud ... For the overall rankings, we looked at the vendors in the two basic configurations mentioned above: with and without back-office functionality (HR and ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2007/06/research_notes/VS_ER_DP_06_22_07_1.asp - 14k - 2007-06-22 Summary: 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

EAM Showdown! IFS vs. Mincom vs. CHAMPS

by Sadat Zaman ... With back-office functionality (HR and financials) included, IFS finished first, followed by Mincom in the number two slot, with CHAMPS considerably back of ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/EAM/2007/04/research_notes/VS_EAM_SZ_07_04_27_1.asp - 14k - 2007-04-27 Summary: Using our EAM Evaluation Center, we compared Mincom Ellipse, CHAMPS, and IFS head-on. For the overall rankings, we looked at the vendors in two basic configurations: with back-office (HR and financials) functionality, for a total of eight main modules, and without, for a total of six main modules. To eli

ERP − Distribution Showdown! Oracle's JD Edwards vs. TGI's ...

by Dylan Persaud ... to retain their existing HR and financial software, while others will be looking for a complete, integrated solution that includes back-office functionality. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2007/07/research_notes/VS_ER_DP_07_31_07_1.asp - 15k - 2007-07-31 Summary: Using our ERP - Distribution Evaluation Center, we compared Oracle's JD Edwards and Technology Group International head-on. For the overall rankings portion, we looked at these vendors' solutions in two basic configurations, with and without back-office (human resources [HR] and financials) functional

The Evolution of Enterprise Resource Planning Includes Service ...

by Neil Stolovitsky ... These markets demand standard, back-office functionality (such as human resources [HR] and financials modules) to interface with their industry-specific needs. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2007/04/research_notes/MN_ER_NS_04_09_07_1.asp - 16k - 2007-04-09 Summary: Enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendors have extended their functionality to service vertical markets in the service industry. As a result, ERP for services has emerged as a viable software category competing with the best-of-breed vendors serving professional services sector industries.

Enterprise Resource Planning for Services, and Professional ...

by Neil Stolovitsky ... For organizations seeking an integrated PSA solution, ERP vendors provide the complete back-office functionality critical to running any service organization. ... http:/.../ResearchHighlights/professionalServices/2006/04/research_notes/TU_SP_NS_04_13_06_1.asp - 19k - 2006-04-13 Summary: Since the late nineties, enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendors have developed functionality for vertical markets in the service industry. Simultaneously, professional services automation (PSA) became a viable software category. Consequently, deciphering the difference between ERP and PSA remains a c

Project Portfolio Management for Service Organizations: Bridging ...

by Neil Stolovitsky ... Lawson Software provides an integrated PPM solution by combining its best-of-breed back-office functionality (offered in the ERP space) with its best-of-breed ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/projectManagement/2006/01/research_notes/TU_PR_NS_01_02_06_1.asp - 23k - 2006-01-02 Summary: There are two types of project portfolio management (PPM) solutions for professional services organizations (PSO). For smaller PSOs, best-of-breed vendors provide hosted solutions with out-of-the-box integrations, while integrated PPM solutions provide the complete back-office systems preferred by many l

Frontstep Ups The .NET Ante

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... Its focus has long not been entirely on the traditional back-office functionality although that aspect of the offering has not been forgotten. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2002/09/news_analysis/NA_ER_PJ_09_23_02_1.asp - 23k - 2002-09-23 Summary: While Frontstep has been tenaciously delivering a broad umbrella of products all under the '.NET roof', much work still remains for the company to counteract the onslaught by Tier 1 vendors and mid-market juggernauts and to return to its erstwhile glory.

Siebel: Great Plans for Great Plains

by L. Talarico ... integration with back end systems while providing the functionality of an ... Upper-midmarket organizations using Great Plains back office applications that have ... http:/.../research/researchhighlights/ecommerce/2000/10/news_analysis/na_ec_ljt_10_03_00_1.asp - 8k - 2000-10-03 Summary: Siebel and Great Plains recently announced plans to expand their partnership allowing Great Plains' VARs to sell Siebel's eBusiness Applications. This agreement will allow Great Plains partners to sell a wide range of enterprise applications to upper-midmarket organizations

Enterprise Resource Planning for Services: Has Software as a ...

by Neil Stolovitsky ... of ERP through SaaS has allowed PSA to extend its offering to deliver a complete ERP for services solution that includes back-office functionality and CRM ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2007/05/research_notes/EN_ER_NS_05_21_07_1.asp - 19k - 2007-05-21 Summary: In the past, enterprise resource planning (ERP) initiatives were far too costly for smaller organizations to consider. However, a trend has recently emerged where software vendors are now offering software-as-a-service business models for ERP implementation to even the smallest organizations.

Enterprise Resource Planning for Services: Has Software as a ...

by Neil Stolovitsky ... of ERP through SaaS has allowed PSA to extend its offering to deliver a complete ERP for services solution that includes back-office functionality and CRM ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2009/09/research_notes/EN_ER_NS_09_07_09_1.asp - 19k - 2009-09-07 Summary: In the past, enterprise resource planning (ERP) initiatives were far too costly for smaller organizations to consider. However, a trend has recently emerged where software vendors are now offering software-as-a-service business models for ERP implementation to even the smallest organizations.