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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...
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2001-10-15
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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 second part of this ERP article will explain the evaluation of products in the ERP market, which in turn will help you
make the final decision. If you’ve gone through the research phase while looking for ERP, the next major step is the evaluation
process. At the end of it, you should have a shortlis (...)
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The second part of this ERP article will explain the evaluation of products in the ERP market, which in turn will help you
make the final decision....
Published:
2010-04-06
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An ERP software implementation has three steps. Here's a comprehensive look at how a successful ERP software implementation
for small businesses can be achieved. Most consultants agree that there are three stages that precede a software implementation
project: research, evaluation, and selection. This thr (...)
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An ERP software implementation has three steps. Here's a comprehensive look at how a successful ERP software implementation
for small businesses ca...
Published:
2010-02-10
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We looked at eight standard ERP modules. To eliminate any chance of bias, and to ensure a level playing field, all 3,600
criteria that make up the modules and submodules in our ERP Evaluation Center were given equal weight and priority. In other
words, no area of functionality was treated as being more i (...)
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We looked at eight standard ERP modules. To eliminate any chance of bias, and to ensure a level playing field, all 3600 criteria
that make up the...
Published:
2007-03-09
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SAP Best Practices are a series of fixed-scope, pre-defined packages of software and services solutions designed to address
the demands of midsize enterprises in multiple industries. Are they right for you? (...)
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SAP Best Practices are a series of fixed-scope, pre-defined packages of software and services solutions designed to address
the demands of midsize...
Published:
2005-11-17
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Can industry-leading practice be found in a commodity software package? If we accept that application software is a commodity,
by definition, the answer is no. If a vendor claims industry-leading practice, then it is available to your competition.
If we really want to have practices that lift us above (...)
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Can industry-leading practice be found in a commodity software package? If we accept that application software is a commodity,
by definition, the...
Published:
2003-08-07
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I'm Larry Blitz, editor of TEC’s Vendor Showdown series. With enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems being the information
backbone of the organization, we decided to take a closer look at three of the more popular discrete ERP solutions for the
mid-market. Using TEC's ERP Evaluation Center, we com (...)
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I'm Larry Blitz, editor of TEC’s Vendor Showdown series. With enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems being the information
backbone of the org...
Published:
2008-07-09
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Contrary to what vendors may contend, not all of them are able to provide an effective out-of-the-box solution that satisfies
the critical requirements of an organization. In this case study from a recent selection engagement for an ETO mid-size manufacturer,
we assess Oracle, J.D. Edwards, SAP, and IFS (...)
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Contrary to what vendors may contend, not all of them are able to provide an effective out-of-the-box solution that satisfies
the critical require...
Published:
2001-12-12
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The final part of this ERP article will explain the most important step: selecting the software that best fits the needs of
your organization. The third and final part of the path to ERP for small businesses series describes the software selection
stage, including the dos and don’ts during vendor produc (...)
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The final part of this ERP article will explain the most important step: selecting the software that best fits the needs of
your organization. The ...
Published:
2010-07-13
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Abstract:
During a recent Enterprise Resource Planning selection engagement with a large aerospace and defense manufacturer TEC had
the opportunity to evaluate and compare the offerings of four top vendors. Each vendor’s offering differed in such areas
as functionality, flexibility, process fit and ease of use. (...)
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During a recent Enterprise Resource Planning selection engagement with a large aerospace and defense manufacturer TEC had
the opportunity to evalu...
Published:
2001-11-19
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Today’s Showdown is based on an industry-specific case study. Five enterprise resource planning vendors were selected for
the evaluation. All the results were based on the latest request for information (RFI) supplied to us by the vendors, and
all priorities were assigned by the client. (...)
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Today’s Showdown is based on an industry-specific case study. Five enterprise resource planning vendors were selected for
the evaluation. All the ...
Published:
2008-03-10
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Congratulations! In your role as middle market CEO, COO, CFO, or CIO you fought the good fight and sponsored your company's
ERP project. First you survived the ERP software selection process. Then you lived through the boot-camp tough implementation
phase. So your ERP system is up and running-now w (...)
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Congratulations! In your role as middle market CEO, COO, CFO, or CIO you fought the good fight and sponsored your company's
ERP project. First y...
Published:
2002-03-27
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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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Read this guide to discrete ERP functions & features to determine which discrete ERP features are a high priority for your
manufacturing organization. This reference guide provides insight into the discrete manufacturing ERP features and functions
currently available on today’s market. It will help you (...)
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Read this guide to discrete ERP functions & features to determine which discrete ERP features are a high priority for
your manufacturing organizati...
Published:
2010-02-25
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IFS needs to bolster its brand awareness, and let the world know that they are, in fact, a real contender in the Collaborative
Commerce space. Once companies get IFS in-house and get to touch and feel it - to really understand its user interface and
ease of use advantages over many of its rivals - it oft (...)
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IFS needs to bolster its brand awareness, and let the world know that they are, in fact, a real contender in the Collaborative
Commerce space. Onc...
Published:
2001-10-24
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IFS arrived over five years ago on U.S. shores, with a Christmas-bag full of software components that run from the front-office
to back-office and back again. They’re here to play, to get recognized, and win some big Collaborative Commerce engagements.
We’ll see if they’ve got the stuff to do it. (...)
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IFS arrived over five years ago on US shores, with a Christmas-bag full of software components that run from the front-office
to back-office and...
Published:
2001-10-22
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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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There are entire books and thorough training and certification processes devoted to lean supply chain practices. But within
any manufacturing environment, there are a few relatively simple steps that will help any enterprise make its supply chain
lean. In this article, we will touch on these simple measu (...)
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There are entire books and thorough training and certification processes devoted to lean supply chain practices. But within
any manufacturing envi...
Published:
2009-09-30
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ERP applications are designed to optimize an organization’s underlying business processes — primarily accounting/financial,
manufacturing, distribution, and human resources/payroll. This note identifies current trends in the ERP market that we believe
are the direct consequence of vendors’ attempts (...)
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ERP applications are designed to optimize an organization’s underlying business processes — primarily accounting/financial,
manufacturing, distrib...
Published:
2000-05-03