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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...
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2008-05-23
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I'm Dylan Persaud, senior analyst at Technology Evaluation Centers. Due to the overwhelming response to our first ERP Showdown,
we're pleased to present another head-to-head discrete enterprise resource planning (ERP) comparison. Here, then, is ERP Showdown,
Round 2!—featuring Exact Macola ES vs. Infor (...)
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I'm Dylan Persaud, senior analyst at Technology Evaluation Centers. Due to the overwhelming response to our first ERP
Showdown, we're pleased to p...
Published:
2007-04-11
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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...
Published:
2007-06-22
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Small and medium enterprises (SME) looking for software must understand their needs and articulate their expectations to
get what they want and need from software. (...)
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Small and medium enterprises (SME) looking for software must understand their needs and articulate their expectations to get
what they want and ne...
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2005-10-17
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The CMS Software-XKO Software merger into Solarsoft Business Solutions offers proof that smaller enterprise resource planning
vendors are not extinct yet. Perhaps in the grand scheme of things, no one should really care about such events, but these
less well-known vendors haven’t said their last words (...)
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The CMS Software-XKO Software merger into Solarsoft Business Solutions offers proof that smaller enterprise resource planning
vendors are not exti...
Published:
2007-11-30
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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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While regulatory requirements to adopt International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) may be a concern for publically
traded companies only, there are plenty of reasons why privately held entities will want to prepare to adopt IFRS as well. (...)
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While regulatory requirements to adopt International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) may be a concern for publically
traded companies only, t...
Published:
2009-12-14
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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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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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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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In its simplest sense, enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems create interactive environments designed to help companies
manage and analyze the business processes associated with manufacturing goods, such as inventory control, order taking, accounting,
and much more. (...)
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In its simplest sense, enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems create interactive environments designed to help companies
manage and analyze th...
Published:
2005-09-05
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Hosted PBX Buyer's Guide for Small and Medium Businesses. Documents and Other Package to Use In Your Small and Medium Businesses.
A hosted Internet protocol private branch exchange (IP PBX) system can provide an easy way for small to medium businesses
(SMBs) to move to voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) (...)
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Hosted PBX Buyer's Guide for Small and Medium Businesses. Documents and Other Package to Use In Your Small and Medium
Businesses. A hosted Internet...
Published:
2010-03-11
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Following the market trends, Infinium has recently made an energetic push into a number of prospective areas such as: Web-enablement
and self-service product capabilities, business intelligence, CRM, and application hosting (ASP) services. Infinium has only
very recently announced its strategic partnersh (...)
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Following the market trends, Infinium has recently made an energetic push into a number of prospective areas such as: Web-enablement
and self-serv...
Published:
2000-07-05
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As manufacturing becomes a global process, advances in demand management software have given rise to attribute-based demand
management software. In the process manufacturing environment, this software can help manufacturers deal with complex manufacturing
processes and increase overall customer satisfact (...)
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As manufacturing becomes a global process, advances in demand management software have given rise to attribute-based demand
management software. I...
Published:
2008-12-24
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The specialized material resource planning module for cut-to-size/shape industries must be able to recognize when current
demand cannot be satisfied by the in stock inventory due to dimensional issues, and include that unsatisfied demand in its
reorder messages. (...)
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The specialized material resource planning module for cut-to-size/shape industries must be able to recognize when current
demand cannot be satisfi...
Published:
2006-09-08
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Epicor is working with Microsoft so that portal adopters can benefit from SharePoint's models and access to other enterprise
data. (...)
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Epicor is working with Microsoft so that portal adopters can benefit from SharePoint's models and access to other enterprise
data.
Published:
2005-10-05
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Providers of complex products, systems, and services should view quote-to-order (Q2O) systems as enablers that can improve
competitive advantage. At the same time, users should remember that Q2O solutions are not necessarily advantageous for all
manufacturing departments or businesses. (...)
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Providers of complex products, systems, and services should view quote-to-order (Q2O) systems as enablers that can improve
competitive advantage. ...
Published:
2007-11-26
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The market should commend Infor’s attempt to combine business-specific solutions from a partner like IBM. If nothing else,
the fact that Infor can provide integrated and best-in-class offerings poises the vendor to become serious competition for
such giants as SAP and Oracle. (...)
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The market should commend Infor’s attempt to combine business-specific solutions from a partner like IBM. If nothing else,
the fact that Infor can...
Published:
2008-07-07
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Modern quote-to-order suites provide customers and suppliers access to design, planning, and material data. This enables
users to proactively understand various aspects of a project, as well as reduce planning time, document activities, and promote
communication throughout the engagement cycle. (...)
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Modern quote-to-order suites provide customers and suppliers access to design, planning, and material data. This enables users
to proactively unde...
Published:
2007-11-14
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In announcing their merger plans, Lawson and Intentia will not only have to grapple with the usual issues, but will have
to deal with the nuanced differences in their respective Java application endeavors. (...)
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In announcing their merger plans, Lawson and Intentia will not only have to grapple with the usual issues, but will have to
deal with the nuanced ...
Published:
2005-10-08