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Abstract:
The PeopleSoft-J.D. Edwards merger was, in great part, about retaining the big five (or big four, or big three) seat and
the need to be bigger within shrinking market opportunities. The combined vendors should now a have solid foothold against
SAP and Oracle, particularly because one better-performing si (...)
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scm in services business:
The PeopleSoft-JD Edwards merger was, in great part, about retaining the big five (or big four, or big three) seat and the
need to be bigger wit...
Published:
2004-01-26
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Abstract:
The growing pressure for improving customer responsiveness and profits has lately changed the traditional role of supply
chain management (SCM) of spare and replacement parts. (...)
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The growing pressure for improving customer responsiveness and profits has lately changed the traditional role of supply chain
management (SCM) of...
Published:
2005-07-28
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Abstract:
To meet the needs of a demand driven market, Apptricity is leveraging service oriented architecture to deploy and integrate
modules. (...)
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To meet the needs of a demand driven market, Apptricity is leveraging service oriented architecture to deploy and integrate
modules.
Published:
2005-10-14
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Abstract:
A straightforward way to drive prices down and obtain increased supplier attention is to leverage total purchasing volume
through Internet-based auctions. This part addresses the implications of using e-procurement to Leverage Volume, including
leveraging volume through outsourcing. (...)
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A straightforward way to drive prices down and obtain increased supplier attention is to leverage total purchasing volume
through Internet-based a...
Published:
2001-02-23
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Abstract:
While smaller businesses must be attuned to what their larger customers and trading partners require, and thus consider the
Microsoft Business Network (MBN) as a relatively simple and inexpensive way to support those customers' demands, MBN is only
a small part of the trading relationship equation. (...)
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While smaller businesses must be attuned to what their larger customers and trading partners require, and thus consider the
Microsoft Business Net...
Published:
2003-12-02
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Abstract:
There are two ways to build enterprise application solutions: link together disparate, best-of-breed solutions, in which
vendors embrace open architectures and inter-application messaging protocols, or find a one-stop-shop with all the software,
functionality, and interoperability one could ever ask for. (...)
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There are two ways to build enterprise application solutions: link together disparate, best-of-breed solutions, in which vendors
embrace open arch...
Published:
2001-11-22
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Abstract:
From point-and-click ordering using Web-based catalogs of individual suppliers, to marketplaces that bring together in one
place the products or services offered by multiple suppliers, to live auctions that determine the lowest-price bidder — there
is a wide range of new e-procurement methods and tools (...)
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scm in services business:
From point-and-click ordering using Web-based catalogs of individual suppliers, to marketplaces that bring together in one
place the products or s...
Published:
2001-02-26
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Abstract:
The growing pressure for improving customer responsiveness and profits has lately changed the traditional role of supply
chain management (SCM) of spare and replacement parts. (...)
Excerpt related to
scm in services business:
The growing pressure for improving customer responsiveness and profits has lately changed the traditional role of supply chain
management (SCM) of...
Published:
2005-07-28
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Abstract:
PeopleSoft is seeking to make bigger strides in the CRM, SCM and B2B software markets with its recent spate of product releases.
While Wall Street praises the vendor’s new product initiatives and its strong first quarter results and optimism for the future,
its direct competitors are far from feeling (...)
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PeopleSoft is seeking to make bigger strides in the CRM, SCM and B2B software markets with its recent spate of product releases.
While Wall Stree...
Published:
2001-06-26
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Abstract:
The objectives of end-to-end supply chain visibility are better plans, better service, increased inventory turns, and higher
profit margins, where MBN might answer only some of these requirements at this stage. In any case, MBN is a great, initial
idea that can lay the foundations for a future product of (...)
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The objectives of end-to-end supply chain visibility are better plans, better service, increased inventory turns, and higher
profit margins, where...
Published:
2004-09-04
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Abstract:
PeopleSoft has risen from its relatively humble origins in the Human Resource Management Systems (HRMS) arena, its sole focus
as it begun life in 1987. Over the course of a decade or so, it added Supply Chain Management and Financials to its list
of application offerings. In the last few years, in the (...)
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scm in services business:
PeopleSoft has risen from its relatively humble origins in the Human Resource Management Systems (HRMS) arena, its sole focus
as it begun life in ...
Published:
2001-11-26
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Abstract:
Hiring the former APICS president to head its manufacturing industry efforts a year ago, the high profile acquisition of
renowned manufacturing ERP provider J.D. Edwards this summer, and most recently, the acquisition of demand flow and lean manufacturing
software solutions from JCIT, might indicate that (...)
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Hiring the former APICS president to head its manufacturing industry efforts a year ago, the high profile acquisition of renowned
manufacturing ER...
Published:
2004-01-24
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Abstract:
Tier2/Tier 3 vendors are prepared to endure the onslaught of the likes of SAP, Oracle, and PeopleSoft, as well as of proverbial
mid-market leaders such as J.D. Edwards, Baan, Intentia, QAD, IFS and Epicor, and newly formed mid-market juggernauts like
Microsoft Great Plains, Best Software (formerly Sage S (...)
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Tier2/Tier 3 vendors are prepared to endure the onslaught of the likes of SAP, Oracle, and PeopleSoft, as well as of proverbial
mid-market leaders...
Published:
2002-04-22
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Abstract:
While the ERP mid-market has seen more vibrant intra-market merger & acquisition activity during 2001, it appears that 2002
will, for some more tenacious Tier 2/Tier 3 vendors, be the year of delivering products under their own steam as to counteract
the onslaught by Tier 1 vendors and mid-market juggern (...)
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While the ERP mid-market has seen more vibrant intra-market merger & acquisition activity during 2001, it appears that
2002 will, for some more te...
Published:
2002-04-19
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Abstract:
It appears as though SAP feels confident now that its software solutions outside of its core ERP can stand on their own and
attract new customers. (...)
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It appears as though SAP feels confident now that its software solutions outside of its core ERP can stand on their own and
attract new customers.
Published:
2001-08-06
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Abstract:
The CRM market is shifting. Instead of looking for an all-purpose and horizontal oriented CRM application, customers are
seeking a more specialized and industry specific tool. From the larger organization to the smallest customers, CRM buyers
are expecting their applications to follow their business mode (...)
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The CRM market is shifting. Instead of looking for an all-purpose and horizontal oriented CRM application, customers are seeking
a more specialize...
Published:
2003-05-28
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Abstract:
LANSA offers to rejuvenate legacy systems by empowering developers with simplified programming to use Java services. (...)
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LANSA offers to rejuvenate legacy systems by empowering developers with simplified programming to use Java services.
Published:
2005-09-29
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Abstract:
Logility has achieved an impressive 33% total revenue growth over the past five years, demonstrating that it can still compete
effectively in a B2B software market dominated by much larger players. It sells its supply chain management and Internet-based
solutions to mid market companies primarily within (...)
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Logility has achieved an impressive 33% total revenue growth over the past five years, demonstrating that it can still compete
effectively in a B2...
Published:
2000-02-01
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Abstract:
SSA Global's strategy to grow both organically and through acquisition while developing an end-to-end suite of applications
with one open platform architecture has allowed this traditional enterprise resource planning vendor to evolve into a supply
chain management solutions provider. (...)
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scm in services business:
SSA Global's strategy to grow both organically and through acquisition while developing an end-to-end suite of applications
with one open platform...
Published:
2006-01-19
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Abstract:
While the recent initiatives by Microsoft Business Solutions to piecemeal bolster its product lines' SCM capabilities should
benefit users, a lot more cohesive SCM strategy is needed for Microsoft to truly permeate the SCM mid-market. (...)
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While the recent initiatives by Microsoft Business Solutions to piecemeal bolster its product lines' SCM capabilities
should benefit users, a lot ...
Published:
2003-12-01