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Improved service management boosts revenue from both service offerings and new product sales, while improved customer service
and enhanced offerings increase customer retention, and draw new service business, providing an additional, low risk and likely
repeated revenue stream over a long period of owner (...)
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Improved service management boosts revenue from both service offerings and new product sales, while improved customer service
and enhanced offerin...
Published:
2005-08-02
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The features available in today’s sales and operations planning (SOP) systems make these systems indispensable assets for
an organization. Reporting tools and graphical representations are just a couple of these key features. Find out what else
to look for in an SOP system. (...)
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The features available in today’s sales and operations planning (SOP) systems make these systems indispensable assets for
an organization. Reporti...
Published:
2008-02-01
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At sites where both planning and execution modules are stand-alone implementations, neither deliver enough benefit because
there are almost always manual connections and processes between these two crucial supply chain management (SCM) areas. Yet,
planning and execution in the supply chain are slowly but (...)
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At sites where both planning and execution modules are stand-alone implementations, neither deliver enough benefit because
there are almost always...
Published:
2004-06-16
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General enterprise resource planning (ERP) providers, even those which are viable companies with a solid product, typically
do not meet the tricky requirements that are vital to the plastics industry and related so-called mill or material converter
businesses. (...)
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General enterprise resource planning (ERP) providers, even those which are viable companies with a solid product, typically
do not meet the tricky...
Published:
2006-09-05
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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 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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Companies are looking for more areas to squeeze savings out of operations. One such area that may be fertile ground to explore
is equipment maintenance. The class of software that can help to cultivate these savings is computerized maintenance management
systems (CMMS). This article discusses the basics (...)
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Companies are looking for more areas to squeeze savings out of operations. One such area that may be fertile ground to explore
is equipment mainte...
Published:
2003-07-07
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Food and beverage manufacturers rely on information technology to meet market demands. However, food is one market where
most enterprise applications show a number of "fatal flaws"—capabilities whose omission can impede operations to the extent
of complete failure. (...)
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Food and beverage manufacturers rely on information technology to meet market demands. However, food is one market where most
enterprise applicati...
Published:
2006-11-08
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Software systems must be able to handle your business basics. A focus on the details is essential. Look meticulously for
the fatal flaws. If you don't select a system that meets your detailed needs, it can be fatal. (...)
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Software systems must be able to handle your business basics. A focus on the details is essential. Look meticulously for the
fatal flaws. If you d...
Published:
2006-11-09
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ERP giant SAP Aktiengesellschaft announced full details of its Internet strategy. Consumer electronics giant Best Buy announced
2Q earnings rise of 34 percent, but delays Internet launch. (...)
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ERP giant SAP Aktiengesellschaft announced full details of its Internet strategy. Consumer electronics giant Best Buy announced
2Q earnings rise o...
Published:
1999-09-15
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We take the liberty to expand further on the findings of a report, which was recently released by a renowned research organization,
and which pinpoints enterprise applications implementations’ dissatisfactions in no uncertain terms. One may expect even more
bad news in the future given the intricacy of (...)
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We take the liberty to expand further on the findings of a report, which was recently released by a renowned research organization,
and which pinp...
Published:
2002-07-08
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... behind operational success—or organizational failure. ... Visit our
SCM Evaluation Center, where ... optimization, transportation management systems,
and warehouse ...
Published:
2007-11-26
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... Develops life cycle management systems to identify known or predictive mean time between
failure (MTBF) and root cause analysis. ...
Published:
2008-07-25
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Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP) business models and information systems originated in the 1970s and 1980s, an inflationary
period. They addressed business priorities that were strongly influenced by inflation. Many manufacturers are now confronting
worldwide price stability, or even deflationary pres (...)
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... Thus, in addition to conventional supply-chain management (SCM) systems,
suppliers are likely to demand collaborative electronic commerce systems to help ...
Published:
2000-06-29
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J.D. Edwards believes in the possibilities (both in terms of technology and sell-ability) of Collaborative Commerce. How
far have they gotten in that vision? Are they a good bet if you also have visions of C-Commerce dancing in your head? (...)
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JD Edwards believes in the possibilities (both in terms of technology and sell-ability) of Collaborative Commerce. How far
have they gotten in ...
Published:
2001-09-18
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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 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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A typical ERP system indeed now offers broad functional coverage nearing the best-of-breed capabilities; vertical industry
extensions; a strong technical architecture; training, documentation, implementation and process design tools; product enhancements;
global support; and an extensive list of software (...)
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A typical ERP system indeed now offers broad functional coverage nearing the best-of-breed capabilities; vertical industry
extensions; a strong te...
Published:
2004-04-02
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Abstract:
By using software tools that help you forecast and work together with others inside your organization, and even with your
customers, the forecasts may become more accurate. You can make an assumption on how much improvement might be possible.
This part discusses the challenge of performing the data anal (...)
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By using software tools that help you forecast and work together with others inside your organization, and even with your
customers, the forecasts...
Published:
2001-07-17
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Abstract:
The integration solutions market will be an interesting area of growth. IBS has an attractive offer for companies with complex
and expensive business software at the group and headquarters level, wanting to lower costs and quicken implementation in
their subsidiaries. (...)
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The integration solutions market will be an interesting area of growth. IBS has an attractive offer for companies with complex
and expensive busin...
Published:
2005-09-08
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Abstract:
If you are not experiencing organizational stress in some of the areas where the benefits may occur, then perhaps a decision
to invest in supply chain management software should be postponed. If you do have some pain in one or more of these areas,
then you can follow the concepts in this article to unde (...)
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If you are not experiencing organizational stress in some of the areas where the benefits may occur, then perhaps a decision
to invest in supply c...
Published:
2001-07-13
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Abstract:
The nature of the organized retailing market in India may present challenges for software providers, but the opportunity
to tap into and benefit from this market's huge (and growing) potential can yield sizable returns for supply chain management
software vendors. (...)
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The nature of the organized retailing market in India may present challenges for software providers, but the opportunity to
tap into and benefit f...
Published:
2009-07-27