A Guide to ERP for Service Organizations

Epicor's Mid-Market Pitch Becomes Higher For (One) Scala Part Four: Merger Synergies and Challenges | Epicor's Mid-Market Pitch Becomes Higher For (One) Scala Part Three: Market Impact | Epicor's Mid-Market Pitch Becomes Higher For (One) Scala Part Two: How Scala Complements Epicor | Epicor's Mid-Market Pitch Becomes Higher For (One) Scala Part One: Event Summary | Understand J2EE and .NET Environments Before You Choose | When Is It Time to Re-implement? | ICICI-Infotech's North American Strategy for Success Part Three: Challenges and User Recommendations | ICICI-Infotech's North American Strategy for Success Part Two: Customer Focus and Innovative Pricing | ICICI-Infotech's North American Strategy for Success Part One: Company Background and Market Focus | Inovis Delves into PIM by Snatching QRS Part Five: Challenges and User Recommendations | Inovis Delves into PIM by Snatching QRS Part Four: Market Impact | Inovis Delves into PIM by Snatching QRS Part Three: QRS Background | Inovis Delves into PIM by Snatching QRS Part Two: QRS Marketing | Inovis Delves into PIM by Snatching QRS Part One: Event Notes | Not All Acquisitions Happen: JDA and QRS Part Two: Market Impact | Not All Acquisitions Happen: JDA and QRS Part One: Event and Market Impact | The Name and Ownership Change Roulette Wheel for Marcam Stops at SSA Global Part Three: Last-Ditch Effort by Invensys | The Name and Ownership Change Roulette Wheel for Marcam Stops at SSA Global Part One: Event Summary | Master Requirement Planning and Master Production Scheduling Software: Hard Facts Part Two: Materials Requirement Planning and Master Production Scheduling | Intentia: Stepping Out With Fashion and Style Part Four: Movex Case Study Continued With User Recommendations | Intentia: Stepping Out With Fashion and Style Part Three: Movex, a Case Study of Fashion Industry Software | Intentia: Stepping Out With Fashion and Style Part Two: Software Challenges in the Fashion Industry | The Trap of Accountancy Systems; When to Move on to ERP | Fed Warms Up to ERP Spending, but Will Contractors and Their ERP Vendors Comply? Part Two: Challenges and User Recommendations | Feds Warms Up to ERP Spending, but Will Contractors and Their ERP Vendors Comply? Part One: Event Summary and Market Impact | Retail Market Dynamics for Software Vendors Part Two: Progress | Retail Market Dynamics for Software Vendors Part One: Software Requirements for Retail | TEC Talks to the Compiere ERP/CRM ProjectFree and Open Source Software Business ModelsPart Three: Compiere/ComPiere | TEC Talks to the Open For Business ProjectFree and Open Source Software Business ModelsPart One: OFBiz | Enterprise Process Improvement (EPI) Software: Customer and Software Vendor Collaboration | PeopleSoft Revamps World for Its Mid-Market "Express" Conquest Part Four: Challenges and User Recommendations | PeopleSoft Revamps World for Its Mid-Market "Express" Conquest Part Three: Strengths | PeopleSoft Revamps World for Its Mid-Market "Express" Conquest Part Two: Market Impact | PLM Coming of Age: ERP Vendors Take Notice | Future Compatible | Buy, Build, or Somewhere Between | Mid-market Getting the Taste of Some Emerging Technologies | ROI for RFID: A Case Study Part Two: Implementation and Results | ROI for RFID: A Case Study Part One: Company Background | Nonprofits and Public Sector: The Latest Hot Market | Intuitive Manufacturing Systems Shows Maturity in Adolescent Age Part Four: Challenges and User Recommendations | Intuitive Manufacturing Systems Shows Maturity in Adolescent Age Part Three: Market Impact Continued | Intuitive Manufacturing Systems Shows Maturity in Adolescent Age Part Two: Market Impact | Intuitive Manufacturing Systems Shows Maturity in Adolescent Age Part One: Company Overview | ERP II Demystified | Rewrite or Wrap-Around Old Software? Part Two: Extending to the Web and Challenges | Rewrite or Wrap-Around Old Software? Part One: Event Summary | What's Wrong With Application Software? Business Changes, Software Must Change with the Business. | Process Manufacturing: Industry Specific Requirements Part One: Introduction | Encompix--Thriving on Encompassing Complexity Part One: Event Summary | Leveraging Technology to Maintain a Competitive Edge During Tough Economic Times -- A Panel Discussion Analyzed Part Six: Custom Development and Single-Vendor versus Multi-Vendor | Leveraging Technology to Maintain a Competitive Edge During Tough Economic Times -- A Panel Discussion Analyzed Part Three: Applications Hosting | Leveraging Technology to Maintain a Competitive Edge during Tough Economic Times --A Panel Discussion Analyzed Part One: Introduction | SoftBrands to Institute Fourth Shift for SAP Business One Manufacturing Work-Plan Part Five: Challenges and User Recommendations | SoftBrands to Institute Fourth Shift for SAP Business One Manufacturing Work-Plan Part Four: SoftBrands | SoftBrands to Institute Fourth Shift for SAP Business One Manufacturing Work-Plan Part Three: Market Impact | SoftBrands to Institute Fourth Shift for SAP Business One Manufacturing Work-Plan Part Two: SoftBrands | SoftBrands to Institute Fourth Shift for SAP Business One Manufacturing Work-Plan Part One: Event Summary | ERP Systems and the ETO Manufacturing Market Part Three: User Recommendations | ERP Systems and the ETO Manufacturing Market Part Two: ETO versus Repetitive Differences | ERP Systems and the ETO Manufacturing Market Part One: Event Summary | Catering to Small and Medium-Size Enterprises | Fatal Flaws in ERP Software Create Opportunity for Niche Software in CPG Companies | Cookie-cutter Solutions Won't Cut It with the Mid-Market Part Two: Challenges and the Lower-End | Cookie-cutter Solutions Won't Cut It with the Mid-Market Part One: Historical Relationships | Integrating All Information Assets Part Four: What Approach Do You Take? | Integrating All Information Assets Part Three: What Constitutes Integration? | Integrating All Information Assets Part Two: Why is integration an issue? | Integrating All Information Assets Part One: Why is integration an issue? | ERP and SCM Implementations Part Two: Interfaces and Priorities | ERP and SCM Implementations Part One: Doing Too Much Too Soon | Enterprise Applications--The Genesis and Future, Revisited Part Six: Looking to the Future | Enterprise Applications--The Genesis and Future, Revisited Part Five: More on ERP Evolution | Enterprise Applications--The Genesis and Future, Revisited Part Four: Another Step in ERP Evolution | Enterprise Applications--The Genesis and Future, Revisited Part Three: 2000s--Back to the Future | Enterprise Applications--The Genesis and Future, Revisited Part Two: 1990s--Enterprise Resource Planning | Enterprise Applications--The Genesis and Future, Revisited Part One: 1960s--Pre-Computer Era | The World Of Software Buying Has Changed; Will the Vendors Change With It? | BI Approaches of Enterprise Software Vendors | The Old ERP Dilemma--The Refresh Option | Exact Software--Working Diligently Towards the "One Exact" Synergy Part Two: Macola, the ERP and BAM Solutions | Usability | Justification of ERP Investments Part Four: Replacing or Re-implementing an ERP System | Justification of ERP Investments Part Three: Costs of Implementing an ERP System | Justification of ERP Investments Part Two: The Intangible Effects of ERP | Intentia's Movex for Food and Beverage: Gaining a Foothold in North America Part Three: Observations and User Recommendations | Comparison of ERP and CRM Markets' Life cycle Snapshots | PeopleSoft Gathers Manufacturing and SCM Wherewithal Part Three: The Manufacturing Industry | PeopleSoft Gathers Manufacturing and SCM Wherewithal Part Two: Market Impact | PeopleSoft Gathers Manufacturing and SCM Wherewithal Part One: Recent Anouncements | Fujitsu Poised to (Inter)Stage Glovia's Comeback Part Four: Challenges and User Recommendations | Fujitsu Poised to (Inter)Stage Glovia's Comeback Part Three: Market Impact | Fujitsu Poised to (Inter)Stage Glovia's Comeback Part Two: Fujitsu's Support of Glovia | Fujitsu Poised to (Inter)Stage Glovia's Comeback Part One: Event Summary | Pull vs Push: a Discussion of Lean, JIT, Flow, and Traditional MRP Part Two: Challenges and User Recommendations | Pull vs Push: a Discussion of Lean, JIT, Flow, and Traditional MRP Part 1: Tutorial | Deltek Remains the Master of Its Selected Few Domains Part Six: Challenges and User Recommendations | Deltek Remains the Master of Its Selected Few Domains Part Four: Deltek's Differentiators | Support for Old Releases-Good for the User but Is It Good for the Vendor? | Sales and Operations Planning Part Three: Game Plan Guidelines | Sales and Operations Planning Part Two: Common Scenarios | Sales and Operations Planning Part One: Identifying and Forecasting Demand | FRx Poised to Permeate Many More General Ledgers Part Four: Competitors and User Recommendations | FRx Poised to Permeate Many More General Ledgers Part Three: Market Impact continued | FRx Poised to Permeate Many More General Ledgers Part Two: Market Impact | FRx Poised To Permeate Many More General Ledgers Part One: Executive Summary | Financial Reporting, Planning, and Budgeting As Necessary Pieces of EPM Part Two: Challenges and User Recommendations | Financial Reporting, Planning, and Budgeting As Necessary Pieces of EPM Part One: Executive Summary | Be Bold with Benefits but Subtle with Pains | Evaluating Enterprise Software-Business Process or Feature/Function-Based Approach? All the above, Perhaps? Part Three: Knowledge Bases and User Recommendations | Evaluating Enterprise Software - Business Process or Feature/Function-Based Approach? All the above, Perhaps? Part Two | Evaluating Enterprise Software - Business Process or Feature/Function-Based Approach? All the above, Perhaps? | Has Consolidation Made the PLM Market More Agile? Part Three: Challenges and User Recommendations | Has Consolidation Made the PLM Market More Agile? Part Two: Market Impact | Has Consolidation Made the PLM Market More Agile? | Audit Considerations for Enterprise Software Implementations Part 2: Applying Controls and Audit Emphasis | Audit Considerations for Enterprise Software Implementations Part 1: Project Planning and Management | The Different Evolutionary Stages of ERP and PLM | Trends Affecting Manufacturers and ERP Part Three: Four More Trends | Living And Thriving With Channel Master Customers | If Software Is A Commodity - Can You Still Win Some Competitive Advantage? | Customization Drives Complexity - Why It's Hard to Design, Sell, and Produce "Simple" Products | The Power of One | Product Configurators Pave the Way for Mass Customization | Has The BI Market Consolidation Been Crystal-Clearly Actuated? Part Three: Competition and User Recommendations. | Geac Gets Its Commonsense Share Of Consolidation, With Revolving Door CEOs No Less Part Three: Challenges and User Recommendations | Geac Gets Its Commonsense Share Of Consolidation, With Revolving Door CEOs No Less Part Two: Market Impact | Geac Gets Its Commonsense Share Of Consolidation, With Revolving Door CEOs No Less | Best of Breed Versus Fully Integrated Software: The Pro's and Con's | Commodity Software, Best Practice and Competitive Advantage | Can ERP Speak PLM? Part Two: Examples and Recommendations | If Software Is A Commodity...Then What? | Analyse This | Examples Of How Some Mid-Market Vendors Might Remain Within The Future Three (Dozen)? Part Three: Made2Manage Market Impact and User Recommendations | Examples Of How Some Mid-Market Vendors Might Remain Within The Future Three (Dozen)? Part Two: Agilisys Market Impact | Examples Of How Some Mid-Market Vendors Might Remain Within The Future Three (Dozen)? | Computerized Maintenance Management Systems: A Tutorial Part Two: Benefits and Interfaces | Computerized Maintenance Management Systems: A Tutorial Part One: Challenges and Features | Desktop Management's Dirty Little Secret | Software Selection: An Approach | What's Wrong With Enterprise Applications, And What Are Vendors Doing About It? Part Three: A New Approach and User Recommendations | What's Wrong With Enterprise Applications, And What Are Vendors Doing About It? Part Two: A New Framework Strategy | What's Wrong With Enterprise Applications, And What Are Vendors Doing About It? | Frantic Merger-Mania Spiced Up With Vendettas Leaves Customers Anxious Part Two: Analysis Continued | ERP and WMS Co-Existence: When System Worlds Collide | Software Giants Make Courting A Small Guy Their "Business One" Priority Part Four: Challenges and User Recommendations | Software Giants Make Courting A Small Guy Their "Business One" Priority Part Three: Market Impact Continued | Software Giants Make Courting A Small Guy Their "Business One" Priority Part Two: Market Impact | Software Giants Make Courting A Small Guy Their "Business One" Priority | A User Centric WorkWise Customer Conference | What You Should Know Before Selecting a WMS | Selecting PLM Software Solutions Part 5 - User Recommendations | Selecting PLM Software Solutions Part 4 - Comparing 3 Vendors | Selecting PLM Software Solutions Vendors Part 3 - A Timesaving Solution | Selecting PLM Software Solutions Part 2 - Problem Overview | Selecting PLM Software Solutions | Tier 3 And Tier 4 ... Where Do You Go If You Don't Know, What You Don't Know. | Invensys Production Solutions - Can Historic Strengths And The 'Protean Boost' Overcome Its Liabilities? Part Two: Liabilities, Strategy, and User Recommendations | Invensys Production Solutions - Can Historic Strengths And The 'Protean Boost' Overcome Its Liabilities? | What Does Vendor Consolidation Mean To The End User? | The Reinvention of Software Vendors and End-User Value | Can ERP Meet Your eBusiness Needs? Part Three: The Effect of eBusiness on Your Business | Can ERP Meet Your eBusiness Needs? Part Two: ERP is the Foundation | Can ERP Meet Your eBusiness Needs? | Inventory Planning & Optimization: Extending Your ERP System Part Three: Business Case for Inventory Optimization Solutions | Inventory Planning & Optimization: Extending Your ERP System Part Two: How It Works | Inventory Planning & Optimization: Extending Your ERP System | Resurrection, Vitality And Perseverance Of Former ERP 'Goners' Part Five: User Recommendations | Resurrection, Vitality And Perseverance Of Former ERP 'Goners' Part Four: Challenges | Resurrection, Vitality And Perseverance Of Former ERP 'Goners' Part Three: Market Impact | Resurrection, Vitality And Perseverance Of Former ERP 'Goners' Part Two: Geac & Baan | Resurrection, Vitality And Perseverance Of Former ERP 'Goners' Part One: Ross Systems & SSA Global Technologies | Caution! Will A Traditional ERP System Help You Deliver Projects? | Will A Big Fish's Splash Cause Minnows' Flush Out Of The CRM Pond? Part Two: Challenges and User Recommendations | Will A Big Fish's Splash Cause Minnows' Flush Out Of The CRM Pond? | Top 10 Reasons For Having A Project Kickoff - Part II | Top 10 Reasons For Having A Project Kickoff - Part I | The Art Of Distributed Development Of Multi-Lingual Three-Tier Internet Applications | Requirements Definition For Package Implementations | Evaluating Alternatives: Key Questions To Ask When Considering An Alternative ERP/MRP System | Rapid Prototyping Or Simply Over-hyping | How Much Wisdom Will BRAIN Bring To Agilisys? Part 2: Challenges and User Recommendations | How Much Wisdom Will BRAIN Bring To Agilisys? | Why Systems Fail - The Dead-end of Dirty Data | PowerCerv Finally Overpowered By The '02 Hurricane Season Part 2: Strengths and User Recommendations | PowerCerv Finally Overpowered By The '02 Hurricane Season | Data Conversion in an ERP Environment | Agilisys Continues Agilely Post-SCT Part 3: Challenges and User Recommendations | Agilisys Continues Agilely Post-SCT Part 2: Market Impact | Agilisys Continues Agilely Post-SCT | Fourth Shift's evolution Within SoftBrands' DemandStream Part 2: Challenges and User Recommendations | Fourth Shift's evolution Within SoftBrands' DemandStream | Software Piloting: How Do You Fly This Plane | Geac Hopes To See System21 Shine Again Like 'Aurora' Part 3: Challenges and User Recommendations | Geac Hopes To See System21 Shine Again Like 'Aurora' Part 2: Market Impact | Geac Hopes To See System21 Shine Again Like 'Aurora' | Enterprise Applications Battlefield Mid-Year Scoreboard Part 4: Other Vendors, CRM, SCP & User Recommendations | Enterprise Applications Battlefield Mid-Year Scoreboard Part 3: IBM | Enterprise Applications Battlefield Mid-Year Scoreboard Part 2: Microsoft | Enterprise Applications Battlefield Mid-Year Scoreboard | Beware of Legacy Data - It Can Be Lethal | Adonix Grows Roots Against The Odds Part 2: Challenges and User Recommendations | Adonix Grows Roots Against The Odds Part 1 | The Automotive OEMs Might Soon Contract “BRAIN” Damage Part 2: The Future and User Recommendations | The Automotive OEMs Might Soon Contract “BRAIN” Damage Part I | Scala Shows Far More Than A Bit Of A Backbone Part 3: Challenges and User Recommendations | Scala Shows Far More Than A Bit Of A Backbone Part 2: Market Impact | Scala Shows Far More Than A Bit Of A Backbone Part 1 | Two Highly Focused Vendors Team For Their Markets' Good | Integration is the Name of the Game in Software Systems | SalesLogix and ACT! Officially Branded As Best Software Part 2: Challenges and User Recommendations | SalesLogix and ACT! Officially Branded As Best Software | Can 'Intuitive' And 'ERP' Words Be Associated? | The 'Joy' Of Enterprise Systems Implementations Part 4: User Recommendations | The 'Joy' Of Enterprise Systems Implementations Part 3: Causes of Failures | The 'Joy' Of Enterprise Systems Implementations Part 2: Implementation Key Success Factors | The 'Joy' Of Enterprise Systems Implementations Part 1: Inexorable Statistics | Fast-path Implementations - Are They Good or Bad? | Announcing Agilisys (Formerly SCT’s Process Manufacturing & Distribution Business) - Finally Fully Focused On Process Manufacturing | Datatex and Dan River Apparel Fabrics - Ten Years and Counting | Is Enterprise Market Consolidating? Exactly! | The Old ERP Dilemma - Should We Install The New Release? | Manugistics Indulges In The Open M&A Season. Part 2: Market Impact, Challenges, and User Recommendations | Manugistics Indulges In The Open M&A Season | Standardizing on One ERP System in a Multi-division Enterprise | Microsoft 'The Great' Poised To Conquer Mid-Market, Once and Again Part 2: Challenges and User Recommendations | Microsoft 'The Great' Poised To Conquer Mid-Market, Once and Again Part 1: Recent Acquisition Announcement | Siebel Rallies Its Integration Alliance Troops Part 2: Market Impact | INFIMACS Boasts MRP Relevant To MROs | Siebel Rallies Its Integration Alliance Troops Part 1: Recent Announcements | Lawson Enforces Its Stronghold Part 2: Market Impact | Lawson Enforces Its Stronghold Part1: Recent Announcements | iProcess.sct Enters Golden Gate Opportunity | Mid-Market ERP Vendors Doing CRM & SCM In A DIY Fashion Part 2: Market Impact | Mid-Market ERP Vendors Doing CRM & SCM In A DIY Fashion Part 1: Recent Announcements | Your ERP System is Up and Running-Now What? | Stratyc's Laser-Sharp Focused Tools Retrofit Legacy Systems | Adonix Expands X3 And Its "French Connection" Part 2: The Future | Baan Resurrects Multi-Dimensionally Part 4: Challenges & User Recommendations | Baan Resurrects Multi-Dimensionally Part 3: Market Impact | Ross Systems – A Bright Spot On A Difficult Enterprise Application Landscape | PeopleSoft's Buying Momentum Goes On. Pageant Participants, Line Up Please! Part 2: User Recommendations | PeopleSoft's Buying Momentum Goes On. Pageant Participants, Line Up Please! Part 1: Market Impact | Feds Buckle Down on Customer Information Security | The Old ERP Dilemma: How Long Should You Pay Maintenance? | Made2Manage Offers New Functionality And A VIP Treatment Part 2: Market Impact | Made2Manage Offers New Functionality And A VIP Treatment Part 1: Announcements | Gosh, They Kill Partnerships, Don't They? | The 'Old ERP' Dilemma: Replace or Add-on | J.D. Edwards' CEO Retires Again; This Time For Good? | Lawson Software Braves IPO And Reports Strongly Against The Odds | PSI AG To Become More Germane Globally Via Relevant Partnership | J.D. Edwards On The Mend; This Time Might Be For Real | PipeChain Adds Pragmatism Onto Simplicity | Besieged By The CRM Throne Aspirants, King Siebel Delivers "The Magic No.7" Part 2: Market Impact | How Some ERP Vendors Demonstrated - Warts And All Part 2: Results | How Some ERP Vendors Demonstrated - Warts and All Part 1 | Should interBiz Mean Intelligence And Prediction Beyond ERP? - Part 2: Challenges and Market Impact | Is SCT And Logistics.com Partnership A Déjà vu? | Should interBiz Mean Intelligence And Prediction Beyond ERP? | Navision Enhances Its e-Vision And Looks To Expand Vertically - Part 3: Challenges & User Recommendations | Navision Enhances Its e-Vision And Looks To Expand Vertically - Part 2: Market Impact | Navision Enhances Its e-Vision And Looks To Expand Vertically | ERP Selection Facts and Figures Case Study - Part 2: Qualitative Assessments and Analysis | ERP Selection Facts and Figures Case Study Part 1: Business Model Scenarios | Soft Economy Dents SAP’s Armored Shield As Well | PRISM Users Get A Dedicated, Independent Web Community | Geac Awakens On Its Deathbed - Part 2: Geac's Response | What's With Oracle's And SAP's Differing Clairvoyance? | Geac Awakens On Its Deathbed - Part 1: Event Summary | The ERP Market 2001 And Beyond – Part 5: Recommendations | The ERP Market 2001 And Beyond – Part 4: Market Predictions | The ERP Market 2001 And Beyond – Part 3: Rating The Vendors | The ERP Market 2001 And Beyond – Part 2: Vendor Reactions | The ERP Market 2001 And Beyond – Aging Gracefully With The ‘New Kids On The Block’ | Shall Bifurcated Tack Reverse J.D. Edwards’ Bad Spell? | E-Business Sell Side Success at H.B. Fuller | Business Intelligence Success at Biomet, Inc. | Sausage Producer Packs Out the Profit with Technology | Intentia’s Intents To Be More Fashionable | 'Collaborative Commerce': ERP, CRM, e-Proc, and SCM Unite! A Series Study: J.D. Edwards | E-Business Customer Service Success at H.B. Fuller Company | SCT Extends Into Business Intelligence | ERP Trivia - Every Why Should Have Its Wherefore Part 2: ERP Key Success Factors | ERP Trivia - Every Why Should Have Its Wherefore Part 1: ERP Trends | Single Source or Best of Breed - The Debate Continues | Can You Add New Life To an Old ERP System? | Lawson Software Means Business With PSA and IPO | NavisionDamgaard Reverts To Navision, But In Name Only | J.D. Edwards' QUEST To End Its String Of Pyrrhic Victories Part 2: The Implications | J.D. Edwards' QUEST To End Its String Of Pyrrhic Victories Part 1: The News | PeopleSoft: Giving Fervent Hope To The Market And Jitters To The Competition. Part 2: The Implications | PeopleSoft: Giving Fervent Hope To The Market And Jitters To The Competition. Part 1: The News | ERP Selection Case Study Audio Conference Transcript | Fed Gives ERP A Shot In The Arm | IFS' Tamed Growth + Continued Losses + Increased Competitors' Lobby Talk = Decreased Customer Confidence | Latest Development on Epicor's Trying The Divestiture Tack | Is Ross Systems Up To A Hat Trick? | The Mid-Market Is Consolidating, Lo And Behold | Where Is ERP Headed (Or Better, Where Should It Be Headed)? Part 4: ASP’s and New Pricing Models | Where Is ERP Headed (Or Better, Where Should It Be Headed)? Part 3: E-Business and Mid-Market Shakeout | Geac Decomposes To Survive | Where Is ERP Headed (Or Better, Where Should It Be Headed)? Part 2: Product Architecture and Web-Basing | Where Is ERP Headed (Or Better, Where Should It Be Headed)? Part 1: Functional Scope and Vertical Focus | Stalled Navision + Mixed Bag Damgaard = Satisfactory NavisionDamgaard | Small ERP Vendors Missing The ASP Boat | ERP Beginner's Guide In So Many Words | Will 2001 Be The Year Of Baan’s Miraculous Comeback?
Definitely Maybe. | SCT Corporation: The Last Viable Process Manufacturing Vendor Standing? | QAD’s Costly eTransition Continues | Does NavisionDamgaard Merger Mark Further Mid-Market Consolidation? | Essential ERP - Its Functional Scope | The Essential ERP - Its Genesis & Future | Symix Starts New Year Under New Name, But Old Issues Remain | What On Earth Is Going On With SSA? | BEA Systems Has A Broad Vision For E-Business Infrastructures | Big ERP Players Courting Government Agencies | Geac Lives By Acquisitions; Will It Die By An Acquisition? | Lawson Software Expands Vertically As Well | Great Plains’ Latest Product Offering — Ready to Stampede the SME Market? | Great Plains' eEnterprise Solution 'N Sync with Microsoft's New Platforms | Navision Executes At a Slower Pace | Symix Systems Front-Steps Into Greener e-Commerce Pastures | Has SAP Found Magic Formula (One) To Learn The Ropes Of Marketing? | Is Baan Showing Signs of Life After Death? | Oracle – How to Disappoint Analysts by Doubling Profits | Ross Systems Ends Year On a Sour Note and Braces Itself For Survivor’s Game | Will Oracle’s Freebie Shot Hurt (Or Only Graze) Siebel? | Great Plains – An SME Market Leader, But At What Cost? | IFS Marches On, Although With a String of Losses | Siebel: Great Plans for Great Plains | Commerce One Holds Announcement Festival | Fourth Shift Corporation: Working Overtime To Provide Complete Customer Care | SynQuest Posts Mixed Results | J.D. Edwards’ Mixed Blessings | QAD Continues to Wade Through Red Ink | eConnections Expands Web With IPNet | Geac Trying Its Luck in Partnering | Ultimate Connection Seeking Its US Retail Connection Through Solomon Software Partners | New Release For Ariba’s Software | Thru-Put Announces Features For New APS Release | Oracle Applications - An Internet-Reinvented Feisty Challenger | American Software Has Been Starving While Delivering Innovations | Intentia Has Been Bleeding For Its Platform Independence | ERP Belle Époque Officially Ended With the Demise of Baan and SSA | PowerCerv Facing Another Stormy Season | The Pros and Cons of Collaborative Planning | MAPICS Back On Track, But Not Without Restructuring Pains | Global Vendor Negotiation Strategies | Winner Takes All – Siebel Ousts SalesLogix From Solomon’s Deal | PeopleSoft 8 Launched – Anything to Write Home About? | PeopleSoft: No More a Humble Kid From a Rough Neighborhood? | IBM Nabs Another Application Vendor | Epicor Software Corp.: How Far From Being 'One-Stop' Shop? | SCT Comes Back With a Vengeance | Lawson Software Marches Over $300M Milestone | SAP Remains Solid While Transitioning | They Can Run, But You Can’t Hide | How Has Made2Manage Systems Been Managing Itself? | Baan Defectors – Is This Only Tip of an Iceberg? | Is Fourth Shift Succeeding in Providing 'Complete Customer Care'? | SAP - A Leader Under Reconstruction | How Detrimental Can a 2nd-In-Charge’s Departure Be? | Can Geac Reshuffle the ERP Standings? | ERP Getting a New Breath of Fresh Air in Europe | Has Market Been Too Harsh On Great Plains? | J.D. Edwards Chooses Freedom to Choose EAI | Siebel Has Done It Again – This Time with Navision | American Software - A Tacit Avant-Garde? | Ross Systems, Inc.: In Process of Renaissance | How Has MAPICS Been Extending? | PeopleSoft Manufacturing - This Time For Sure?! | i2 Technologies’ Latest Offering: J. D. Edwards OneWorld™ | SAP to Become Leaner, Meaner and More Organized | J. D. Edwards FOCUSes on Active Supply Chain | Infinium Software, Inc.: Having All the Right Cards? | Access Commerce Spices Up North American CRM Fray | No More Mr. Nice Guy With J.D. Edwards | Enterprise Resource Planning Systems Audio Conference | IFS Far Cry From Running Out of Breath | ROI Systems, Inc.: Will Slow and Steady Remain in the Race? | Baan Yet Another ERP Vendor to Find a Sanctuary Under Invensys’ Wing | MAPICS Red Ink Stained While Extending Its Offering | Intentia’s Growing Pains | Ross Systems’ Renaissance Yet to Happen | Epicor Continues To Bleed | Symix Systems’ Slips Into Red During Its E-Commerce Transition | Will Solomon Finally Satisfy Great Plains’ Insatiable Appetite? | Baan Sinks Deeper into Red Quicksand | Lawson Software’s CRM and ASP Moves – Wise, Bold, Injudicious, Enforced, or Something Else? | Is SAP Stumbling? Perhaps. | Yet Another ‘Big 5 ERP’ CEO Casualty | Navision Software a/s: Mid-market iNvasion | Essential ERP – Current Market Trends – Part II | Will That Wretched ERP Finally Die? Possibly, But Only the Acronym! | Yet Another ERP/CRM Partnership | Oracle Flying High on Q3 Report: Is Gold All That Glitters? | Navision Becoming More Visible | Geac Announces Q3 Results and Acquires CRM Vendor | ERP Demand Being Re-heated | ERP Vendors Venturing into PSA | Solomon Software: Breaking Away from Perception as “Best-of-Breed-Accounting” Vendor | JD Edwards’ Alliances: Is It Too Much of a Good Thing? | GLOVIA to be Resuscitated (Hopefully) | JD Edwards Reports Strong License Revenue Growth in Q1 2000, but… | Intentia Attempts to Become ‘Lean and Mean’ | Vendors Begin to Round Out Their CRM Suites | J.D. Edwards Names SynQuest Preferred Solution | Oracle Integrates Front and Back Office with Applications 11i | PeopleSoft's CEO Steps Down | SSA Seeks Support from Synquest | SAP sets up Apparel and Footwear team | Geac and JBA Join Forces to Form New ERP Giant | Computer Associates, Baan Japan and EXE Announce Strategic Alliance to Provide Total Supply Chain Management Solutions | Oracle to Enlist BPA Systems in its Mid-Market Quest | SAP Lowers Revenue Expectations | Symix Maintains Consistent Profitability Despite Y2K Market Conditions | Software Leasing Trend Slams Baan Earnings | Intentia Americas Gains Momentum with 10 New Deals Inked During Last Two Weeks | MAPICS Reports Solid Profitability Despite Dismal Fiscal 1999 4% Growth | Baan Releases New Supply Chain Products | French Government awards ERP contract to Peoplesoft | Business Software Firms Sued Over Implementation - Lawsuits Bring ERP Problems to Light | Geac Metamorphosises JBA Into Gear, but Cuts 20% of Staff | J.D. Edwards Incurs Further Losses In Third Quarter | Intentia and Dash Associates Team Up | Key Product Delays Take a Toll on Oracle Users | ERP Packages For Midsize Firms in the Works | QAD Reports Third-Quarter--Revenue Rises 56 Percent | Pronto ERP 'Coming to America' | System Software Associates Announces Fiscal Fourth Quarter Results - The Agony Continues | Boeing Expands Baan Licensing Deal | Oracle Reports Strong Profits | QAD Offers Improved E-Commerce Applications with Greater Flexibility and Customization Capabilities | Heads Roll at Consulting Giant in Wake of SEC Investigation | Is Baan Clinically Dead? | Manhattan Associates Partners with Intentia | PeopleSoft Completes Acquisition of Vantive; Vantive CRM Applications Integrate with PeopleSoft and Other ERP Systems | SAP, PeopleSoft Earnings Look Brighter; ERP Strikes Back | Great Plains on a Shopping Spree | Geac Upgrades Accounting And Human-Resources Apps -- SQL Release 6.0 Simplifies Purchasing And HR Services For Midsize Companies | MAPICS, Inc. to Acquire Pivotpoint, Expanding e-business Offerings for Mid-Sized Manufacturing Establishments | PeopleSoft Takes Aim at Foods Industry | ERP Vendors Moving to Aerospace and Defense Markets | PeopleSoft Recuperating Slowly, Hoping to Sink 1999 into Oblivion Quickly | Baan Posts $236 Million Loss and Sells Off Coda for Nearly $40M Less Than It Paid | Symix Expands Its Product Offering While Remaining Profitable | IFS Continues to Blossom | SAP Declares Victory Over Manugistics, Takes Aim at i2 | Food Producer Files $20m Lawsuit Against Oracle | Oracle Loses Again | PeopleSoft Programs Cause Headaches at Number of Universities | Hummingbird Announces Extraction and Portal Strategy for ERP | SAP Posts Solid Q499, but Warns of Q100 | Analysis of Lawson Delivering New Retail Analytic Capabilities | ERP Vendor Lawson Software Extends to IBM's DB2 Universal Database | J.D. Edwards Teams with FRx Software to Improve Reporting Solutions | SAP and HP on the Web Together | Analysis of SAS Institute and IBM Intelligence Alliance | E-Commerce Lesson: Success Gets a Yawn, Failure Takes a Beating | SAP's New Level of e-Commerce: mySAP.com | BAAN Announces "Open World": Business-To-Business Collaboration Over The Internet | Lawson Plays Well With Others | The "S" in SAP Doesn't Stand for Security (that goes for PeopleSoft too) | Oracle Co. - Internet Paradigm Boosts Applications Growth | J.D. Edwards and Numetrix Ponder the Future as One | Symix Sytems: Shifting SME's Focus to Their Customers | MAPICS: Will Customer Satisfaction be Enough? | Intentia: Java Evolution From AS/400 | SSA: Evolving into systems integrator to survive | JBA: Will it remain "@ctive Enterprise"? | Marcam Solutions: Shifting its Focus to MES | Industrial & Financial Systems, IFS AB: Thriving on Product Flexibility and Incremental Deployability | Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP) Market - Dismal 1999, the New Millennium to bring Relief (for Some) | Lawson Software: Self-Evidently Thriving on Innovations | QAD Inc.: The Art of Vertical Focus | Great Plains: Strong Channel and Microsoft focus for Dynamic(s) Growth | SAP's Dr. Peter Barth on Client/Server and Database Issues with SAP R/3 | Baan E-Commerce: a Wing, a Prayer & a Single Platform | J.D. Edwards - Creating OneWorld of Mid-sized ERP Users | Q: Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Billionaire? A: Baan -- Foster Care for Its Orphans Needed As Well | Geac Computer Corporation: Mastering Growth by Acquisitions |