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Microsoft Dynamics AX 4.0 for Distribution Environments
Dr. Scott Hamilton 4/16/2007 12:00:00 AM
This is a reprint of the summary chapter from the book Managing Your Supply Chain Using Microsoft Dynamics AX by Dr. Scott Hamilton. In this first part, design factors related to system usage in distribution enterprises are covered.
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ERP Showdown—Round 2! Exact Macola ES vs. Infor SyteLine vs. QAD MFG/PRO
Dylan Persaud 4/11/2007 12:00:00 AM
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 SyteLine vs. QAD MFG/PRO.
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Alternative Software Support and Maintenance Options
P.J. Jakovljevic 4/11/2007 12:00:00 AM
Smart companies are investigating all possible software support and maintenance (S&M) options. Alternative software S&M is not for all businesses, but it seems a logical option for technologically conservative (and savvy) companies that do not need all the available upgrades.
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The Evolution of Enterprise Resource Planning Includes Service Industries
Neil Stolovitsky 4/9/2007 12:00:00 AM
Enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendors have extended their functionality to service vertical markets in the service industry. As a result, ERP for services has emerged as a viable software category competing with the best-of-breed vendors serving professional services sector industries.
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What Are the Support and Maintenance Options?
P.J. Jakovljevic 4/4/2007 12:00:00 AM
Enterprise software licensees do have a choice when it comes to software support and maintenance (S&M) providers, with several, less expensive options existing for any company that is considering discontinuing S&M for an application product.
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What Is the Value Proposition of Support and Maintenance?
P.J. Jakovljevic 4/2/2007 12:00:00 AM
Mature systems in any enterprise require an approach different from newer implementations to software support—one that focuses on customization, interoperability, and performance support. Yet despite this fact, most vendors continue to offer the same one-size-fits-all models of support.
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Support and Maintenance: No Longer the Software Industry's "Best Kept Secret"?
P.J. Jakovljevic 3/30/2007 12:00:00 AM
Support and maintenance (S&M) contracts mean very different things to vendors and to users. With user enterprises' growing awareness of how these S&M agreements affect their bottom lines, vendors need to reassess their pricing and value proposition strategies.
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Will User Enterprises Ever Get onto an Easy (Support and Maintenance) Street?
P.J. Jakovljevic 3/27/2007 12:00:00 AM
Vendors' traditional pricing strategies aren't going to work much longer. Sooner or later, prices will be determined by what the market is ready to bear rather than be based on what vendors think is a profitable way to deliver solutions.
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The Post-implementation Agility of Enterprise Systems: An Analysis
Olin Thompson,P.J. Jakovljevic 3/26/2007 12:00:00 AM
Very few companies really run standard software applications as "standard" products, since every business changes constantly. In fact, these companies have found that the agility they wish to attain is in direct conflict with the rigidity of their enterprise systems.
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Flexible Customer Data Integration Solution Adapts to Your Business Needs
Lyndsay Wise 3/23/2007 12:00:00 AM
Siperian's master data management and customer data integration (CDI) solutions allow organizations to consolidate, manage, and customize customer-related data. The type of CDI hub implemented depends on the CDI environment's maturity, requirements, and alignment with an organization's internal processes.
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