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Asset Data for Accurate Lifecycle Management
Daryl Mather 8/24/2006 12:00:00 AM
Among the areas where modern enterprise asset management (EAM) systems provide substantial benefits is the driving out of inefficiencies in business processes. This is why the development of effective maintenance policies is generally the foremost consideration for modern asset managers.
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Captured by Data
Daryl Mather 8/23/2006 12:00:00 AM
The benefits case for enterprise asset management (EAM) has been used to justify huge sums in EAM investment. But to understand this reasoning, it is necessary to explore how asset data can be used to further the aims of maintenance.
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Drop-Shipping—Internet Retailers' "Little Helper"?
P.J. Jakovljevic 8/21/2006 12:00:00 AM
Relying on drop-shipping (sometimes called "virtual inventory") is neither as easy nor as profitable as it may appear to be. Nothing has hurt the adoption of multichannel shopping more than orders which are delayed—or even cancelled—because of stock-outs.
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Enterprises May Be Overlooking Profits from After-sales Service
Ashfaque Ahmed 8/15/2006 12:00:00 AM
If service parts and service personnel management are well managed, manufacturers can significantly improve their profits from service operations. This will lead in turn to significant overall profit margins.
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The Challenge of Fulfillment
P.J. Jakovljevic 8/14/2006 12:00:00 AM
Integrated multichannel retailing will inevitably become the norm. For retailers, the key to multichannel success lies in understanding the factors that drive revenues and the ability to fulfill Web orders. Other challenges center around electronic integration, visibility, and exception management.
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Nimble Enterprise Applications Vendor Faces Stiff Challenges in A Competitive Environment
P.J. Jakovljevic 8/11/2006 12:00:00 AM
Despite intensifying competition in the enterprise applications market, IFS likes its chances. IFS has released the seventh generation of its component-based applications, while competitors are still on their first, or second at best. Nevertheless, IFS has a tough road ahead.
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Resilient Enterprise Solutions Vendor Displays Sociability and Pragmatic Product Development
P.J. Jakovljevic 8/10/2006 12:00:00 AM
During its stabilization phase IFS product development has brought about pragmatic developments, including its latest release, IFS Applications 7. The vendor has also been surging forward by harnessing new partnerships, including turning high-profile customers into developers and subsequent resellers
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Enterprise Applications Vendor Reverses Fortunes - But Will Perseverance and Agility Be Enough?
P.J. Jakovljevic 8/9/2006 12:00:00 AM
With seven consecutive profitable quarters, a feat unprecedented in the company's recent past, IFS enters a new phase of sustained profitable growth, along with its new chief executive officer. However, there are some challenges that just will not go away.
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Challenges and User Recommendations for a Global Trading Solutions Provider on a Roll
P.J. Jakovljevic 8/4/2006 12:00:00 AM
The market is competitive, rapidly evolving, and highly fragmented, and one should only expect the intensity of competition to increase in the future. For the present, the biggest challenge remains a lack of awareness of the need for TradeStone's applications.
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The Future for an E-sourcing Solutions Builder
P.J. Jakovljevic 8/3/2006 12:00:00 AM
TradeStone will introduce several planning capabilities that bind existing sourcing and order execution functionality, and featuring significant enhancements to the Finance and Logistics modules, with the idea of fostering rapid adoption and deployment across expanding supply chains.
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