The Importance of Plant-level Systems
by P.J. Jakovljevic
The information technology (IT) environment in manufacturing is facing a dramatic change. Traditional systems must evolve to support near real time, collaborative business models. This is especially prudent at the… Read the Article…
Project Management Office: Framework Strategy
by Grant Jonasson
IT initiatives driven within silos, where each department maintain its own project management office, inhibits the overall cohesiveness and effectiveness of corporate strategy. This document outlines best practices to… Read the Article…
What Do Users Want and Need?
by P.J. Jakovljevic
At the basic level, users want a more intuitive way to "look inside the business", and they want applications to bring them closer to their operations, such as alerts that can help them handle exceptions or better yet,… Read the Article…
Is 'Sage' Wiser And Better Than 'Best'?
by P.J. Jakovljevic
The two small-to-medium enterprise (SME) market segment leaders seem to have somewhat different strategies going forward (despite inevitable watching over each other's shoulder), and time will tell who will ultimately… Read the Article…
Why Are CRM and Analytics Intrinsically Connected?
by P.J. Jakovljevic
The new metrics of customer profitability, lifetime value, and wallet share are needed to supplement the traditional metrics of market share and penetration. Typical functional components of marketing automation include… Read the Article…
SAS: Striving to Sustain Leadership
by P.J. Jakovljevic
SAS Institute has been successful, moving beyond a business intelligence. Lately, it has lately focused on sustaining its technology leadership, expanding in some vertical markets, and becoming more attentive to the… Read the Article…
Competitive Challenges for Vanguard
by P.J. Jakovljevic
Vanguard's challenge is to continue to be nimble and responsive to the needs of its target market and original equipment manufacturer (OEM) partners. Read the Article…
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