A Conversation with Ability: User-focused Manufacturing ERP Software
Technology Evaluation Centers Friday, August 03, 2012
Producing software that will essentially benefit the competition is not your everyday business decision. But that's exactly what Ability did with its Ability 585 ERP system. Download this podcast to listen to a revealing discussion with Ability's Mike Bostick and Don West. You'll find out what sets this manufacturing software apart from other systems, why its users are so pleased, and why—in Ability's words—"a rising tide floats all boats."
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Insights on Trends in Software Development
Technology Evaluation Centers Tuesday, May 15, 2012
This TEC podcast features an interview with Jean-Philippe Valois, Azur Group's business development manager, who shares his insights on trends in software development and explains how the company’s innovative, online technology rapidly builds models of custom applications for the cloud.
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Interview with Apprenda CEO Sinclair Schuller
Technology Evaluation Centers Thursday, April 28, 2011
Software vendor Apprenda started by helping organizations solve an important issue: moving on-premise applications to the cloud and converting them into software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications. With its product SaaSGrid, Apprenda can help organizations do this with less technical effort, by applying a middleware technology that enables them to avoid significant complications. Download this podcast to hear insight from Apprenda CEO Sinclair Schuller on the cloud and SaaS computing spaces.
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Interview with CEO of iPhone/iPad BI App Vendor MeLLmo
Technology Evaluation Centers Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Many business applications are going mobile. And BI is no exception. Many BI software vendors are launching new versions that support mobile features, while others are launching special BI applications specifically for mobile devices. This is the case with California-based MeLLmo, which offers the native iPhone/iPad RoamBI app—designed from the ground up as a mobile BI application. In this interview with MeLLmo CEO Santiago Becerra, he answers questions about RoamBI differentiators, the challenges of designing mobile BI, and the limitations of mobile BI.
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Optimizing Returns from ERP Implementation
Infor Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems can help manufacturers solve business problems and increase return on investment (ROI), but their implementation should not be taken lightly. In this interview, experts from SAP, Infor, and Microsoft discuss factors affecting ROI from an ERP system. The panel offer viewpoints on the feasibility of measuring ROI, importance of ownership of ERP implementation, anticipated and real benefits, and benchmarks and drivers affecting quick time to value of an ERP solution.
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Why Software Selection Projects Fail
Technology Evaluation Centers Thursday, December 16, 2010
Why do so many software projects fail? Lorne Goloff, TEC's VP of selection services, talks about the common mistakes organizations make when selecting enterprise software and how best to avoid them.
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Achieving Successful Software Selection
Technology Evaluation Centers Thursday, December 16, 2010
What drives success in software selection projects? Lorne Goloff, TEC's VP of selection services, talks about the success factors of enterprise software selection and how to ensure your organization selects the software that's right for you.
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From Local to Hosted: The Story of One Company’s Migration to On-demand ERP
Technology Evaluation Centers Thursday, December 13, 2007
Here’s the inside story on how an international manufacturer using a traditional, local enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution shifted gears to end up with an on-demand, remotely hosted ERP system. It wasn’t the change the company originally intended, but the benefits proved too overwhelming to resist.
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Social Networks: How They're Turning CRM Upside Down
Technology Evaluation Centers Monday, October 22, 2007
Social networking has collided with customer relationship management, and it s turning the relationship between businesses and their customers upside down. Today, businesses are using social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace or, as is the case with Procter & Gamble, developing their own social networks, to …
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Case Study: Small Retail Chain Gears Up for Rapid Growth
Technology Evaluation Centers Monday, October 15, 2007
Elephant Pharm, a start-up retail chain in the natural health and wellness retail market, needed a software solution to help the company compete with the bigger players in the industry, and to achieve sustainable growth. The retailer found the right software with Aldata Solution.
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Boosting the Bottom Line with Master Data Management
Technology Evaluation Centers Tuesday, October 02, 2007
You may not have heard of master data management (MDM), but it can help an organization cut costs while strengthening its sales and marketing efforts. Find out how MDM can help boost your company’s bottom line in this latest podcast.
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Applying the Power of Social Networks to Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
Technology Evaluation Centers Monday, September 17, 2007
Customer relationship management (CRM) is rapidly morphing from a customer management model to one of customer engagement. Social networks, podcasts, blogs, and wikis are enabling customers to become advocates, and not simply the targets they were in the traditional CRM process. The same techniques are also being used within the CRM industry itself to create a content-rich, social media environment for CRM professionals. Find out what these sweeping changes mean to businesses and CRM professionals alike, as TEC research director Wayne Thompson sits down with Paul Greenberg and Bruce Culbert of BPT Partners, a leading CRM consulting firm.
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A Project Manager's Guide to Business Performance Management
Technology Evaluation Centers Tuesday, September 04, 2007
As business performance management (BPM) has expanded into virtually all areas of business, project managers have been broadening their soft management skills. Learn what project managers can borrow from BPM to streamline service delivery, optimize operations, and improve customer satisfaction.
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Optimizing the Supply Chain and Increasing Customer Satisfaction
Technology Evaluation Centers Tuesday, August 07, 2007
Manufacturers must constantly address how to increase customer satisfaction, identify supply chain issues before they become problems, and lower production costs. In this podcast, Lyndsay Wise and Robert Abate discuss the benefits business intelligence provides to help address these topics.
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Why Manufacturers Need to Finally Get on Track with Business Intelligence (BI)
Technology Evaluation Centers Monday, July 09, 2007
More manufacturers would implement a business intelligence (BI) solution if they understood the true value BI brings to the organization. In this podcast, TEC analyst Lyndsay Wise sits down with Robert Abate, RCG IT’s principal consultant, to discuss why manufacturers should turn to BI to boost efficiencies and return on investment (ROI), and how to optimize a BI implementation.
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A Guide to ERP for Service Organizations
Technology Evaluation Centers Friday, June 08, 2007
Enterprise resource planning (ERP) is enabling service organizations to streamline service delivery, optimize operations, and improve customer satisfaction. In this podcast, TEC analyst Neil Stolovitsky sits down with Oracle’s Ted Kempf for his take on the unique implementation requirements of ERP systems for professional service organizations, as well as the role technology plays in running a successful service business.
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