Supply Chain Decisions - Make Sure You Understand the Dollars and ...

by Jim Brown ... By modeling the cost and operational elements of the entire supply chain, the company was able to analyze the impact that the decisions would have, either ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Scm/2003/07/research_notes/MI_SC_XJB_07_21_03_1.asp - 11k Summary: Companies make decisions about their supply chains every day. But do they really understand the impact of their decisions on the P&L, Balance Sheet, and key operational metrics? Do they have the tools to available to consider a broad set of possible options and their inherent trade-offs?

Retail Market Dynamics for Software Vendors Part Two: Progress

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... enterprise is required to rapidly collect, organize, distribute, analyze, and optimize ... tools for planning inventory and in-store space decisions throughout the ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2004/09/research_notes/TU_ER_PJ_09_14_04_1.asp - 25k Summary: ERP vendors are making their way into the retail market by bundling, acquiring point solutions or partnering strategically to embed retail-specific functions within their suites. Like in all other enterprise applications markets, eventually, albeit not any time soon, the retail market too will come to a

TEC: Point of Sale Systems (POS) Evaluation Center

... experiences. Reduce markdowns by improving buying decisions with the ability to analyze sales history and trends. Replenish stock ... http://retail.technologyevaluation.com/point-of-sale/index.asp - 49k - 2007-12-03

Business Performance Management Basics: An Overview of Business ...

by Lyndsay Wise ... Although KPIs can help drive business decisions, they are only beneficial if they are ... can then drill down on the data to access and analyze operational data in ... http:/.../ResearchHighlights/BusinessIntelligence/2007/12/research_notes/TU_BI_LW_12_21_07_1.asp - 17k Summary: Business performance management (BPM) includes setting key performance indicators, using data mining to discover data patterns and using software to help drive business decisions and develop corporate strategy. For an organization, there are many benefits to implementing a BPM solution.

Business Performance Management Basics: An Overview of Business ...

by Lyndsay Wise ... Although KPIs can help drive business decisions, they are only beneficial if they are set ... can then drill down on the data to access and analyze operational data ... http:/.../ResearchHighlights/BusinessIntelligence/2006/04/research_notes/TU_BI_LW_04_12_06_1.asp - 19k Summary: Business performance management (BPM) includes setting key performance indicators, using data mining to discover data patterns, and using software to help drive business decisions and develop corporate strategy. For an organization, there are many benefits to implementing a BPM solution.

The Retail Battleground for Pricing Management

by Olin Thompson and P.J. Jakovljevic ... pricing and profit optimization are analytic applications that analyze demand patterns ... In the past, such decisions were made by experienced retail buyers, who ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2006/05/news_analysis/NA_ER_XOT_05_04_06_1.asp - 16k Summary: The imperative to respond to constantly-evolving customer requirements more efficiently is driving retailers to look at applications giants to provide standardized software that provides flexible, integrated demand intelligence.

Bridging the Reality Gap Between Planning and Execution Part One ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... to move beyond simple applications for balancing supply and demand to technologies that let them quickly analyze the impact of various decisions to improve ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Scm/2004/06/research_notes/TU_SC_PJ_06_16_04_1.asp - 17k Summary: At sites where both planning and execution modules are stand-alone implementations, neither deliver enough benefit because there are almost always manual connections and processes between these two crucial supply chain management (SCM) areas. Yet, planning and execution in the supply chain are slowly but

TEC: Retail Systems Evaluation Center

... loyalty by providing personalized shopping experiences; Reduce markdowns by improving buying decisions with the ability to analyze sales history and trends; ... http://retail.technologyevaluation.com/index.asp - 49k - 2007-12-03

Plant-level Systems: Facing and Dealing with Obstacles

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... and groups will use their own, narrow views of data to make decisions that affect ... Part Three will analyze the market impact and make user recommendations. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2005/11/research_notes/TU_ER_PJ_11_22_05_1.asp - 13k Summary: Production supervisors and plant managers are constantly fighting problems within a plant because they lack visibility in the supply chain and do not have an automated exception-based management system. However, a value-adding processing layer can create transparency and link information to unify company

BI Market Consolidation Compared to ERP Market Consolidation

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... Also, decisions are nowadays increasingly made at ever lower levels in ... reduce costs, detect patterns, optimize the supply chain, analyze project/product ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/DataWarehousing/2003/08/research_notes/TN_DW_PJ_08_09_03_1.asp - 23k Summary: The BI market is ripe for consolidation, but not necessarily for the reason of capturing the scarce remaining market share like in the ERP case, but more likely for the reasons of garnering the most complete CPM portfolio.