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Unifying Global Trade Management: Challenges and User Recommendations (3 Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic
Jun 20, 2005 Abstract : GTM software should be able to gather information and feed it back into the parent company, creating visibility into what remote divisions are doing and how they are doing it. Software providers must strike the right balance between global consistency and special local needs.
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Feds Warms Up to ERP Spending, but Will Contractors and Their ERP Vendors Comply? Part One: Event Summary and Market Impact (3 Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic
Sep 21, 2004 Abstract : There has been noise in the US public sector about a strong federal (Feds) interest in ERP applications. This, coupled with the Feds customary huge purchasing appetite for goods and services ranging from consulting to purchasing military devices and components, building, many businesses that have previously competed only in the commercial sector are tempted to feed the Feds. However, the Feds' peculiar and idiosyncratic regulatory requirements provide high barriers to entry, and novice companies that are not already offering the functionality for the sector will likely not be able to tap the recent surge in Defense and other federal markets.
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EAM versus CMMS: What's Right for Your Company? Part Four: IFS and Intentia Responses (3 Pages)
by Joe Strub and P.J. Jakovljevic
Mar 18, 2004 Abstract : The primary benefit of enterprise asset management (EAM) is the reliability-centered maintenance. Let’s face it: any process that can help you improve what you are doing now and enables you to do it better in the future is the best thing since 'sliced bread'. Providing data to feed back into a process can only increase operational revenues and decrease maintenance expenses. Nonetheless, beware of EAM vendors explaining the ease with which these interfaces can be constructed and modified in the future based on new software releases.
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Extricity Makes a Move into IBM’s Sphere of B2B Influence (3 Pages)
by M. Reed
Jan 23, 2001 Abstract : B2B/EAI software vendor Extricity announced that International Business Machines is shipping the Extricity B2B platform as part of IBM’s WebSphere BtoBi Partner Agreement Manager. An OEM alliance with IBM is bound to provide Extricity with additional credence and leverage in the ever-expanding B2B/EAI market.
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Differences in Complexity between B2C and B2B E-commerce (3 Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic
Nov 6, 2004 Abstract : Business-to-business (B2B) selling has proven to be more intricate than business-to-consumer (B2C) selling, as B2B involves dealing with longer-term contracts and complex products with specific requirements that are not needed in the consumer world.
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Differences in Complexity between B2C and B2B E-commerce (3 Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic
Mar 4, 2004 Abstract : Business-to-business (B2B) selling has proven to be more intricate than business-to-consumer (B2C) selling, as B2B involves dealing with longer-term contracts and complex products with specific requirements that are not needed in the consumer world.
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Glovia On B2B Reinventing Trail (4 Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic
Nov 13, 2001 Abstract : If Glovia successfully continues its reinvention as a B2B e-business transformation provider for manufacturers and service companies that want more than core ERP, the market may witness the positive reincarnation of Glovia.
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Talarian and NextSet Team for B2B Solutions (3 Pages)
by M. Reed
Dec 21, 2000 Abstract : NextSet Software has formed an alliance with EAI vendor Talarian Corporation to incorporate Talarian SmartSockets middleware technology into NextSet’s Evolution Business-to-Business platform and Internet exchange applications. This is yet another entry by an EAI vendor into the ever more crowded B2B market space.
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i2 Adds More Verticals To Ra-b2b-it Stew (3 Pages)
by Steve McVey
Mar 27, 2000 Abstract : As vertical B2B marketplaces multiply like rabbits, i2 Technologies is nurturing a warren of its own. The latest addition, FreightMatrix, may prove to be the most important introduction to date.
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