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Is Ventyx a true "total solution provider" for energy and utility companies? TEC principal analyst P.J. Jakovljevic discusses Ventyx's strategy with its product marketing team. In 2012, there is still no such thing as a true “total solution provider” for energy and utility companies. These companies j (...)
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Ventyx—Utilities’ One-Stop-Shop Provider? PJ Jakovljevic - February 2, 2012. Comments: 0.
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2012-02-02
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Forecasting is changing from a top-down process to a bottom-up one. High-level targets may be useful starting points, but they must be combined with input from line management and department heads before being rolled up into enterprise-wide financial goals. Some companies find it effective to “embed” (...)
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... starting points, but they must be combined with input from line management and department heads before being rolled up into enterprise-wide financial goals. ...
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2012-01-30
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Sales and operations planning (S&OP) is the key integrated process that the supply chain organization can leverage to achieve visibility and transformation across the entire organization and throughout the value chain. This white paper explores the current business challenges face by companies, the prior (...)
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Executive Sales and Operations Planning Maturity Levels and Key Solution Criterion. Source: SAP. Document Type: White Paper Description ...
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2012-01-25
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What do Einstein’s theory of relativity and quantum theory have to do with SYSPRO? TEC principal analyst P.J. Jakovljevic explains, as he discusses how SYSPRO has applied these famous physics theories to produce a ‘simply smarter’ ERP system and comprehensive ERP framework for effective material, c (...)
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What do Einstein’s theory of relativity and quantum theory have to do with SYSPRO? TEC principal analyst PJ Jakovljevic explains, as he discusse...
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2012-01-23
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... perspective consists of traditional financial data measurements ... organizations to adopt customized practices—not only ... continues to be the best metodology to ...
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2012-01-20
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Why are some companies still managing their prices with spreadsheets—and leaving their single most important profit lever to such inadequate if not harmful practices? TEC principal analyst P.J. Jakovljevic finds out and sits down with two vendor execs to see how B2B pricing software allows companies to (...)
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Why are some companies still managing their prices with spreadsheets—and leaving their single most important profit lever to such inadequate if no...
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2012-01-16
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TEC principal analyst P.J. Jakovljevic interviews the SAP Retail Industry team to shed some light on SAP’s strategy with regard to the retail industry. Can SAP, a market and technology leader in business management software, translate its success in the manufacturing industry to retail? TEC principal an (...)
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TEC principal analyst PJ Jakovljevic interviews the SAP Retail Industry team to shed some light on SAP’s strategy with regard to the retail indus...
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2012-01-05
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... dry, but no business can survive without properly managing its financial means. ... as “smart” because Ariba is able to learn from the best practices shared by ...
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2011-12-14
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... play a major role as a global HCM, payroll, and/or financial management software ... might prefer the hard-coded and rigid nature (best practices boilerplates) of ...
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2011-12-08
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ABAS Business Software has built a name for itself as a mid-market enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendor to contend with. In his latest article, TEC principal analyst P.J. Jakovljevic reviews the company’s major ERP offering, describes how the mid-market ERP vendor the differentiated itself from th (...)
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ABAS Business Software has built a name for itself as a mid-market enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendor to contend with. In his latest articl...
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2011-12-07
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... Best Practices for Achieving Insight into the Supply Chain. ... point of your supply chain by facilitating the logistic, compliance, and financial aspects of ...
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2011-12-02
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... courses of action across a number of operational and financial metrics to ... in your experiences with these software tools and your best practices in this ...
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2011-11-29
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... time, as in May 2011 the company’s financial backers brought ... Based on early adopters’ experiences, standardized products and best practices will simplify ...
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2011-11-22
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... time, since in May 2011 the company’s financial backers brought ... its rampant growth in favor of delivering best industry practices and frameworks to ...
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2011-11-08
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Discover how basic accounting principles apply to human capital management and how investing in people is smarter for your company's bottom line than cutting costs. Many companies are still not fully realizing the ROI on their human capital. While people are often spoken of as assets, they are generally t (...)
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Discover how basic accounting principles apply to human capital management and how investing in people is smarter for your company's bottom line th...
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2011-11-03
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... safety stocks — and good luck with the chief financial officer (CFO) who ... present some notable solutions, and conclude with some best practices and processes. ...
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2011-11-01
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TEC principal analyst P.J. Jakovljevic profiles Progress Software Corporation. According to TEC principal analyst P.J. Jakovljevic, some solid, growing, and profitable software companies never get the respect they deserve. Progress Software is one such company. Its OpenEdge platform is now fully enabled f (...)
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TEC principal analyst PJ Jakovljevic profiles Progress Software Corporation. According to TEC principal analyst PJ Jakovljevic, some solid, gro...
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2011-10-20
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Computer storage holds the lifeblood of today's economy. From movies, music, books, and classroom materials, to corporate, personal, and financial data of all sorts, everything is being stored digitally. For this reason, the information and the knowledge derived from today's Internet-reliant world have b (...)
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... From movies, music, books, and classroom materials, to corporate, personal, and financial data of all sorts, everything is being stored digitally. ...
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2011-10-19
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TEC research analyst Jorge Garcia explains why for a data governance initiative to be successful, it must be understood as a key business driver, not merely a technological enhancement. Many companies are finally treating their data with all the necessary data quality processes, but they also need to alig (...)
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TEC research analyst Jorge Garcia explains why for a data governance initiative to be successful, it must be understood as a key business driver, n...
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2011-10-14
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TEC Principal Analyst P.J. Jakovljevic is encouraged by the growing awareness and adoption of pricing technologies among B2B enterprises. Conventional wisdom would suggest that pricing, as a key component of a business’s financial performance, is a critically important discipline within any enterprise, (...)
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TEC Principal Analyst PJ Jakovljevic is encouraged by the growing awareness and adoption of pricing technologies among B2B enterprises. Conventio...
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2011-10-13