Service Supply Chain Strategies to Increase Corporate ...

by Morris Cohen ... Increasing corporate realization of the value of service has focused attention on an ... proposing here is a way to formally introduce the concepts of flexibility ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Scm/2004/06/research_notes/RN_SC_XMC_06_22_04_1.asp - 29k - 2004-06-22 Summary: This article describes the unique challenges of the service supply chain, provides a framework for understanding the service management decision hierarchy, and highlights the dramatic value proposition available to companies that deploy advanced service strategies and decision-support tools to address th

What's Really Driving Business Intelligence?

by Christopher Kenton ... If you're not familiar with concepts like the balanced scorecard, it's a good ... Maps, gives a decent overview of the process of reducing corporate strategy to ... http:/.../ResearchHighlights/BusinessIntelligence/2005/03/research_notes/TU_BI_XCK_03_11_05_1.asp - 17k - 2005-03-11 Summary: Typical explanations given for increased spending in business intelligence include, meeting government regulations, managing information overload, tracking corporate goals, and improving competitive response. However, a deeper drive for BI stems from the need to quantify the intangibles that underlie the

CMMS Templates for Effective Implementations

by Daryl Mather ... The contribution of maintenance management and reliability concepts cannot be ... Through increased reliability of corporate assets them closer to their design ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ExecutiveView/2003/03/research_notes/MI_EV_XDM_03_31_03_1.asp - 18k - 2003-03-31 Summary: Despite all of these great advances in our work environments the great majority of plants and industrial organizations continue to operate in a reactive state of maintenance. Why is this so? Today the functionalities of CMMS, or the technology to manage maintenance, have outstripped our abilities to do s

Thanks to a Smart Little Company called Lexias, CIOs Can Now ...

by L. Taylor ... needs small trinkets of security holes to invade the corporate immune system. ... users need to understand the fundamentals of challenge-response concepts in order ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Security/2002/02/research_notes/MI_ST_XLT_02_16_02_1.asp - 13k - 2002-02-16 Summary: Despite advances in security technologies, securing confidential and proprietary information has become more challenging than ever. In an attempt to keep pace with the on-slaught of security woes, new technologies are often unleashed and implemented before due diligence and real understanding of these t

SSA Global--The Right Product Strategy

by Olin Thompson ... Examples include Corporate Performance Management (CPM) and a new workflow ... modules (accounts payable), and intellectual property (the concepts, algorithms, etc ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2004/11/research_notes/VN_ER_XOT_11_05_04_1.asp - 17k - 2004-11-05 Summary: SSA Global's Client Forum has reinforced our impression that the vendor's product strategy is an effective strategy that addresses the realities of today's market. However, the execution is not without challenges. Although we found confusion on the part of a few, customers appeared supportive of the SSA

The Importance of Plant-level Systems

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... important enabler for Six Sigma, a set of concepts and practices ... or supply chain performance, which formally connects overall corporate objectives, strategies ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2005/11/research_notes/TU_ER_PJ_11_21_05_1.asp - 14k - 2005-11-21 Summary: 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 plant-level.

Single Version of the Truth

by Carla Reed ... Process. Once the corporate mindset has embraced some of the concepts of inter-enterprise collaboration, it is useful to review all inter-related processes. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/SCM/2005/12/research_notes/TU_SC_XCR_12_23_05_1.asp - 28k - 2005-12-23 Summary: Today's enterprise is no longer a single, vertically integrated organization. Globalization, outsourcing, and off-shoring have created an environment where end-to-end supply chains include many players, with a shared need for accurate and timely information.

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

by Lyndsay Wise ... increased data demands, and are attempting to become proactive in their corporate planning. The realization that BI and data warehousing concepts can be ... http:/.../ResearchHighlights/BusinessIntelligence/2006/04/research_notes/TU_BI_LW_04_12_06_1.asp - 20k - 2006-04-12 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.

Joining the Sarbanes-Oxley Bandwagon; Meeting the Needs of Small ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... of new locations, corporate responsibility programs, HR processes, and so on. In July 2005, CODA announced that it had also acquired Simple Concepts AB, a ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2005/11/research_notes/EN_ER_PJ_11_15_05_1.asp - 29k - 2005-11-15 Summary: To meet tough government compliance, more vendors are offering compliance solutions. CODA's collaborative task modeling tool takes an enterprise's best practices model, audits business processes, automates data collection, and creates a secure collaborative space to offer checks and balances to simplify

CRM is Busting Out Of Its Britches: Operational, Analytical, and ...

by Randy Garland ... Reengineering) concepts into Front Office applications. They were set to break down departmental barriers, focus on the customer, and enable corporate workers ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Crm/2001/08/research_notes/TN_CR_RGG_08_27_01_1.asp - 17k - 2001-08-27 Summary: Back in the early 90 s, CRM wasn t even a trendy acronym. You had a few players thinking beyond 'stovepipe' enterprise applications, but not much beyond. Fast forward to 2001. CRM has gotten fat, and the fatter it gets, it becomes more difficult to understand, more expensive to buy, more dif