When Small Business Packages Have Enterprise Appeal

by Charles Chewning Jr. ... NetSuite also enables users to create specific groups which can then be targeted for ... other types of searches can be saved and added to a dashboard for viewing. ... http:/.../ResearchHighlights/TechnologySelections/2005/05/research_notes/VN_TS_XCC_05_27_05_1.asp - 26k Summary: As an APS-based business management system, NetSuite can effectively serve the needs of small medium businesses. Its integrated application uses three distinct building blocks: customer relationship management, back-office ERP and accounting, and a robust set of e-commerce applications.

Software for Real People Part Two: Competition and User ...

by David March ... Mindjet's CRM solution enables sales professionals to dynamically create a visual dashboard for any given sales opportunity or account using information saved ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ExecutiveView/2005/02/research_notes/VN_EV_XDM_02_01_05_1.asp - 16k Summary: The root of creativity rests in the people, the management, and the culture of the organization. A better tool will not help an organization that is resistant to change and stifles creativity. It is important to remember that while management can solve a technical problem. Technology will never solve a m

A Simplified Approach to Powerful, Flexible Data Visualization

by Lyndsay Wise ... to integrate various best-of-breed offerings to create customized business ... company, provides organizations with a simplified approach to dashboard design, and ... http:/.../ResearchHighlights/BusinessIntelligence/2007/03/research_notes/PN_BI_ER_LW_03_16_07_1.asp - 14k Summary: Corda's CenterView™ enterprise performance dashboards allow users and software partners to use Corda's dashboards to create the presentation layer of analytics, and to help organizations present and achieve their business goals across the organization.

The Compelling Capabilities of One Compensation Management ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... document workflow with automated plan approval and enhanced executive analytics and dashboard. ... UI (with the ability to suppress fields and create custom field ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/CRM/2007/05/news_analysis/NA_CR_PJ_04_09_07_1.asp - 21k Summary: Despite its product's notable functional scope, Centive is committed to being the leader in on demand sales compensation management. The vendor believes it now has sufficient resources to fund research and development, as well as business initiatives.

Contemporary Business Intelligence and Its Main Components

by TEC Analysts ... integration tools to ensure that data quality and cleansing activities create an accurate ... Decision makers may want to use a dashboard to get an overall view of ... http:/.../ResearchHighlights/BusinessIntelligence/2007/11/research_notes/TU_BI_TA_11_19_07_1.asp - 21k Summary: Business intelligence (BI) represents the tools and systems that play a key role in the strategic planning process by allowing a company to manipulate corporate data for decision-making. But what exactly are the primary components of BI?

Niche Software at Its Best

by Charles Chewning Jr. ... Vision Dashboard contains as many dash parts (graphs and other data) as the ... Like many other CRM systems, Vision allows users to create additional tables and ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2005/09/research_notes/PN_ER_XCC_09_27_05_1.asp - 26k Summary: Deltek Vision and other Deltek enterprise solutions, have been major players with project management-oriented organizations for the past twenty years. Vision a leading product in the professional services automation market and has taken significant strides to maintain this market leading position.

Plant-level Systems: Facing and Dealing with Obstacles

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... Thus to compensate fairly, the enterprise needs a manufacturing intelligence dashboard to create a view of how its employees are doing. ... 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

Project-oriented Software: Many Choices, Many Differences

by Charles Chewning Jr. ... As additional dashboard components are added, the web page expands automatically ... Like many other CRM systems, Vision allows users to create additional tables ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2006/06/research_notes/VN_ER_XCC_06_06_06_1.asp - 25k Summary: Professional service organizations sell not just time, but knowledge. Thus, in addition to time and expense management, a business management software product must support a means for knowing how this knowledge is tracked, assigned, managed, and billed. But which product?

Five Steps to Business Intelligence Project Success

by Lyndsay Wise ... business problem; otherwise, implementing an ad hoc query tool, online analytical process (OLAP) cube, or dashboard will not create lasting benefits. ... http:/.../ResearchHighlights/BusinessIntelligence/2007/09/research_notes/TU_BI_XLW_09_03_07_1.asp - 14k Summary: Many business intelligence (BI) projects fall short of expectations. Unless organizations implement a methodology and benchmark other organizations' successes, BI implementations may fail to provide desired results. This article identifies five steps that organizations should take when implementing BI so

SAP NetWeaver Background, Direction, and User Recommendations

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... If the SAP Plant Manager Dashboard is to become the desktop access point for ... The giant's ability to create the aforementioned ecosystem remains chief among the ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2006/02/research_notes/EN_ER_PJ_02_02_06_1.asp - 27k Summary: SAP is using NetWeaver to reach to the shop floor by aggregating and presenting information to users, thus empowering them to improve manufacturing performance. It is also addressing concerns about the lack of standards for interoperability between various systems.