Diversity and Compliance Reporting

Off-loading Some Green Compliance Burdens: Can Enterprise ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... have to gain the capabilities they need to adapt their businesses to meet regulatory requirements—from product design to compliance reporting, and from ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ExecutiveView/2007/02/research_notes/TU_EV_PJ_02_05_07_1.asp - 17k Summary: The European Union's WEEE Directive requires electronics manufacturers of member states to manage and pay for electrical and electronics waste recycling. Yet some prospective business service providers are waiting for the legislation and market to mature before offering their solutions.

Off-loading Some Green Compliance Burdens: Can Enterprise ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... have to gain the capabilities they need to adapt their businesses to meet regulatory requirements—from product design to compliance reporting, and from ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ExecutiveView/2009/03/research_notes/TU_EV_PJ_03_20_09_1.asp - 17k Summary: The European Union’s WEEE Directive requires electronics manufacturers of member states to manage and pay for electrical and electronics waste recycling. Yet some prospective business service providers are waiting for the legislation and market to mature before offering their solutions.

Best Software To Hold Competition At Bay

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... One, a leading provider of compliance management training ... conduct sexual harassment and diversity courses remotely ... enhance its ad hoc reporting capabilities and ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Crm/2002/12/research_notes/EN_CR_PJ_12_18_02_1.asp - 16k Summary: Having garnered an astutely broad enterprise applications’ portfolio, Best Software recently unveiled its 'customer and/or partner for life' strategy to fend off any intruder to its US market stronghold, especially Microsoft Business Solutions.

Global Trade and the Role of Governance, Risk Management, and ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... Second, the reporting of hazardous materials must ... practice with respect to diversity and accountability ... industries address issues of compliance, the software ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2007/03/research_notes/EV_ER_PJ_03_07_07_1.asp - 31k Summary: The growing number of legal and regulatory requirements associated with global trading is one of many reasons enterprises are looking into global trade management applications, and into harnessing the up-and-coming, strategic software category of governance, risk management, and compliance.

Baan Seeking A New Foster Home -- A Déjà vu Or Not Quite? Part ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... partners and customers' input to ensure compliance with fiscal and statutory reporting. ... Given Baan existing install base's diversity, different strokes ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2003/05/research_notes/EN_ER_PJ_05_08_03_1.asp - 25k Summary: Baan's focus on discrete manufacturing has not been a close fit with Invensys' plant automation products that have been geared mostly to process industries. To that end, Invensys has had a nightmarish job of trying to rationalize Baan and its process ERP counterparts, Protean and PRISM, development - str

Zooming into the Clothing Retailer Conundrum

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... to produce “one version of the truth” for financial reporting and compliance with the ... retail PLM, as they are not built for the diversity of attributes ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/SCM/2007/08/research_notes/TU_SC_PJ_08_20_07_1.asp - 29k Summary: If retailers in the vertical market of fashion apparel do not constantly refresh their presentation and assortment for consumers, they run the risk of being overtaken by their competition, regardless of how competitively they source and deliver.

Web-based Solution Steps Out for Cohesive Retailer Sourcing

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... access to a greater choice and diversity of products ... Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Section 401 compliance is supported via a ... and sales, since the reporting tools compare ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/SCM/2006/08/research_notes/VN_SC_PJ_08_02_06_1.asp - 18k Summary: TradeStone recently announced the commercial availability of its Unified Buying Engine, a technology platform that should enable user companies to streamline all purchasing into a single view and business process.

Attaining Real Time, On-demand Information Data: Contemporary ...

by Olin Thompson & P.J. Jakovljevic ... accelerating BI analysis and reporting, to expedite ... reports, to incorporate regulatory compliance efforts. ... certain industries characterized by data diversity. ... http:/.../ResearchHighlights/BusinessIntelligence/2005/06/research_notes/TU_BI_XOT_06_29_05_1.asp - 29k Summary: Demand for instant access to dispersed information is being met by vendors offering enterprise business intelligence tools and suites. Portlet standardization, enterprise information integration, and corporate performance management are among the proposed solutions, but do they really deliver real time i

The Fashion and Apparel Retailers' Conundrum

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... to produce "one version of the truth" for financial reporting and compliance with the ... for retail PLM, as they are not built for the diversity of attributes ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/SCM/2006/06/research_notes/TU_SC_PJ_06_29_06_1.asp - 22k Summary: Retail remains a very tactile industry, focused on the hand, drape, and durability of fabrics and trim—besides which, designs are still being sketched on paper and pinned on size models or mannequins.

Acquisitions Fuel Vendor Growth in the Enterprise Applications ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... in modeling, vendor collaboration, compliance, and portfolio ... from increased product diversity, additional product ... the burden of quarterly reporting, has been ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2006/05/research_notes/EN_ER_PJ_05_01_06_1.asp - 41k Summary: Infor cites continued organic growth, license revenue from new customers, and install base cross-selling and up-selling as key growth drivers for the group. The acquisition of Formation Systems and Geac can only fuel Infor growth.