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What has ToolsGroup, the expert in demand-driven SCP, been doing to address demand and supply variability? Read P.J. Jakovljevic’s article and see how ToolsGroup has developed sophisticated software that analyzes demand history across multiple dimensions, enabling companies to obtain more accurate fore (...)
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What has ToolsGroup, the expert in demand-driven SCP, been doing to address demand and supply variability? Read PJ Jakovljevic’s article and see...
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2012-02-08
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... competitors in the space are API Healthcare, McKesson, and Lawson Software (part of Infor). ... s acuity scores, which generally run on some scale (say, from 1 to 5 ...
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2012-02-02
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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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... analytics and reporting, data mining and forecasting, business performance ... This was part of the motivation for this ... com/Blog/tabid/465/BlogID/1/Default.aspx. ...
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2012-01-26
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TEC principal analyst P.J. Jakovljevic reviews the functional and strategic details that make Emptoris solutions for spend analysis, supplier lifecycle management, and services procurement successful. Since its founding in 1999, Emptoris has evolved into a world leader in strategic supply, category spend, (...)
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TEC principal analyst PJ Jakovljevic reviews the functional and strategic details that make Emptoris solutions for spend analysis, supplier lifec...
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2012-01-10
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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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RedPrairie provides best-of-breed supply chain execution, workforce, and all-channel retail solutions designed to streamline and expedite the flow of goods from raw materials into the hands of the consumer. In this article, TEC senior analyst P.J. Jakovljevic describes how the company has positioned itse (...)
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RedPrairie provides best-of-breed supply chain execution, workforce, and all-channel retail solutions designed to streamline and expedite the flow...
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2011-12-29
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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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... Part 1 of this blog series articulated the acute ... planning (DP) systems’ complex forecasting (ie, management ... in enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems by ...
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2011-11-29
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April 2011 saw the merger of Epicor and Activant Solutions to create a global leader in business software solutions. TEC principal analyst P. J. Jakovljevic sits down with CMO John Hiraoka to discuss the opportunities and challenges created by the merger and the potential synergy of the combined company, (...)
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April 2011 saw the merger of Epicor and Activant Solutions to create a global leader in business software solutions. TEC principal analyst PJJ.
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2011-11-18
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... companies have painfully realized that their forecasting ability is ... But SCP and ERP systems have long been disconnected ... Part 2 of this series will continue the ...
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2011-11-01
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... all of the back-end ERP functionality, such as financials, purchasing, budgeting, forecasting, inventory, etc. For its part, Centric provides more of the ...
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2011-10-27
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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
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... For its part, Heroku is the perfect platform ... salesforce.com has rebuilt our forecasting engine from ... currency, and custom forecast categories (see Figure 1). ...
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2011-10-05
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... Retail Execution Management platform features labor budgeting/forecasting/scheduling, time ... As mentioned in Part 1, Reflexis’ customers, many of which are Top ...
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2011-07-20
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P.J. Jakovljevic reviews Ariba's history and discusses its market with Dan Ashton, Senior Manager of Solutions Marketing for Commerce Cloud Solutions. Ariba’s collaborative business commerce solutions focus on the basics: buying, selling, and managing cash. Ariba’s cloud-based vision has grown a vast (...)
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PJ Jakovljevic reviews Ariba's history and discusses its market with Dan Ashton, Senior Manager of Solutions Marketing for Commerce Cloud Solutio...
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2011-06-17
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Solid financial reporting applications are as different from run-of-the-mill reporting tools as financial accountancy is from bookkeeping. Organizations routinely use common reporting tools for management accounting. But financial reporting applications can elaborate financial statements for external use (...)
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Solid financial reporting applications are as different from run-of-the-mill reporting tools as financial accountancy is from bookkeeping. Organiz...
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2011-06-14
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Learn about Infor S&OP 1.0 and follow a discussion between TEC Principal Analyst P.J. Jakovljevic and Infor’s SCM product managers on the S&OP market. With the release of Infor S&OP 1.0, Infor dispels rumors that it’s not an aggressive product innovator. Learn about the features and functions of Infor (...)
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Learn about Infor S&OP 1.0 and follow a discussion between TEC Principal Analyst PJ Jakovljevic and Infor’s SCM product managers on the S&OP mark...
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2011-05-02
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... Manhattan’s planning & forecasting solutions can optimize at the item/location ... to the front room via FieldSCOUT, the mobile application mentioned in Part 1. ...
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2011-04-13
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TEC's P.J. Jakovljevic runs down the history of Servigistics, a service lifecycle management (SLM) platform provider, and interviews its chief visionary. Founded in 1999, Servigistics, initially a service parts planning and optimization (SPP/O) specialist, has become a full-fledged service lifecycle manag (...)
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TEC's PJ Jakovljevic runs down the history of Servigistics, a service lifecycle management (SLM) platform provider, and interviews its chief visi...
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2011-04-08