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PeopleSoft Gathers Manufacturing and SCM Wherewithal Part Four ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... include PeopleSoft on their short-list when evaluating SCM packages featuring ... system, that is, for example, is aimed at high-tech manufacturers subcontracting ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2004/01/research_notes/EN_ER_PJ_01_28_04_1.asp - 24k Summary: PeopleSoft manufacturing customers and J.D. Edwards customers in service industries should assess the vendor's product plans given these customers might benefit if PeopleSoft shares functions between the product sets.

i2 Technologies at the Front of the Supply Chain

by Steve McVey ... Goods ERP - Enterprise Resource Planning CRM - Customer Relationship Management SCE - Supply Chain Execution EHT - Electronics & High Tech SCM - Supply Chain ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/BusinessApplications/1999/08/research_notes/VN_BA_SRM_8_99_1.asp - 11k Summary: i2 Technologies is the largest and fastest growing vendor of supply chain management software with $456 million in revenue over the last twelve months and a 48% average growth rate over the last five years. Fueled by a powerful sales and marketing machine and corporate development strategy, i2 will maint

Quote-to-order: One Big, Lean Machine Adds High Tech to Its Mix

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... much broader business-to-business (B2B) supply chain management (SCM) suites for ... but it has recently diversified dramatically into the high tech market), as is ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/CRM/2008/08/research_notes/VN_CR_PJ_08_22_08_1.asp - 29k Summary: BigMachines differentiates itself in the quote-to-order (Q2O) sphere due to its solutions’ lean end-to-end, inquiry-to-order focus. Although there are other vendors offering Q2O as a service, BigMachines product is arguably more flexible, as high tech manufacturers may be noting.

New Dimensions in EC and SCM Part 3: E-Procurement Can Broaden the ...

by Scott A. Elliff ... Dimensions in EC and SCM Part 3: E-Procurement Can Broaden the Supplier ... to meet the unique needs of particular industries - plastics, high-tech, and automotive ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/eCommerce/2001/02/research_notes/MI_EC_XSE_02_21_01_1.asp - 19k Summary: From point-and-click ordering using Web-based catalogs of individual suppliers, to marketplaces that bring together in one place the products or services offered by multiple suppliers, to live auctions that determine the lowest-price bidder — there is a wide range of new e-procurement methods and tools

Lucrative but 'Risky' Aftermarket Business—Service and ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic and Olin Thompson ... streams with replenishment require quite different supply chain management (SCM) methods ... In fact, a number of high tech and electronics companies make the most ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/SCM/2005/07/research_notes/MN_SC_PJ_07_29_05_1.asp - 20k Summary: The growing pressure for improving customer responsiveness and profits has lately changed the traditional role of supply chain management (SCM) of spare and replacement parts.

PeopleSoft Gathers Manufacturing and SCM Wherewithal Part Three ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... but the actual relevant product development is still driven by the SCM product pillar ... Looking at the high-tech sector, for example, it had the support for multi ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2004/01/research_notes/EN_ER_PJ_01_27_04_1.asp - 23k Summary: Even before the mega merger, PeopleSoft had already set it sights on a bigger manufacturing presence. PeopleSoft’s acquisition of mid-to-large ERP system developer J.D. Edwards this summer, and most recently demand flow and lean manufacturing software solution from JCIT, might indicate some deep though

Supplier Parks - Back to the Future

by Bill McBeath ... High Tech Contrast. ... Also, the much smaller size of high tech components, compared with automotive bodies, means transportation is not as much of an issue. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Scm/2003/12/research_notes/TN_SC_XBM_12_09_03_1.asp - 16k Summary: As supply chains become increasingly integrated and synchronized, we are witnessing the evolution of the business/production models (in some industries) that merge virtual integration with elements of the older vertically integrated enterprise. This has profound consequences, in particular for suppliers

HP's Remarkable Collaboration Journey: Sree Hameed Interviews HP's ...

by Sree Hameed ... In 2000, Dell was being touted as the high-tech leader even though HP was larger and more strategic to the enterprise. The challenge ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/SCM/2006/02/research_notes/TU_SC_XSH_02_23_06_1.asp - 18k Summary: HP's transformation from a vertically integrated enterprise to a virtual business network was about structural change. Insights into control, exception management, risk sharing, and architectures for information management can be gained from this supply chain success story.

PeopleSoft Gathers Manufacturing and SCM Wherewithal Part Two ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... The focus on industry solutions such as for high-tech and electronics, industrial ... JD Edwards 5 product family featured solutions for ERP, CRM, SCM, and web ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2004/01/research_notes/EN_ER_PJ_01_26_04_1.asp - 24k Summary: The PeopleSoft-J.D. Edwards merger was, in great part, about retaining the big five (or big four, or big three) seat and the need to be bigger within shrinking market opportunities. The combined vendors should now a have solid foothold against SAP and Oracle, particularly because one better-performing si

The Rise of Price Management

by Olin Thompson & P.J. Jakovljevic ... the company (from such sectors as the automotive, retail/consumer products, financial services, process manufacturing, and high-tech/electronics industries). ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2006/04/research_notes/TU_ER_XOT_04_04_06_1.asp - 20k Summary: New analytical software tools have recently emerged to combine and condense a wealth of information that should give the salesperson a more definitive 'yes or no' answer fairly quickly when it comes to offering specific pricing, while also giving management a higher-level view of business efficiency and