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The most important factor in industry is no longer the mere price of the product. Increasingly, the purchaser's task has
become to obtain the right product of the right quality at the right time—and for the right price. (...)
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The most important factor in industry is no longer the mere price of the product. Increasingly, the purchaser's task has
become to obtain the righ...
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2006-04-19
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... Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS), 49%, 9, 41%, 9, 38%, 14. Product and Price
Configurator, 48%, 10, 41%, 10, 32%, 17. Advance Planning and ...
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2010-06-08
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Modern quote-to-order suites provide customers and suppliers access to design, planning, and material data. This enables
users to proactively understand various aspects of a project, as well as reduce planning time, document activities, and promote
communication throughout the engagement cycle. (...)
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Modern quote-to-order suites provide customers and suppliers access to design, planning, and material data. This enables users
to proactively unde...
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2007-11-14
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... integrating one system to another pair by pair (eg, product lifecycle management [PLM
... group of software applications (titled Q2O or configure, price, quote [CPQ ...
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2010-04-09
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... line is Concept Enterprise Product Configurator, an application ...
build price books and price deals), as ... for developing and administering
product catalogues for ...
Published:
2011-08-03
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'Mass customization' is the buzzword of the current decade. Customers demand products with lower prices, higher quality and
faster delivery; yet they also want products customized to match their unique needs. A product configurator that enables manufacturers
to efficiently deliver customized products by (...)
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'Mass customization' is the buzzword of the current decade. Customers demand products with lower prices, higher quality
and faster delivery; yet t...
Published:
2003-08-21
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A sales configurator needs to be able to "decipher" products' specifications from a rule-based, constructed catalog number.
Part number users should query vendors to determine whether their enterprise solutions cater to the needs of industrial automation
manufacturers. (...)
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A sales configurator needs to be able to "decipher" products' specifications from a rule-based, constructed
catalog number. Part number users shou...
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2007-06-22
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In the industrial automation industry, an overlooked, fatal flaw of sales configurator solutions is their inability to simultaneously
configure part numbers and products. A greater concern is their inability to "decipher" product specifications from part numbers—that
is, in reverse. (...)
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In the industrial automation industry, an overlooked, fatal flaw of sales configurator solutions is their inability to simultaneously
configure pa...
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2007-06-20
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This continues a reprint of the summary chapter from the book Managing Your Supply Chain Using Microsoft Dynamics AX by Dr.
Scott Hamilton. In this second part, design factors related to system usage in manufacturing enterprises are covered. (...)
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This continues a reprint of the summary chapter from the book Managing Your Supply Chain Using Microsoft Dynamics AX by Dr.
Scott Hamilton. In thi...
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2007-04-18
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If you are implementing or considering Microsoft Axapta as your ERP system, or providing Axapta-related services, this note
provides an overall understanding of how the system fits together to run a business. This section reviews the major design
factors affecting system usage in a manufacturing environm (...)
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If you are implementing or considering Microsoft Axapta as your ERP system, or providing Axapta-related services, this note
provides an overall un...
Published:
2005-02-12
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Providers of complex products, systems, and services should view quote-to-order (Q2O) systems as enablers that can improve
competitive advantage. At the same time, users should remember that Q2O solutions are not necessarily advantageous for all
manufacturing departments or businesses. (...)
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Providers of complex products, systems, and services should view quote-to-order (Q2O) systems as enablers that can improve
competitive advantage. ...
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2007-11-26
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SouthWare Innovations is one of the first middle-market vendors to create what might be the one of the best examples of true
business management system (accounting + exception management + task management), and for that reason alone it should receive
serious consideration. (...)
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... Product Line Summary. ... work order and profitability checked against
the price quoted. Shipping Interface: Interface configurator for third-party shipping systems
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2005-01-04
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A crop of next-generation, Web-based, on-demand, startup quote-to-order systems providers has lately flourished, spearheaded
by BigMachines, whereas some traditional vendors that once defined the product configuration space in the 1990s have since
left the market. (...)
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A crop of next-generation, Web-based, on-demand, startup quote-to-order systems providers has lately flourished, spearheaded
by BigMachines, where...
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2008-08-20
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Why has Infor been successful at tacitly nurturing and growing acquired companies when many more noisy competitors have not? (...)
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Why has Infor been successful at tacitly nurturing and growing acquired companies when many more noisy competitors have not?
Published:
2005-10-13
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Abstract:
Modern quote-to-order suites provide customers and suppliers access to design, planning, and material data. This enables
users to proactively understand various aspects of a project, as well as reduce planning time, document activities, and promote
communication throughout the engagement cycle. (...)
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product and price configurator:
Modern quote-to-order suites provide customers and suppliers access to design, planning, and material data. This enables users
to proactively unde...
Published:
2007-11-14
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... Trilogy, Cincom Systems, etc.) and configurator modules within ...
to organize different modeling tasks from product structure to price books, product
...
Published:
2010-11-17
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It is becoming necessary to go beyond the direct sales force to sell complex products. With the advent of personal computers
and the Internet, new possibilities for reaching manufacturing clients have opened up, and new sales opportunities have become
available. (...)
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It is becoming necessary to go beyond the direct sales force to sell complex products. With the advent of personal computers
and the Internet, new...
Published:
2007-11-12
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Configurability Strategy a Competitive Advantage. Download Free IT Research Reports on the Configurability Strategy. To gain
a competitive advantage, manufacturing companies that sell complex products are implementing a configurability strategy that
provides more options using fewer resources. Learn about (...)
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Configurability Strategy a Competitive Advantage. Download Free IT Research Reports on the Configurability Strategy. To gain
a competitive advantag...
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2010-03-11
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Oracle does not have a history of major acquisitions, let alone experience with the subsequent integration efforts. Run by
a management team that has never maneuvered a company through a large takeover, will Oracle be capable of digesting PeopleSoft? (...)
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Oracle does not have a history of major acquisitions, let alone experience with the subsequent integration efforts. Run by
a management team that ...
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2005-05-31
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Quick access to the case study: BEGA-US. Download it for free. BEGA-US, designer and manufacturer of a broad range of lighting
products, was looking to replace its disparate accounting systems with a modern enterprise resource planning (ERP) package
that could seamlessly integrate all departments and redu (...)
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Quick access to the case study: BEGA-US. Download it for free. BEGA-US, designer and manufacturer of a broad range of lighting
products, was lookin...
Published:
2010-03-11