Tech Industry News

8 Ways Technology News Can Boost Your Bottom Line

by TEC Staff ... If you'd like the most current technology news delivered straight to your in-box, sign up now for daily tech headlines and technology industry news updates. ... http://www.technologyevaluation.com/Technology-News.lp.html - 27k - 2009-04-02 Summary: Breaking technology news can boost your bottom line. Find out how to get the IT technology news that matters for your business software selections-and discover how the latest technology news can help save you tens of thousands in implementation costs. If you'd like the most current technology news delive

'Evergreen'—Environmental Regulations for High-tech and ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... addition to creating trusted brands and maintaining shareholder value. Key regulations in the high-tech industry include the following: ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2007/03/research_notes/EV_ER_PJ_03_05_07_1.asp - 18k Summary: High-tech and electronics, chemical, and oil and gas industries each have their fair share of regulatory requirements to meet, and an increasing number include environmental directives. Enterprise applications designed to meet their distinct needs should help pave the way to compliance.

'Evergreen'—Environmental Regulations for High-tech and ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... addition to creating trusted brands and maintaining shareholder value. Key regulations in the high-tech industry include the following: ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2009/03/research_notes/EV_ER_PJ_03_20_09_1.asp - 18k Summary: High-tech and electronics, chemical, and oil and gas industries each have their fair share of regulatory requirements to meet, and an increasing number include environmental directives. Enterprise applications designed to meet their distinct needs should help pave the way to compliance.

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

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... in the Market began an in-depth analysis of how the vendor BigMachines has been claiming a space for itself, serving clients in the high tech industry with its ... 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.

i2 Technologies at the Front of the Supply Chain

by Steve McVey ... in EHT to achieve better penetration into automotive and CPG markets: Over half of i2's revenue is confined to the electronics and high tech industry (57%). ... 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

Supplier Parks - Back to the Future

by Bill McBeath ... The high tech industry has not (yet) embraced the supplier park concept, though it faces many of the same dynamics (JIT/lean, postponement, time-to-market ... 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

Prepackaged SAP Best Practices—Are They for You?

by Olin Thompson ... for specific industries, such as warranty processing with returnable parts for the automotive industry and prototype development for the high tech industry. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2005/11/research_notes/PN_ER_XOT_11_17_05_1.asp - 11k Summary: SAP Best Practices are a series of fixed-scope, pre-defined packages of software and services solutions designed to address the demands of midsize enterprises in multiple industries. Are they right for you?

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

by Sree Hameed ... Research speaks with Curtis Suyematsu of HP about HP's journey in one of the most successful collaborative supply chain projects in the high-tech industry. ... 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.

Social Networks: How They're Turning CRM Upside Down

by Wayne Thompson ... PG: In the high tech industry as a whole, there is a tremendous amount of opportunity from both a [business to business] B2B and a [business to consumer] B2C ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/CRM/2007/10/research_notes/PC_CR_WT_10_24_07_1.asp - 18k Summary: Social networking has collided with customer relationship management, and it's turning the relationship between businesses and their customers upside down. Today, businesses are using social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace or, as is the case with Procter & Gamble, developing their own social n

Manugistics Envisions Supplier Relationship Management Solution

by Steve McVey ... Market Impact. Shrinking product life cycles are nowhere more prevalent than in the electronics and high tech industry. For example ... http:/.../ResearchHighlights/BusinessApplications/2001/08/news_analysis/NA_BA_SRM_08_10_01_1.asp - 8k Summary: Manugistics’ launch of SRM is clear evidence that it intends to stake a larger claim in the E&HT market, the near-exclusive domain of its arch-nemesis i2 Technologies.