Total Design Concepts

The Post-implementation Agility of Enterprise Systems: An Analysis

by P.J. Jakovljevic & Olin Thompson ... of some pre-implementation flexibility and almost total post-implementation ... not only because of architectural inabilities and product design concepts at the ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2007/03/research_notes/TU_ER_PJ_03_26_07_1.asp - 25k Summary: Very few companies really run standard software applications as 'standard' products, since every business changes constantly. In fact, these companies have found that the agility they wish to attain is in direct conflict with the rigidity of their enterprise systems.

3Com Will Route Customers to In-house Web Design Firm

by D. Geller ... 40 person company specializing in Internet design and strategic ... purchase of Interactive Web Concepts (IWC) of ... company's capabilities to provide total, turnkey e ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/eCommerce/2000/01/news_analysis/NA_EC_DPG_01_10_00_1.asp - 5k Summary: Network giant 3Com has purchased an E-business web design and consulting firm.

It’s About Process (or the Ability to be Responsive) -- Part III ...

... In contrast, ResponsAbility was built with several design concepts in mind, starting with scalability in terms of users’ ability to create an unlimited ... blog.technologyevaluation.com/.../08/18/it’s-about-process-or-the-ability-to-be-responsive-part-iii/ - 54k - 2008-08-18

SAP Backpedals Its SaaS Forays -- By Design or Under Duress? » ...

... Writing an on-demand product from scratch with the concepts of multitenancy, metadata ... whatnot, is painstaking, and yet only a fraction of the total recipe for ... blog.technologyevaluation.com/.../2008/05/26/sap-backpedals-its-saas-forays-by-design-or-under-duress/ - 59k - 2008-05-26

Service Chain Information will Transform the Total Chain

by Ann Grackin ... this approach—access anywhere—total performance to ... as how core suppliers and OEMs design, build, and ... process innovations, and technology concepts, as well ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Scm/2004/06/research_notes/TN_SC_XAG_06_22_04_1.asp - 17k Summary: Moving to a performance-based service business model will have huge implications for the whole value chain. Its principle is to manage for outcomes—procure performance rather than parts and people. It requires total business process reorientation from services and maintenance through procurement techn

Hitch Your Wagon to a Wild Horse?

by J. Dowling ... Concepts are designed and built then reviewed with ... Part of the design moves towards the outside ... e-Business technologists demand high total-compensation packages ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ExecutiveView/2000/04/research_notes/MI_EV_JFD_04_00_2.asp - 21k Summary: In the frantic race to be “on the web” companies are looking outside for help to design and build their web sites. In the frantic race to be the “bleeding edge” e-Builders are doing whatever they can to deliver service to their clients. The result is not always predictable and not always satisfa

Pull vs Push: a Discussion of Lean, JIT, Flow, and Traditional MRP ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... to implement "demand pull" and "continuous flow" concepts. ... the rate of customer demand) and total product cycle ... other decisions related to line design need to ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2004/01/research_notes/TU_ER_PJ_01_14_04_1.asp - 14k Summary: Flow manufacturing leverages techniques to help manufacturers create any product on any given day, in any given quantity including the 'quantity of one' (i.e., through the so-called mixed-model production), while keeping inventories to a minimum and shortening cycle times in order to quickly fill custome

The Anatomy of Retail Sourcing Processes

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... product range plans, new product concepts, trends and ... chain costs through strategic network design and inventory ... costs; and; estimation of total landed costs ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/SCM/2007/08/research_notes/TU_SC_PJ_08_15_07_1.asp - 24k Summary: The most successful retailers are those that continually focus on driving the very best performance from each of their suppliers, and that work collaboratively to improve performance in areas such as on-time delivery, product quality, and regulatory compliance.

PeopleSoft Gathers Manufacturing and SCM Wherewithal Part Four ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... be built each day to fill the total amount of ... and assembly (DFM/A) and concurrent engineering concepts, which helps simplify product design to enable ... 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.

Progress-ing Towards ERP On-Demand » The TEC Blog

... SAP Backpedals Its SaaS Forays -- By Design or Under ... demand product from scratch with the concepts of multitenancy ... yet only a fraction of the total recipe for ... blog.technologyevaluation.com/blog/2008/04/21/progress-ing-towards-erp-on-demand/ - 55k - 2008-04-21