Manugistics Indulges In The Open M&A Season. Part 2: Market Impact ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... Coming back to WDS' acquisition, the arrangement seems to be mutually beneficial at first look. The acquisition brings Manugistics ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Scm/2002/06/news_analysis/NA_SC_PJ_06_05_02_1.asp - 18k - 2002-06-05 Summary: Experience teaches us to be wary of the outcome of mergers and acquisitions as the market has witnessed both success and disaster stories. While we believe that the above mergers might be synergistic in the long run, some growing pains, integration issues, and discontinuation of redundant products are al

Manugistics Indulges In The Open M&A Season

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... management (SCM) software providers, announced it had acquired the assets and business of privately-held ERP provider Western Data Systems (WDS), www.westdata ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Scm/2002/06/news_analysis/NA_SC_PJ_06_04_02_1.asp - 20k - 2002-06-04 Summary: Does Manugistics’ acquisition of a small ERP vendor confirms a further degree of integration and convergence between ERP, SCM and CRM applications in 2002 and beyond, with SCM and CRM moving towards the transactional aspects that have until lately been the prerogative of ERP?

Swisslog

... Stock ticker: SLOG. Website: http://www.swisslog.com. Support e-mail contact: wds.us@swisslog.com. Address: 161 Enterprise Drive. City: Newport News. ... http://www.technologyevaluation.com/showcases/technology-Directory/D/12790/Swisslog.html - 6k - 2008-10-01

INFIMACS Boasts MRP Relevant To MROs

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... Having encroached upon the stronghold of vendors like SAP, Oracle, Baan, Western Data Systems (WDS), Epicor Software, Mincom, Indus, Glovia, Cincom Systems ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2002/05/news_analysis/NA_ER_PJ_05_09_02_1.asp - 11k - 2002-05-09 Summary: Through incrementally adding functionality tidbits that are crucial to its target market and that are not easily emulated by its competitors, Relevant continues to have a fair shot at delivering a viable solution to project-based discrete mid-market manufacturers such as aerospace contractors, contract m

Cincom Asserts Expertise In CRM For Complex Manufacturers Part 2 ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... The likes of SAP, Oracle, JD Edwards, Baan, Intentia, IFS and Western Data Systems (WDS), Epicor, Friedman Corporation, Made2Manage, Relevant Business Systems ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Crm/2002/11/news_analysis/NA_CR_PJ_11_27_02_1.asp - 13k - 2002-11-27 Summary: While Cincom's solutions, services, experience and results should resonate well with in the complex manufacturing segment, it competes against a slew of companies with stronger brand names (not impeded by Cincom’s conservative tacit nature) and/or financial resources.

Adexa Prepares To Step Into The Spotlight

by Steve McVey ... complementary software partners that Adexa enlists in this strategy are ERP vendors QAD, a mid market provider to a broad range of industries, and WDS, a niche ... http:/.../ResearchHighlights/BusinessApplications/2000/05/research_notes/VN_BA_SRM_05_30_00_1.asp - 18k - 2000-05-30 Summary: From its roots in advanced planning and scheduling, Adexa, Inc. has emerged as a strong player in the business-to-business collaboration software market. With an aggressive marketing campaign and potential public offering, the company hopes to end its toil behind the scenes and take center stage.

Cincom Sticks to CONTROL of ETO and MRO Part 3: Challenges and ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... The likes of SAP, Oracle, Baan, Intentia, IFS, and Western Data Systems (WDS) have espoused strong counterpart offering to CONTROL TM , while Cincom's Priority ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2002/05/research_notes/EN_ER_PJ_05_27_02_1.asp - 11k - 2002-05-27 Summary: Cincom Manufacturing Business Solutions will have to address inevitable challenges in order to continue to thrive in a ruthless competitive environment with a limited opportunity and functionality that cannot easily be leveraged in many other diverse sectors. Many larger vendors with more resource

The Incredibly Shrinking Platform--and Price!

by Ann Grackin ... their installations. Grateful customers of Daly.com, or WDS, etc., tend to be concerned, but happy about these acquisitions. But ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Scm/2004/07/research_notes/TU_SC_AG_07_31_04_1.asp - 18k - 2004-07-31 Summary: The transformation to a new supply chain technology market wave is already occurring. That’s good news for some and bad for others. This article describes the next wave--SmallSmartFast--and its impact on end users and vendors.

PSI AG To Become More Germane Globally Via Relevant Partnership

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... Relevant and PSI have thereby encroached upon the stronghold of vendors like SAP, Oracle, Baan, Western Data Systems (WDS), Epicor Software, Mincom, Indus ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2002/01/news_analysis/NA_ER_PJ_01_12_02_1.asp - 15k - 2002-01-12 Summary: Will the alliance of the two globally less-known vendors result in a formidable combined offering worldwide for some highly contested and yet potentially lucrative project-based and asset-intensive industries?

IFS Glows Amidst The Mid-Market Gloom

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... IFS has thereby encroached upon the stronghold of vendors like Western Data Systems (WDS), Epicor Software, Mincom, SAP, Oracle, Cincom Systems, MRO Software ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2001/09/news_analysis/NA_ER_PJ_09_28_01_1.asp - 16k - 2001-09-28 Summary: By continuing to grow faster than many others, and by even reverting to profits, IFS has been defending the pride of quite beleaguered Tier 2 & 3 applications vendors. However, the bigger vendors will sell their aspirations dearly, and IFS still has a long way to go to achieve full-fledged credibility in