Selecting PLM Software Solutions Part 5 - User Recommendations

by Jim Brown & P.J. Jakovljevic ... In Part One of this article, we discussed the lessons learned from previous enterprise software selections and how they apply to PLM. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2003/05/research_notes/TU_ER_XJB_05_27_03_1.asp - 23k Summary: This tutorial points out the significance of buyers researching PLM technology vendors before determining the short list and vendors researching the viability of the opportunity before committing time and money to a sales effort. Since a 'one-size-fits-all' product is still not quite a viable possibilit

Software Selection: A Third Alternative Part One: The Buyer’s ...

by Joseph J. Strub ... To understand the selection process, this article first looks at issues that confront the company buying the software and the issues of the vendor selling the ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ExecutiveView/2008/01/research_notes/MI_EV_XJS_01_21_08_1.asp - 15k Summary: There are two prevailing approaches for selecting enterprise-wide software: the functions and features approach and the business processes approach. Yet a third alternative does exist—one that takes the best aspects of these two to provide the assurances needed by the buyer and the efficiency desired b

Software Selection: A Third Alternative Part One: The Buyer's ...

by Joseph J. Strub ... To understand the selection process, this article first looks at issues that confront the company buying the software and the issues of the vendor selling the ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ExecutiveView/2005/05/research_notes/MI_EV_XJS_05_14_05_1.asp - 16k Summary: Recently, the traditional method of selecting software based on functions and features has come under scrutiny. Some even suggest that this method is unduly drawn out and fails to focus on the critical processes of business. As you might expect, vendors would rather sell you out-of-the-box business proce

Aras Open Source PLM--Will its Business Scale? » The TEC Blog

... The ZDNet article on PLM/BPM vendor, Aras, covers reasons this former proprietary vendor decided to open source its Innovator products. ... blog.technologyevaluation.com/blog/2007/12/03/aras-open-source-plm-will-its-business-scale/ - 32k - 2007-12-03

Outsourcing Security Part 3: Selecting a Managed Security Services ...

by Jim McLendon ... As the final article in a three-part series on outsourcing security, the following article provides guidelines for selecting a dependable managed security ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Outsourcing/2002/04/research_notes/MI_EV_XJM_04_11_02_1.asp - 15k Summary: As the final article in a three-part series on outsourcing security, the following article provides guidelines for selecting a dependable managed security services provider.

New Dimensions in EC and SCM Part 1: The Benefits of E-Procurement

by Scott A. Elliff ... This article outlines some of the major recent developments in e-procurement and the important strategic and tactical choices that companies need to make in ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/eCommerce/2001/02/research_notes/MI_EC_XSE_02_14_01_1.asp - 16k 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

Commerce One Meets GM: Web Now Has A Really Big Parts Department

by D. Geller ... will be a member of Commerce One's Global Trading Web, a loose network of purchasing portals (See TEC News Analysis article: "research/ResearchHighlights ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/eCommerce/1999/11/news_analysis/NA_EC_DPG_11_10_99_1.asp - 7k Summary: General Motors will use Commerce One's E-commerce systems to build a global purchasing marketplace for its buyers and suppliers.

New Dimensions in EC and SCM Part 4: Using E-Procurement to ...

by Scott A. Elliff ... This article outlines some of the major recent developments in e-procurement and the important strategic and tactical choices that companies need to make in ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/eCommerce/2001/02/research_notes/MI_EC_XSE_02_23_01_1.asp - 18k Summary: A straightforward way to drive prices down and obtain increased supplier attention is to leverage total purchasing volume through Internet-based auctions. This part addresses the implications of using e-procurement to Leverage Volume, including leveraging volume through outsourcing.

Jack Link's Beef Jerky Case Study: "Wal-Mart Didn't Make Me Do It" ...

by Joseph J. Strub ... This article looks at a company that chose to get in front of the technology curve before the information highway passed it by. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2005/03/research_notes/CS_ER_XJS_03_08_05_1.asp - 15k Summary: Some companies want the benefits of new technology, such as RFID, on their timetable without a gun loaded with threats of lost customer sales, pointed at their corporate heads. This article looks at a company that chose to get in front of the technology curve before the information highway passed it by.

New Dimensions in EC and SCM Part 2: The Efficiency Gains of E ...

by Scott A. Elliff ... This article outlines some of the major recent developments in e-procurement and the important strategic and tactical choices that companies need to make in ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/eCommerce/2001/02/research_notes/MI_EC_XSE_02_16_01_1.asp - 15k 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