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Business-to-business (B2B) selling has proven to be more intricate than business-to-consumer (B2C) selling, as B2B involves
dealing with longer-term contracts and complex products with specific requirements that are not needed in the consumer world. (...)
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Business-to-business (B2B) selling has proven to be more intricate than business-to-consumer (B2C) selling, as B2B involves
dealing with longer-te...
Published:
2004-11-06
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There is renewed interest to provide GXS' trading services from other surviving Internet exchange providers to leverage GXS'
huge expertise and investment in a global infrastructure to provide its trading services. In particular, GXS could cater for
integration between the exchange and the enterprise sys (...)
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There is renewed interest to provide GXS' trading services from other surviving Internet exchange providers to leverage
GXS' huge expertise and in...
Published:
2004-03-11
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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. (...)
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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:
2005-02-10
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As rumored since last fall, Compaq Computer Corp. has announced its acquisition of Inacom Corp.'s distribution business for
approximately $370 million in cash. The deal will let Compaq re-engineer its supply chain, while cutting off indirect rivals
Hewlett-Packard and IBM from a major distributor. (...)
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As rumored since last fall, Compaq Computer Corp. has announced its acquisition of Inacom Corp.'s distribution business
for approximately $370 mil...
Published:
2000-01-21
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Having stashed almost $1.7 billion in cash, PeopleSoft’s thirst does not seem to be quenched by the recent buy-back
of Momentum Business Applications, an R&D firm it created and spun off in 1998. While the speculations about the next acquisition
candidate abound, many supply chain companies have (...)
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Having stashed almost $1.7 billion in cash, <b>PeopleSoft</b>’s thirst does not seem to be quenched by the recent
buy-back of Momentum Business Ap...
Published:
2002-02-14
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Integration of the appointment scheduling system with other systems is necessary for maximum benefit. (...)
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Integration of the appointment scheduling system with other systems is necessary for maximum benefit.
Published:
2002-06-28
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Enterprise systems, in fact, are devised to operate by codifying a set of business processes and employees have to learn
the whys, wheres, and whos of the business process (workflows) rather than hows of the software screens. (...)
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Enterprise systems, in fact, are devised to operate by codifying a set of business processes and employees have to learn the
whys, wheres, and who...
Published:
2002-07-09
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Due to the inherent challenges of the industry, most chemical companies are still unable to profitably respond to highly
variable demand, or to execute predictable product supply strategies. (...)
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Due to the inherent challenges of the industry, most chemical companies are still unable to profitably respond to highly variable
demand, or to ex...
Published:
2007-12-24
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In both retail and consumer goods sectors, the gap between winners and losers widens every day. What is it about the winners
that make them more and more successful, extending their lead every quarter? (...)
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In both retail and consumer goods sectors, the gap between winners and losers widens every day. What is it about the winners
that make them more a...
Published:
2005-03-18
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The nature of the global automotive supply chain means that the suppliers must be tightly integrated into the trading partner’s
enterprise, whose supply chain communications and management capabilities need to be able to manage that critical relationship. (...)
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The nature of the global automotive supply chain means that the suppliers must be tightly integrated into the trading partner’s
enterprise, whose ...
Published:
2005-03-22
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The most recent merger looks initially like a positive move for both companies and their customers, since Agilisys further
enlarges a foothold in the discrete automotive manufacturing (which it has recently started with BRAIN) and solid SCE product
modules that it might embed into its own SCM suite and p (...)
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The most recent merger looks initially like a positive move for both companies and their customers, since Agilisys further
enlarges a foothold in ...
Published:
2003-07-17
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Within the warehouse management system (WMS) market, which is still the main breadwinning offering for most of the SCE vendors,
most products are functionally on par with mere nuances in ease of configuration or industry focus to differentiate the winner.
ERP vendors have taken advantage of this unfavora (...)
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Within the warehouse management system (WMS) market, which is still the main breadwinning offering for most of the SCE vendors,
most products are ...
Published:
2004-04-27
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Accurate appointment scheduling can provide great benefit to all in the supply chain through improvements in efficiency,
visibility, resource and capacity utilization, and product flow. (...)
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Accurate appointment scheduling can provide great benefit to all in the supply chain through improvements in efficiency, visibility,
resource and ...
Published:
2002-06-27
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The growing pressure for improving customer responsiveness and profits has lately changed the traditional role of supply
chain management (SCM) of spare and replacement parts. (...)
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The growing pressure for improving customer responsiveness and profits has lately changed the traditional role of supply chain
management (SCM) of...
Published:
2005-07-28
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Material requirements planning is a system that strives to plan replenishment just before a withdrawal from stock, which
does not work in some manufacturing environments. (...)
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Material requirements planning is a system that strives to plan replenishment just before a withdrawal from stock, which does
not work in some man...
Published:
2005-08-08
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TradeStone will introduce several planning capabilities that bind existing sourcing and order execution functionality, and
featuring significant enhancements to the Finance and Logistics modules, with the idea of fostering rapid adoption and deployment
across expanding supply chains. (...)
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TradeStone will introduce several planning capabilities that bind existing sourcing and order execution functionality, and
featuring significant e...
Published:
2006-08-03