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QAD is competitive in ease of global multi-site implementation and quality of global service and support. However, QAD's
financial position has eroded significantly over the last 18 months, and organizations evaluating QAD products should exercise
moderate caution and consider existing functionality only (...)
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QAD is competitive in ease of global multi-site implementation and quality of global service and support. However, QAD's
financial position has er...
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1999-11-01
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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 (...)
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... wide software is more of an art form than ... on specified inputs,
rigidity, and a definition of process ... to begin with an existing request for proposal
(RFP)—again ...
Published:
2008-01-21
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Abstract:
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 (...)
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... wide software is more of an art form than ... on specified inputs,
rigidity, and a definition of process ... to begin with an existing request for proposal
(RFP)—again ...
Published:
2008-01-21
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Abstract:
Technology Evaluation Centers (TEC) Principal Analyst P.J. Jakovljevic rediscovers Cincom Acquire and lets its product management
and product marketing team have its say. Cincom executives lay out some facts, and Technology Evaluation Centers (TEC) Principal
Analyst P.J. Jakovljevic discovers that Cincom (...)
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Technology Evaluation Centers (TEC) Principal Analyst PJ Jakovljevic rediscovers Cincom Acquire and lets its product management
and product marke...
Published:
2011-09-08
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Customer relationship management is a sophisticated set of customer-facing tools; however, its technology has outpaced the
management strategy used to implement it. Moreover, murky definitions and objectives have caused varying degrees of success
and failure to emerge from the same initiative. Clearly de (...)
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Customer relationship management is a sophisticated set of customer-facing tools; however, its technology has outpaced the
management strategy use...
Published:
2004-10-21
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Deltek's founders have managed the company with great success by expanding client focus into the commercial sector during
the late 1980s. In 1991, Deltek began to configure its software for larger customers. Since 2001, a key growth strategy for
Deltek has been providing additional front-office software (...)
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Deltek's founders have managed the company with great success by expanding client focus into the commercial sector during
the late 1980s. In 1991,...
Published:
2004-01-09
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Within its marketing and proposal automation product, Deltek espouses an emerging CRM derivative known as client relationship
management, which should help firms track client relationships in a more sophisticated manner than through methods such as
referral or word-of-mouth, which were appropriate during (...)
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Within its marketing and proposal automation product, Deltek espouses an emerging CRM derivative known as client relationship
management, which sh...
Published:
2004-01-12
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5-step CRM Software Selection Guide: a Pragmatist's Guide to CRM Software Selections. Read RFP Templates and Other Software
Related to a CRM Software Selection Guide. Selecting a new enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) solution is an
undertaking that requires careful planning and managed exe (...)
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5-step CRM Software Selection Guide: a Pragmatist's Guide to CRM Software Selections. Read RFP Templates and Other Software
Related to a CRM Softwa...
Published:
2010-03-11
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Making a CRM investment work is a two-step process that begins with unifying disparate systems by creating and managing standardized,
reusable business definitions mapped to the different CRM system schemas throughout the organization. (...)
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Making a CRM investment work is a two-step process that begins with unifying disparate systems by creating and managing standardized,
reusable bus...
Published:
2002-12-25
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Your Challenge: Get Decision Makers' Approval for a New Warehouse Management System (WMS). Specific, Measurable, Achievable,
Relevant and Time-Bound. Despite the consensus that warehouse management systems (WMS) offer many benefits, getting approval
for a new system is challenging. You need to get key dec (...)
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Your Challenge: Get Decision Makers' Approval for a New Warehouse Management System (WMS). Specific, Measurable, Achievable,
Relevant and Time-Boun...
Published:
2010-03-11
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A customer relationship management (CRM) system's potential can be lost if the chief executive officer (CEO) doesn't play
a continuous role in its implementation—especially when it comes to pain management, the operational relevance of CRM, and
potential impediments. (...)
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A customer relationship management (CRM) system's potential can be lost if the chief executive officer (CEO) doesn't
play a continuous role in its...
Published:
2006-11-24
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Many consultants, vendors, and analysts today define CRM in terms of being a customer-centric business strategy that is enabled
by a set of applications that support customer-facing functions and management decision making. That may capture the essence
of what CRM is, but it does not begin to capture why (...)
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Many consultants, vendors, and analysts today define CRM in terms of being a customer-centric business strategy that is enabled
by a set of applic...
Published:
2004-11-08
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Abstract:
Hardware maintenance can represent a significant information technology cost, but options for managing that cost exist.
If you analyze hardware maintenance from an enterprise perspective, you will identify those options and ensure the cost-effective
delivery of those services. (...)
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Hardware maintenance can represent a significant information technology cost, but options for managing that cost exist. If
you analyze hardware m...
Published:
2000-10-24
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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 (...)
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... wide software is more of an art form than ... on specified inputs,
rigidity, and a definition of process ... to begin with an existing request for proposal
(RFP), again ...
Published:
2005-05-14
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Abstract:
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 (...)
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art proposal definition:
... wide software is more of an art form than ... on specified inputs,
rigidity, and a definition of process ... to begin with an existing request for proposal
(RFP), again ...
Published:
2005-05-14
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During the process of product selection a great deal of attention is given to the functional capabilities of the software
being evaluated. While this aspect is obviously important, ignoring the technical mechanisms by which the software actually
operates can be fatal to a project. In this document we e (...)
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... These individuals must be tasked with doing the background work to understand what the vendor is proposing,
and fit that proposal into the "template" of their ...
Published:
2003-11-29
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Powerful strategies for taking charge of your ERP System.Read Free White Papers or Case Studies Related To Avoid the 8 Implementation
Sins. As global economies become more uncertain, companies face increasing pressure to remain competitive. While an enterprise
resource planning (ERP) system can help, it (...)
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Optimize Your ERP System: How to Avoid Implementation Sins. Source: Sage. Document Type: White Paper Description: As global
economies ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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ETO-oriented (engineer-to-order) systems must facilitate the near real time transfer of information and complex product knowledge
for collaboration across the extended enterprise. It should especially be suited to organizations that seek to maintain complex
selling relationships, such as businesses whose (...)
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ETO-oriented (engineer-to-order) systems must facilitate the near real time transfer of information and complex product knowledge
for collaboratio...
Published:
2004-05-04
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A tightly focused vendor, IRM Corporation, has fine tuned its products, services, its sales process and even its commercial
terms to match the realities of its sole market – food manufacturers who sell to the foodservice and vending markets. (...)
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A tightly focused vendor, IRM Corporation, has fine tuned its products, services, its sales process and even its commercial
terms to match the rea...
Published:
2003-01-06
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Abstract:
The new millennium has completely redrawn the IT industry map especially in the enterprise marketing management (EMM) sector.
The number of independent marketing automation vendors has significantly shrunk. Names such as Xchange, MarketFirst, Annuncio,
and Prime Response no longer exist. Amongst the few (...)
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The new millennium has completely redrawn the IT industry map especially in the enterprise marketing management (EMM) sector.
The number of indepe...
Published:
2004-05-06