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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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... background work to understand what the vendor is proposing, and fit that proposal into
the ... Suggested Participants: (with examples of some roles they may fulfill ...
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2003-11-29
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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...
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2010-03-11
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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. (...)
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A straightforward way to drive prices down and obtain increased supplier attention is to leverage total purchasing volume
through Internet-based a...
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2001-02-23
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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...
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2004-11-08
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Microsoft’s ambition will be its greatest challenge, as the company is concurrently experiencing an almost disruptive technology
transition from Windows to .NET, using Internet rather than PCs. Microsoft Business Solutions is now up to its gills with
soul-searching dilemmas, possibly with more issues t (...)
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Microsoft’s ambition will be its greatest challenge, as the company is concurrently experiencing an almost disruptive technology
transition from W...
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2002-08-16
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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...
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2002-12-25
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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...
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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...
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2004-05-04
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CRM. C.R.M. itself is an acronym, standing for Customer Relationship Management. This is part three of a three-part article
to provide explanation and meaning for most of the common CRM phraseology. Here, in alphabetical order, we continue the Lexicon
of CRM (...)
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CRM. CRM itself is an acronym, standing for Customer Relationship Management. This is part three of a three-part article to
provide explanati...
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2001-11-02
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Product lifecycle management (PLM) doesn't work, but it should. Industry's general approach and attitude to PLM mimics the
early days of customer relationship management (CRM) adoption, and lessons from that experience should help when tackling
the "ifs" and "hows" of PLM investment. (...)
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Product lifecycle management (PLM) doesn't work, but it should. Industry's general approach and attitude to PLM mimics
the early days of customer ...
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2005-11-25
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Finding out the true facts about what makes CRM tick and how fast it circles the ROI clock—if it indeed reaches ROI-has long
frustrated potential CRM implementers looking for answers. And getting good answers really matters, because their only alternative
to being forewarned may be leaping into enterpr (...)
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Finding out the true facts about what makes CRM tick and how fast it circles the ROI clock—if it indeed reaches ROI-has long
frustrated potential ...
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2003-02-15
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The business ecosystem has shifted focus from corporation to customer, and the location of value has changed with it. Where
value had historically been located in products and services, it is now located in the value produced by the customer. (...)
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The business ecosystem has shifted focus from corporation to customer, and the location of value has changed with it. Where
value had historically...
Published:
2006-09-21
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There is certainly room to ask the fundamental question of whether the traditional practice of RFI/RFP-based selection processes
has been adequate for the task of selecting complex systems. The record indicates there is much room for improvement. In essence,
for complex selections like in the case of ent (...)
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There is certainly room to ask the fundamental question of whether the traditional practice of RFI/RFP-based selection processes
has been adequate...
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2003-10-27
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While IFS has become a notable global competitor as witnessed in the Computerworld IT Company of the Year award in Brazil,
it has been showing signs of stalling in the important North American market primarily owing to protracted losses and increased
'lobby talk' campaigns from incumbent mighty vendors. (...)
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While IFS has become a notable global competitor as witnessed in the Computerworld IT Company of the Year award in Brazil,
it has been showing sig...
Published:
2001-06-15
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There is certainly room to ask the fundamental question of whether the traditional practice of RFI/RFP-based selection processes
has been adequate for the task of selecting complex systems. The record indicates there is much room for improvement. In essence,
for complex selections like in the case of ent (...)
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There is certainly room to ask the fundamental question of whether the traditional practice of RFI/RFP-based selection processes
has been adequate...
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2003-10-27
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Social networking has collided with customer relationship management, and it's turning the relationship between businesses
and their customers upside down. Today, businesses are using social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace or, as is the
case with Procter & Gamble, developing their own social n (...)
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Social networking has collided with customer relationship management, and it's turning the relationship between businesses
and their customers ups...
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2007-10-24
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Deltek uses a wealth of standalone and bundled modules to target various markets, including professional services firms both
domestically and internationally, as well as the full range of federal contractors and project-focused enterprises. (...)
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Deltek uses a wealth of standalone and bundled modules to target various markets, including professional services firms both
domestically and inte...
Published:
2006-07-13
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The central premise of price segmentation, especially in business-to-business environments, is that pricing should be consistent
for similar deals. The process quantifies similarity by empirically determining which deal circumstances affect price response,
enabling companies to benchmark prices against s (...)
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The central premise of price segmentation, especially in business-to-business environments, is that pricing should be consistent
for similar deals...
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2007-05-25
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A crop of next-generation, Web-based, on-demand, startup quote-to-order systems providers has lately flourished, spearheaded
by BigMachines, whereas some traditional vendors that once defined the product configuration space in the 1990s have since
left the market. (...)
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A crop of next-generation, Web-based, on-demand, startup quote-to-order systems providers has lately flourished, spearheaded
by BigMachines, where...
Published:
2008-08-20
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Many surveys have purported that there are twice as many manufacturers that cannot integrate their ordering systems with
those of their partners and distribution channels than those that can, leaving them vulnerable in terms of brand management
due to poor visibility. (...)
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Many surveys have purported that there are twice as many manufacturers that cannot integrate their ordering systems with those
of their partners a...
Published:
2003-05-03