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Organizations today realize that although strategies focusing on outsourcing transportation, e-business and new distribution
models are important, these are all secondary in relation to what lies at the heart of any supply chain: INVENTORY. Although
firms have invested significantly in ERP and MRP syste (...)
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Organizations today realize that although strategies focusing on outsourcing transportation, e-business and new distribution
models are important,...
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2003-04-05
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SCM vendors are adding best of breed solutions to ERP product suites and are aggressively marketing this new functionality.
The SCM market has been growing so strongly that where SCM was once viewed as a means to gain competitive advantage, companies
now see it as a necessary extension of an ERP system, (...)
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SCM vendors are adding best of breed solutions to ERP product suites and are aggressively marketing this new functionality.
The SCM market has be...
Published:
2003-04-04
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Inventory Optimization software recognizes that different industries have different inventory profiles and requirements.
Research has indicated that solutions are priced in a large range from tens of thousands of Dollars to millions of Dollars.
In this niche market sector, price is definitely not an ind (...)
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Inventory Optimization software recognizes that different industries have different inventory profiles and requirements. Research
has indicated th...
Published:
2003-04-07
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Information technology organizations are faced with the challenge of managing a host of diverse enterprise applications,
and the need to evaluate application metrics and performance. To address this challenge, it is worth considering application
portfolio management solutions. (...)
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Information technology organizations are faced with the challenge of managing a host of diverse enterprise applications, and
the need to evaluate ...
Published:
2006-05-15
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In virtually all manufacturing companies, there is a direct correlation between inventory levels and overall business performance.
In fact, CEO's and CFO's believe that their companies consistently carry 25 to 40 percent or more inventory than is needed. (...)
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... Increasing Inventory excesses are often unnoticed by management until
major reduction adjustments are needed. Some inventories go ...
Published:
2002-05-16
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A deal with the American Petroleum Exchange will allow members to have “up-to-the-minute” inventory data on their petroleum
storage tanks. (...)
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A deal with the American Petroleum Exchange will allow members to have “up-to-the-minute” inventory data on their petroleum
storage tanks.
Published:
2000-10-10
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Because the technology has become easier to implement, use, and maintain, many of the challenges to achieving the benefits
that supply chain management software applications can provide have been removed. (...)
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Because the technology has become easier to implement, use, and maintain, many of the challenges to achieving the benefits
that supply chain manag...
Published:
2001-09-14
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Because companies focus primarily on new product development and promotion, the problem of excess and obsolete inventory,
once addressed, often leads to both the inventory and dollars flying out the door. There should be smarter ways of handling
this problem. (...)
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Because companies focus primarily on new product development and promotion, the problem of excess and obsolete inventory,
once addressed, often le...
Published:
2007-01-26
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The core components of a retail information system are inventory management, inventory optimization, revenue management,
sales management, and reports and inquiries. Non-core components can include financial, supply chain management, enterprise
resource planning, customer relationship management, and war (...)
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The core components of a retail information system are inventory management, inventory optimization, revenue management, sales
management, and rep...
Published:
2006-03-13
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Atlanta-based supply chain execution (SCE) software vendor Manhattan Associates announces its second fiscal quarter results. (...)
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Atlanta-based supply chain execution (SCE) software vendor Manhattan Associates announces its second fiscal quarter results.
Published:
2000-08-15
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Despite FreeFlow's success at helping organizations regain some margin of profitability for excess inventory, the company
still strives for expansion and improvement as a product inventory disposition vendor, with the aim of meeting international
environmental regulations down the track. (...)
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Despite FreeFlow's success at helping organizations regain some margin of profitability for excess inventory, the company
still strives for expans...
Published:
2007-02-02
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This is an examination of EMR Innovations' ProcessPro ERP solution. Companies can begin determining if it is worthwhile to
pursue a relationship with EMR Innovations by considering the selection criteria which are most supported by the vendor. We
ask the question, all things being equal, which modules ar (...)
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This is an examination of EMR Innovations' ProcessPro ERP solution. Companies can begin determining if it is worthwhile
to pursue a relationship w...
Published:
2003-08-20
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In this article, we examine capabilities of five top Supply Chain Management software vendors in several key areas of functionality:
material procurement planning, manufacturing planning and scheduling, distribution and transportation management, and inventory
management and warehousing. (...)
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In this article, we examine capabilities of five top Supply Chain Management software vendors in several key areas of functionality:
material proc...
Published:
2002-03-14
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Yantra appears to be ahead of the pack in applications for distributed order processing and related needs, but it is far
from a household name. For Yantra to progress to the position in the market justified by its product offerings, marketing
gaps need to be addressed. (...)
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Yantra appears to be ahead of the pack in applications for distributed order processing and related needs, but it is far from
a household name. Fo...
Published:
2002-07-17
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This is an examination of Pronto Software's ERP solution. By looking at how areas where the Pronto product fulfills a large
portion of selection criteria, companies can determine if it is worthwhile to pursue a relationship with Pronto. We ask the
question, all things being equal, which modules contribut (...)
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This is an examination of Pronto Software's ERP solution. By looking at how areas where the Pronto product fulfills a
large portion of selection c...
Published:
2003-04-11
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Click Commerce recognizes that the SCM playing field is highly competitive and fragmented. However, it believes it will remain
competitive because its composite applications will create business process solutions that follow the current trend toward
integrated suites of best-of-breed applications. (...)
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Click Commerce recognizes that the SCM playing field is highly competitive and fragmented. However, it believes it will remain
competitive because...
Published:
2006-05-08
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The continuous chemical industries typically share an objective of running at near 100% utilization. This and other realities
yield unique requirements for a Supply Chain Planning (SCP) system. This article discusses some of these unique needs. (...)
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The continuous chemical industries typically share an objective of running at near 100% utilization. This and other realities
yield unique requir...
Published:
2002-08-04
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This is an examination of Metasystems ERP solution. Companies can begin determining if it is worthwhile to pursue a relationship
with Metasystems by considering selection criteria, which are most supported by the vendor. We ask the question, all things
being equal, which modules contribute the most to th (...)
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This is an examination of Metasystems ERP solution. Companies can begin determining if it is worthwhile to pursue a relationship
with Metasystems ...
Published:
2003-06-16
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Improved service management boosts revenue from both service offerings and new product sales, while improved customer service
and enhanced offerings increase customer retention, and draw new service business, providing an additional, low risk and likely
repeated revenue stream over a long period of owner (...)
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Improved service management boosts revenue from both service offerings and new product sales, while improved customer service
and enhanced offerin...
Published:
2005-08-02
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When it comes to warehouse management systems (WMS), the stats are both shocking and thought-provoking. And although you
don't see these stats in the marketing brochures of WMS vendors, you need to think about them before you purchase a WMS. (...)
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... numbers associated with warehouse management systems (WMS ... trade
shows, reading industry articles, and talking ... organization and supply chain runs on:
inventory! ...
Published:
2006-09-22