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On January 4, 2000 Baan, Europe's No. 2 business software company, sank deeper into trouble as its CEO resigned and it forecast
a fourth quarter loss of $240 million to $250 million after restructuring. Its shares plunged over 30 percent as analysts
cut recommendations on the loss-making vendor, which ha (...)
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On January 4, 2000 Baan, Europe's No. 2 business software company, sank deeper into trouble as its CEO resigned and it
forecast a fourth quarter l...
Published:
2000-01-20
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Baan Co. interim chief executive Pierre Everaert said he could not rule out a takeover of the troubled Dutch business-management
software group. We hereby provide a list of (un) usual suspects. (...)
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Baan Co. interim chief executive Pierre Everaert said he could not rule out a takeover of the troubled Dutch business-management
software group. W...
Published:
1999-03-01
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This part discusses the causes of ill-fated implementation (...)
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This part discusses the causes of ill-fated implementation.
Published:
2002-07-11
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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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Thanks, in part, to the fallout from the financial scandals of Enron, WorldCom, Tyco and others, the corporate spotlight
is being refocused on the audit function. However, by waiting until systems are live and in production before applying an
audit regimen, you may miss an excellent opportunity to establ (...)
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Thanks, in part, to the fallout from the financial scandals of Enron, WorldCom, Tyco and others, the corporate spotlight is
being refocused on the...
Published:
2003-10-20
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Over the last few years the market has seen a plethora of fixed-scope and fixed-price applications, pre-packaged vertical
solutions with industry templates, limited education and training, implementation tools, attractive support programs and hosting
services with catchy names, all aimed at making it fas (...)
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Over the last few years the market has seen a plethora of fixed-scope and fixed-price applications, pre-packaged vertical
solutions with industry ...
Published:
2002-07-05
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Baan hopes e-Enterprise will put them on the e-commerce map. (...)
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Baan hopes e-Enterprise will put them on the e-commerce map.
Published:
2000-02-01
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Baan's viability is no longer an issue. Baan's rejuvenated management team has done a praiseworthy job of bringing the company
back to health while concurrently unveiling a new product release that can compete with the other products in the market.
Challenges however remain. (...)
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Baan's viability is no longer an issue. Baan's rejuvenated management team has done a praiseworthy job of bringing
the company back to health whil...
Published:
2002-02-22
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Once high-flying ERP vendors, Baan and SSA, have officially ceased to exist as independent companies on the same day in the
first week of August thereby marking the end of the golden era of traditional ERP. (...)
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Once high-flying ERP vendors, Baan and SSA, have officially ceased to exist as independent companies on the same day in the
first week of August t...
Published:
2000-09-13
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Baan remains one of only a handful of vendors that are capable of providing full application suites on scaleable platforms
that can be globally deployed by larger enterprises. (...)
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Baan remains one of only a handful of vendors that are capable of providing full application suites on scaleable platforms
that can be globally de...
Published:
2002-02-21
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OpenWorld will be an enterprise integration architecture that enables Baan customers to engage in E-commerce with each other. (...)
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OpenWorld will be an enterprise integration architecture that enables Baan customers to engage in E-commerce with each other.
Published:
2000-01-03
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December 2000 was the month of increased press release activity at Baan. In 2001, will the market witness a remarkable comeback
of this once almost written off vendor? (...)
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December 2000 was the month of increased press release activity at Baan. In 2001, will the market witness a remarkable comeback
of this once almos...
Published:
2001-01-26
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On December 16, Netherlands-based Baan Co. said the Boeing Co. has signed an enterprise-wide licensing deal that could expand
its use of Baan's business applications. (...)
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On December 16, Netherlands-based Baan Co. said the Boeing Co. has signed an enterprise-wide licensing deal that could expand
its use of Baan's bu...
Published:
1999-12-22
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Year 1999 will be extremely challenging; We predict minor revenue growth (max. 5%). Break-even net income is the most optimistic
scenario. Year 2000 and after - Baan will still be a player to be reckoned with, however, the chance that Baan will be one
of the Top 3 global ERP vendors has slipped away for (...)
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Year 1999 will be extremely challenging; We predict minor revenue growth (max. 5%). Break-even net income is the most optimistic
scenario. Year 20...
Published:
1999-09-01
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Abstract:
Baan Co. interim chief executive Pierre Everaert said he could not rule out a takeover of the troubled Dutch business-management
software group. We hereby provide a list of (un) usual suspects. (...)
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baan implementations:
Baan Co. interim chief executive Pierre Everaert said he could not rule out a takeover of the troubled Dutch business-management
software group. W...
Published:
1999-03-01
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On October 25, Hershey Foods Corporation announced a sharp decline in revenue and earnings for its third fiscal quarter ended
September 30, 1999. Consolidated net sales were $1.07 billion compared with $1.22 billion for the third quarter of 1998. Net
income for the third quarter was $87.6 million, or $ 0 (...)
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On October 25, Hershey Foods Corporation announced a sharp decline in revenue and earnings for its third fiscal quarter ended
September 30, 1999. ...
Published:
1999-11-01
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Baan's focus on discrete manufacturing has not been a close fit with Invensys' plant automation products that have been geared
mostly to process industries. To that end, Invensys has had a nightmarish job of trying to rationalize Baan and its process
ERP counterparts, Protean and PRISM, development - str (...)
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Baan's focus on discrete manufacturing has not been a close fit with Invensys' plant automation products that have
been geared mostly to process i...
Published:
2003-05-08
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Baan, once a leading global provider of ERP software hopes its adoptive parent, Invensys, will put it back on the enterprise
software applications map. However, we believe Baan’s path to full recovery will be quite thorny. Part 2 examines Baan’s strengths
and challenges and makes specific bottom line (...)
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Baan, once a leading global provider of ERP software hopes its adoptive parent, Invensys, will put it back on the enterprise
software applications...
Published:
2000-11-30
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No company has ever fully evaluated the entire product that they are buying, time does not permit such a complete evaluation.
Few people really track how well the software is used after it is installed. (...)
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Programs, Processes and Practices: Planning Implementations and Evaluating Systems. Olin Thompson - March
4, 2002. Comments: 0. Read Comments Introduction. ...
Published:
2002-03-04
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Abstract:
Baan's focus on discrete manufacturing has not been a close fit with Invensys' plant automation products that have been geared
mostly to process industries. To that end, Invensys has had a nightmarish job of trying to rationalize Baan and its process
ERP counterparts, Protean and PRISM, development - str (...)
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baan implementations:
Baan's focus on discrete manufacturing has not been a close fit with Invensys' plant automation products that have
been geared mostly to process i...
Published:
2003-05-08