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Alternative Software Support and Maintenance Options
Smart companies are investigating all possible software support and maintenance (S&M) options. Alternative software S&M is not for all businesses, but it seems a logical option for technologically conservative (and savvy) companies that do not need all the available upgrades.

BEING ALTERNATIVE VERB: software support and maintenance, enterprise applications, software licensing, on demand, software as a service, SaaS, information technology, IT, maintenance fees, third party support provider, open source software, maintenance agreement, third party maintenance, response time, enterprise resource planning, ERP, functionality, alternative application platforms, independent software vendor, ISV, small to medium enterprises, SME, long-term maintenance contracts.
4/11/2007

Software Selection: A Third Alternative Part One: The Buyer s Perspective
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 processes and solutions that would improve efficiency, increase yields, and drive their costs down. A third alternative for selecting software, which will be discussed in this article, attempts to provide the assurances needed by the buyer and the efficiency desired by the vendor.

BEING ALTERNATIVE VERB: software selection, marketing hype, consultant, vendor, information technology, buyer, enterprise application suite, selection method, TEC.
5/14/2005

Enterprise Software Migration Alert: Is SAP the Alternative?
SAP may benefit the most during Oracle's merger transition. Unlike most migration programs, SAP is offering to be responsible for maintaining the competitions implementation, as users transition to SAP alternatives, offering the stability that some will likely crave.

BEING ALTERNATIVE VERB: Oracle, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, merger, court, SAP, acquisition, Project Fusion, technology stack, enterprise infrastructure, antitrust, competition, independent software vendors, Microsoft, IBM, enterprise software, maintenance plans.
6/1/2005

Software Selection: A Third Alternative Part One: The Buyer’s Perspective
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 by the vendor.

BEING ALTERNATIVE VERB: software selection, enterprise application, request for proposal, RFP, RFP criteria, selection criteria, software evaluation, software evaluation tool, weight of criteria, software selection project.
1/21/2008

BatchMaster Software, Inc.

BEING ALTERNATIVE VERB: BatchMaster has been the preeminent provider of process manufacturing solutions for more than twenty years. Its focus on the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) needs of small to mid-size process manufacturers has, since 1983, made it possible for those companies to have a technologically current solution wholly focused on the challenges of batch processing. Its success is clear: BatchMaster is being used by over 1,100 companies worldwide.From its early work on the best way to handle by-products, to its pioneering development of the SuperBatch, BatchMaster has been at the forefront of bringing affordable innovation to the process manufacturer. It has done so by maintaining a commitment to being responsive, so that its delivery of information to process manufacturers is the result of conversations with process manufacturers, the result of experience. Experience that has, moreover, led BatchMaster to focus upon being the complete solution for all phases of the batch processing operation.In the choice to manage all aspects of a process manufacturing, BatchMaster committed a paradigm of considerable depth. The BatchMaster application has been a sound and reliable choice for customers who manufacture foods and beverages, paints and coatings, cosmetics and other personal care products, pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals. Manufacturers of specialty chemicals have been particularly pleased over the years with BatchMaster Enterprise products because the information flow from laboratory to formulation to costing scenario complements and models how they do business.This same legacy of knowing and understanding the process manufacturers requirements allowed BatchMaster to lead the way in providing small to mid-market process manufacturers with an affordable material requirements planning (MRP) package. The decision was not one that could have been made by a newcomer to the arena. The BatchMaster success with affordable MRP is, in no small part, the result of the companys heritage: only a firm with a wealth of informationinformation developed over timeabout the kinds of challenges process manufacturers can face as they strive to manage what they know about demand, what they know about production, and what they believe they should buy. When you select BatchMaster, you select a partner who understands that one of the best uses of the past is as a means to prepare for the future. BatchMaster Enterprise, a fifth generation ERP product, stands as a complete solution for all phases of the batch processing operation. Through the result of experience and quality, BatchMaster is at the forefront of bringing affordable innovation to the process manufacturer.

Case Study: LeasePlan Finds a Solution for All Incoming Invoices
LeasePlan Norway, a large automobile fleet management company, needed an alternative to manual entry of incoming invoice data, while still maintaining complete accuracy. The company implemented AnyDocINVOICE for invoice data capture, because of its ease- of- use and ability to capture data without templates. Find out about all the other functionalities that prompted the company to install the solution in its Swedish office.

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11/22/2007 3:13:00 PM

Crossing Boundaries to Create Hybrid HR
Hybrid human resources (HR) is all about combining every available delivery option—HR outsourcing being one of them—to provide HR services in as cost-effective and as standardized a way as possible. Companies can choose between an on-premise, on-demand, or a business process outsourcing (BPO) solution—or they can choose and combine the best of all worlds in order to match their business needs. Find out how.

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3/4/2010 12:42:00 AM

Enhance Your Agility and Speed Up Your ROI with Mobile Business Intelligence
Most small and midsized enterprise (SME) leaders pride themselves on being able to react more quickly to customer requirements and market trends than larger competitors. This agility is a strategic differentiator for them. That’s why these businesses are working to increase their agility and responsiveness by using BI. See how mobile BI can help facilitate the adoption of BI—to enhance the agility and speed up the ROI of SMEs.

BEING ALTERNATIVE VERB: business intelligence, mobile business intelligence, mobile BI, mobile BI solution, mobile BI for SMEs, mobile BI for small to medium enterprises, SAP BusinessObjects BI.
2/14/2013 11:54:00 AM

How to Achieve More in the Current Economic Climate
The question constantly being asked by Microsoft® customers is, “How can Microsoft® help our company save money?” Customers want an integrated, adaptable business management solution that works well with, and is similar to, familiar Microsoft® software. Find out about the solutions Microsoft® believes are the best for helping its customers save money, to gain a competitive advantage and fuel business productivity.

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3/10/2009 11:08:00 AM

The Best-of-class Financial Systems Strategy: An Alternative to ERP Platforms
This white paper features insight about the issues facing companies that need an adaptable financial system but not necessarily a full-blown enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution. Also featured in this white paper: suggestions for identifying financial system functionality that will support your organization’s changing processes, and a descriptive checklist for soliciting such information.

BEING ALTERNATIVE VERB: financial systems strategy, erp platform, financial system functionality, best-of-class financial applications, best-of-class systems strategy, unit4, coda financials, unit4 coda, unit4 software, unit4 business software.
9/7/2012 2:09:00 PM

Looking for a Better Way
Accounting firm Fox and Fiorino P.A. knew there had to be a better way to take care of billing. With most of its billing being entered manually, no real-time reporting was available to ensure accuracy. So in 2003, the company implemented BillQuick. With this automated time-keeping and billing solution, Fox and Fiorino has improved the quality of its information, reduced overtime, and increased revenues and cash flow.

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11/13/2007 2:23:00 PM