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Many business intelligence (BI) projects fall short of expectations. Unless organizations implement a methodology and benchmark
the success other organizations have experienced, BI implementations may fail to provide the desired results. This article
identifies five steps organizations should take when i (...)
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Many business intelligence (BI) projects fall short of expectations. Unless organizations implement a methodology and benchmark
the success other ...
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2009-09-11
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The need for business intelligence (BI) is real for all enterprise software users. It is rare to find a user who feels they
get the information they need from their enterprise software system and even those who do want more. The need is not just
reporting; they need business monitoring, analysis, an unde (...)
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The need for business intelligence (BI) is real for all enterprise software users. It is rare to find a user who feels they
get the information th...
Published:
2004-03-19
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Nearshoring, Looking Closer to Home. Find Out IT Solutions and Other Information Related to Nearshoring, Looking Closer to
Home. Companies looking for savings but worried about the risks and cultural barriers involved in offshore outsourcing, whose
business processes have a strong customer focus or regula (...)
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Nearshoring, Looking Closer to Home. Find Out IT Solutions and Other Information Related to Nearshoring, Looking Closer to
Home. Companies looking ...
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2010-03-11
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Nearshoring, Looking Closer to Home. Download Free IT Study Guides about Nearshoring, Looking Closer to Home. Companies looking
for savings but worried about the risks and cultural barriers involved in offshore outsourcing, whose business processes have
a strong customer focus or regulations-driven report (...)
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Nearshoring, Looking Closer to Home. Download Free IT Study Guides about Nearshoring, Looking Closer to Home. Companies looking
for savings but wor...
Published:
2010-03-11
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One of the biggest mistakes users often make with BI is forgetting the big picture, the strategic goals of what they hope
to accomplish by accessing this information, while breaking out of traditional silo-ed metrics. BI is not a panacea, and enterprises
must organize and prioritize their business needs (...)
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One of the biggest mistakes users often make with BI is forgetting the big picture, the strategic goals of what they hope
to accomplish by accessi...
Published:
2005-07-16
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Having traditionally done implementations via their product delivery organization, IFS and Intentia also have long exhibited
a focus on product quality and customer satisfaction, which manifests into a lasting relationship with each client. However
like other enterprise resource planning (ERP) and supply (...)
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Having traditionally done implementations via their product delivery organization, IFS and Intentia also have long exhibited
a focus on product qu...
Published:
2004-03-17
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Business performance management (BPM) and business intelligence (BI) solutions are at a crossroads. Vendors from each domain
compete in the same market. BPM vendors are at a disadvantage due to BI's penetration and expansion into the BPM market. (...)
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Business performance management (BPM) and business intelligence (BI) solutions are at a crossroads. Vendors from each domain
compete in the same m...
Published:
2009-05-18
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With Infor Human Capital Management (HCM) 3.0, Infor has combined transactional and strategic human resources functionality
with planned integration to its flagship enterprise resource planning and extensions solutions, so that customers can better
align HCM initiatives with overall business strategy. (...)
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With Infor Human Capital Management (HCM) 3.0, Infor has combined transactional and strategic human resources functionality
with planned integrati...
Published:
2006-10-12
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A background of Progress Software notes the vendor’s product line-up, and some of the benefits companies find by using Progress
platforms and infrastructure products. The vendor’s recent growth is also detailed, as well as its relationships with partners. (...)
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A background of Progress Software notes the vendor’s product line-up, and some of the benefits companies find by using Progress
platforms and infr...
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2008-06-02
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From point-and-click ordering using Web-based catalogs of individual suppliers, to marketplaces that bring together in one
place the products or services offered by multiple suppliers, to live auctions that determine the lowest-price bidder — there
is a wide range of new e-procurement methods and tools (...)
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From point-and-click ordering using Web-based catalogs of individual suppliers, to marketplaces that bring together in one
place the products or s...
Published:
2001-02-26
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Having stemmed the tide of losses and returned to profitability in 2001, will in 2002 market witness Baan's return to former
ERP stardom given the company's recent product enhancements, new partnerships and customer base retention/expansion initiatives? (...)
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Having stemmed the tide of losses and returned to profitability in 2001, will in 2002 market witness Baan's return to
former ERP stardom given the...
Published:
2002-02-18
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How can we determine the right maintenance strategy for a specific asset? To meet the objectives of lean, we need to evaluate
the cost of failure in terms of both not meeting business objectives and any extra cost due to the need for unplanned or even
emergency repairs. (...)
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... The business benefits of lean have been extensively ... Each horizontal
line begins with the asset's previous ... Failure analysis reveals how assets fail and
why. ...
Published:
2004-12-20
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Vanguard's challenge is to continue to be nimble and responsive to the needs of its target market and original equipment
manufacturer (OEM) partners. (...)
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Vanguard's challenge is to continue to be nimble and responsive to the needs of its target market and original equipment
manufacturer (OEM) partne...
Published:
2005-07-21
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LSA’s need to re-deploy the product on a new technology and to deliver the needed functionality for its new desired markets,
will demand a continued hefty R&D investment, which may put a significant strain on the company’s resources in the long run,
particularly if the top line remains flat or possib (...)
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LSA’s need to re-deploy the product on a new technology and to deliver the needed functionality for its new desired markets,
will demand a continu...
Published:
2003-02-21
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RFPs and selection tools typically focus on features and functions. The business process protagonists consider this focus
old fashioned. However, users want and need an inventory or check lists of the functions to understand if the business process
will work. One always has to start from somewhere, and t (...)
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RFPs and selection tools typically focus on features and functions. The business process protagonists consider this focus
old fashioned. However, ...
Published:
2003-10-28
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Designing processes for business process management solutions can be daunting, as all flows, rules, and exceptions have to
be defined. With Adaptive Discovery from Ultimus, however, processes can be designed on a high level, and exceptions defined
after deployment. (...)
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Designing processes for business process management solutions can be daunting, as all flows, rules, and exceptions have to
be defined. With Adapti...
Published:
2006-10-13
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Your Challenge: Get Decision Makers' Approval for Future Sales Force. Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Time-Bound.
Most companies are aware that the buying processes of the world and its buyers are changing, but many have yet to recognize
the need to make changes within their own sales force (...)
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Your Challenge: Get Decision Makers' Approval for Future Sales Force. Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Time-Bound.
Most companies are...
Published:
2010-03-11
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While most traditional enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions are task-driven, by adding structure to processes that
are typically handled inconsistently or manually, Macola ES is process-driven. A truly integrated workflow and business process
management (BPM) tool allows users to achieve long cov (...)
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... business process reengineering (BPR) but still produce benefits like pervasive ...
Thus, having a broad, impeccably integrated horizontal offering with selected ...
Published:
2004-03-02
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PeopleSoft invested two years and over a half billion dollars to develop new Internet-based enterprise applications. It now
has a pure Internet platform a new set of products and a new assertive attitude. This part examines the strengths and challenges
PeopleSoft now faces in today’s cutthroat competi (...)
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PeopleSoft invested two years and over a half billion dollars to develop new Internet-based enterprise applications. It now
has a pure Internet pl...
Published:
2001-06-06
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Winning ERP products will demonstrate deep industry functionality and tight integration with best-of-bread ‘bolt-on’ products
in a particular vertical. Users should focus on the handful of business objectives they need to achieve and the ways to measure
their success. (...)
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Winning ERP products will demonstrate deep industry functionality and tight integration with best-of-bread ‘bolt-on’ products
in a particular vert...
Published:
2001-10-15