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The face of business is rapidly evolving from traditional brick-and-mortar facades to electronic ones. While web businesses
spend considerable effort in polishing Internet front ends with sophisticated graphics and animation, they must also give
attention to back end fulfillment operations. Invisible to (...)
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The face of business is rapidly evolving from traditional brick-and-mortar facades to electronic ones. While web businesses
spend considerable eff...
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1999-11-01
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Recognizing that change is a constant is the first step to survival in this new economy. Identifying the changing nature
of business partners—customers, suppliers, and service providers—is the second step. Finally, embracing change and developing
a sustainable business strategy for a digital economy (...)
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Recognizing that change is a constant is the first step to survival in this new economy. Identifying the changing nature of
business partners—cust...
Published:
2005-09-06
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As companies struggle to control costs, the supply chain and management of supply resources have come under scrutiny. The
supply chain is one area where a company can achieve quick gains and receive a fast return on investment. (...)
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As companies struggle to control costs, the supply chain and management of supply resources have come under scrutiny. The
supply chain is one area...
Published:
2009-07-24
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As manufacturing becomes a global process, advances in demand management software have given rise to attribute-based demand
management software. In the process manufacturing environment, this software can help manufacturers deal with complex manufacturing
processes and increase overall customer satisfact (...)
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As manufacturing becomes a global process, advances in demand management software have given rise to attribute-based demand
management software. I...
Published:
2008-12-24
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ERP vendors are making their way into the retail market by bundling, acquiring point solutions or partnering strategically
to embed retail-specific functions within their suites. Like in all other enterprise applications markets, eventually, albeit
not any time soon, the retail market too will come to a (...)
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ERP vendors are making their way into the retail market by bundling, acquiring point solutions or partnering strategically
to embed retail-specifi...
Published:
2004-09-14
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... requires more control over the ideation, design, manufacture, and distribution of ...
Brick-and-mortar retailers are also accelerating their consumer research and ...
Published:
2009-04-09
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A small-to-medium enterprise simply wants to manufacture and deliver a product in a most efficient way and by utilizing minimal
necessary resources, therefore, smaller companies consider planning and execution as one process. J.D. Edwards has resolved
many pieces of the puzzle. (...)
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A small-to-medium enterprise simply wants to manufacture and deliver a product in a most efficient way and by utilizing minimal
necessary resource...
Published:
2002-01-13
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... wireless phone companies may still purchase [although not manufacture] the phones ...
Indeed, there is an overabundance of “brick and mortar” retailers selling ...
Published:
2009-03-30
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The QRS acquisition by JDA would have eventually brought together two providers of complementary e-commerce products that
would help retailers, manufacturers, and suppliers manage and sell their products to other companies and customers on-line.
JDA now remains on its own to define a revised PIM/GDS stra (...)
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The QRS acquisition by JDA would have eventually brought together two providers of complementary e-commerce products that
would help retailers, ma...
Published:
2004-11-04
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Two sections of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) have major implications for supply chain management. Yet enterprises can meet
the challenges created by SOX more easily by using software tools developed to simplify the processes for compliance with
this law. (...)
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Two sections of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) have major implications for supply chain management. Yet enterprises can meet
the challenges created ...
Published:
2007-02-23
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Given the competition for retail customers and wholesale orders is intense, retailers, including software vendors, must be
able to meet consumer demand quickly, accurately and at the most competitive price. Despite its failed QRS acquisition, which
promised to expand JDA's retail demand chain optimizatio (...)
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Given the competition for retail customers and wholesale orders is intense, retailers, including software vendors, must be
able to meet consumer d...
Published:
2004-12-31
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Just what you need about ERP-Distribution. Click here to read this Buyer's Guide. Midsize manufacturers and distributors now
have access to an array of powerful software solutions that simply weren’t available before. But with so many choices, you
need accurate and unbiased information. This comprehensi (...)
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Just what you need about ERP-Distribution. Click here to read this Buyer's Guide. Midsize manufacturers and distributors
now have access to an arra...
Published:
2010-03-11
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Abstract:
Just what you need about ERP-Distribution. Click here to read this Buyer's Guide. Midsize manufacturers and distributors now
have access to an array of powerful software solutions that simply weren’t available before. But with so many choices, you
need accurate and unbiased information. This comprehensi (...)
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brick manufacture:
Just what you need about ERP-Distribution. Click here to read this Buyer's Guide. Midsize manufacturers and distributors
now have access to an arra...
Published:
2010-03-11
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Abstract:
As companies struggle to control costs, the supply chain and management of supply resources have come under scrutiny. The
supply chain is one area where a company can achieve quick gains and receive a fast return on investment. (...)
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brick manufacture:
As companies struggle to control costs, the supply chain and management of supply resources have come under scrutiny. The
supply chain is one area...
Published:
2009-07-24
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Abstract:
Manufacturing operations are characterized by a need for factory transformation management. Via software that uses a "virtual
factory" approach to synchronize the supply chain, Pelion Systems is attempting to establish a new market category, manufacturing
process optimization, to satisfy this need. (...)
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Manufacturing operations are characterized by a need for factory transformation management. Via software that uses a "virtual
factory" approach to...
Published:
2006-01-31
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Abstract:
Two sections of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) have major implications for supply chain management. Yet enterprises can meet
the challenges created by SOX more easily by using software tools developed to simplify the processes for compliance with
this law. (...)
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brick manufacture:
Two sections of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) have major implications for supply chain management. Yet enterprises can meet
the challenges created ...
Published:
2007-02-23
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Abstract:
There remains no shortage of experts and solutions that purport to have the keys to improving your supply chain. However,
executives who bear bottom line responsibility for the performance of the enterprise would do well to evaluate every potential
new program from the perspective outlined here. (...)
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There remains no shortage of experts and solutions that purport to have the keys to improving your supply chain. However,
executives who bear bot...
Published:
2002-11-13
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In March, i2 Technologies announced it would acquire Aspect Development Corporation and a smaller vendor, Supplybase, Inc.
Though the record offer price – $8.6 billion in stock – raised some eyebrows, i2 will gain a mountain of potential in return. (...)
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In March, i2 Technologies announced it would acquire Aspect Development Corporation and a smaller vendor, Supplybase, Inc.
Though the record offe...
Published:
2000-04-13
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Abstract:
Packaged solutions for the chemicals industry are available from SAP and selected partners. Still, given a number of other
viable solutions, prospective users will have to decide whether SAP would indeed be the best solution without the packaged
option. (...)
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Packaged solutions for the chemicals industry are available from SAP and selected partners. Still, given a number of other
viable solutions, prosp...
Published:
2006-05-30
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Abstract:
You are currently using enterprise resource planning (ERP) software. You want to improve your warehouse management and operations
and are considering a warehouse management system (WMS) solution. However, there is significant overlap between ERP software
and a WMS regarding inventory-related functionalit (...)
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You are currently using enterprise resource planning (ERP) software. You want to improve your warehouse management and operations
and are consider...
Published:
2003-06-17