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Past experience shows us that the vast majority of enterprise technology evaluations run over time and budget, and once selected,
the majority of the implementations fail to meet functional, return on investment (ROI) and total cost of ownership (TCO)
expectations. Many companies have consequently been s (...)
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Past experience shows us that the vast majority of enterprise technology evaluations run over time and budget, and once selected,
the majority of ...
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2003-05-23
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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 reality of today’s application environment is that no single application meets all of the needs of a business, or frequently
even the needs of a single business process, so multiple applications must work together to support business processes. (...)
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... Composite Applications It's About The Business Process One category of vendors trying
to address the problem is the Business Process Management (BPM) provider. ...
Published:
2003-02-27
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Skila, Inc. is applying advanced eKnowedge tools to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device industries. It’s
the kind of offering every knowledge worker wants to have. (...)
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Skila, Inc. is applying advanced eKnowedge tools to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device industries. It’s
the kind of offering e...
Published:
2000-10-06
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Picture your business today without software applications. It's hard to imagine, isn't it? But maybe you should try - and
not for the reason you may be thinking. Think about how hard it would be to run your business if your software applications
weren't working - and then build a plan to provide total (...)
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... There is no feasible way to prevent every potential problem. The responsible approach
is to carefully weigh the business risks of unavailability (lost ...
Published:
2004-02-14
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Find out why Web 2.0 and social media applications are being used by companies in this comprehensive report. Companies are
beginning to accept Web 2.0 as part of their communication, information sharing, and collaborating activities. Find out why
this trend is being embraced by more companies. (...)
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Find out why Web 2.0 and social media applications are being used by companies in this comprehensive report. Companies are
beginning to accept Web ...
Published:
2010-04-26
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At sites where both planning and execution modules are stand-alone implementations, neither deliver enough benefit because
there are almost always manual connections and processes between these two crucial supply chain management (SCM) areas. Yet,
planning and execution in the supply chain are slowly but (...)
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At sites where both planning and execution modules are stand-alone implementations, neither deliver enough benefit because
there are almost always...
Published:
2004-06-16
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Manufacturers must constantly address how to increase customer satisfaction, identify supply chain issues before they become
problems, and lower production costs. In this podcast, Lyndsay Wise and Robert Abate discuss the benefits business intelligence
provides to help address these topics. (...)
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Manufacturers must constantly address how to increase customer satisfaction, identify supply chain issues before they become
problems, and lower p...
Published:
2007-08-08
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There is a perception that if business users are given access to enterprise databases and raw query tools, they will create
havoc in the system, which is a possibility—unless the business intelligence (BI) product developer understands the potential
problem and addresses it as a business-critical facto (...)
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There is a perception that if business users are given access to enterprise databases and raw query tools, they will create
havoc in the system, w...
Published:
2005-07-15
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Using credit and A/R management as a sales tool requires defining goals and measuring results. Determining the competitive
landscape and using A/R management software with key features will help companies realize the full potential of credit and
A/R management. (...)
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Using credit and A/R management as a sales tool requires defining goals and measuring results. Determining the competitive
landscape and using A/R...
Published:
2005-02-03
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MBS is both a threat and an opportunity for the most nimble vendors, and mid-market CRM vendors might have acquired another
lease of life extension in the medium term to redefine their value proposition, especially given that some have recently secured
new funds and/or found solace in a partnership with (...)
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MBS is both a threat and an opportunity for the most nimble vendors, and mid-market CRM vendors might have acquired another
lease of life extensio...
Published:
2002-11-05
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Business process management (BPM) allows financial services companies to manage internal processes and to increase efficiency
and accuracy. Organizations, especially those that deal with Sarbanes-Oxley, should focus on BPM to ensure compliance and
to minimize error and risk. (...)
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Business process management (BPM) allows financial services companies to manage internal processes and to increase efficiency
and accuracy. Organi...
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2006-01-03
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Business changes constantly in small ways and large. It is rare to find an application product that can change once it is
implemented. This gap is a reality leading to dissatisfaction and the application being a drag on the business. This gap,
the lack of the ability to change, costs the business dearly. (...)
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Business changes constantly in small ways and large. It is rare to find an application product that can change once it is
implemented. This gap is...
Published:
2004-05-31
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Interconnection between vendors, suppliers, customers and employees through ERP and CRM tools, has become a competitive edge.
Like ERP and CRM infrastructures, a Public Key infrastructure has become an enabler of business objectives. PKI provides a
systematic approach to information security. (...)
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... ERP and CRM Solutions make it possible to authenticate the parties involved in a business
process transaction ... There are two basic solutions to this problem. ...
Published:
2003-12-24
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Part 2 of a series on Business Process Reengineering: Long Live Business Process Reengineering. In this Part, we discuss
some practical steps for actually performing business process analysis and fostering change in your company. (...)
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Part 2 of a series on Business Process Reengineering: Long Live Business Process Reengineering. In this Part, we discuss some
practical steps for ...
Published:
2001-08-23
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In conversation with the Open For Business (OFBiz) project leader, David Jones, TEC discovers some of the challenges in raising
an open source enterprise software solution. Mr. Jones explains his vision in this first part of three articles on maintaining
a business centered around Free and open source so (...)
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In conversation with the Open For Business (OFBiz) project leader, David Jones, TEC discovers some of the challenges in raising
an open source ent...
Published:
2004-09-07
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Most enterprises fight fires with axes, fire hoses, trucks, and hordes of firemen, but the CDQM approach is a smoke detector.
It’s far less expensive to put a fire out when it’s just smoldering, rather than to extinguish a blazing house fire and then
remodel the entire house. (...)
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... to check business rules on account numbers would have ensured that account entries were
going to valid account numbers. The same type of problem happened when ...
Published:
2002-10-18
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Today’s Digital Business Service Provider (DBSP) market is a complex of interrelated services and provider capabilities.
This article traces the history of the service providers, and explains how each arose at points when markets developed around
particular core technologies. The historical evidence su (...)
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Today’s Digital Business Service Provider (DBSP) market is a complex of interrelated services and provider capabilities. This
article traces the h...
Published:
2000-12-13
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Business Objects and TopTier Software have teamed to provide a unified enterprise portal to unite ERP, CRM, and supply chain
information with business intelligence. Given that the market for analytical applications is estimated to mushroom at a compound
annual growth rate of 28 percent to more than $6 b (...)
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Business Objects and TopTier Software have teamed to provide a unified enterprise portal to unite ERP, CRM, and supply chain
information with busi...
Published:
2001-02-27
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Biomet, a manufacturer of orthopedic medical products needed to support its worldwide need for sales information. (...)
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Biomet, a manufacturer of orthopedic medical products needed to support its worldwide need for sales information.
Published:
2001-09-25