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SSA Global's strategy to grow both organically and through acquisition while developing an end-to-end suite of applications
with one open platform architecture has allowed this traditional enterprise resource planning vendor to evolve into a supply
chain management solutions provider. (...)
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SSA Global's strategy to grow both organically and through acquisition while developing an end-to-end suite of applications
with one open platform...
Published:
2006-01-19
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... Recently, I attended the TDWI Conference in Chicago. This conference was a great opportunity
to learn insights from the people who ...
Published:
2010-06-11
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Abstract:
Make up your own mind on forecast accuracy.Get this whitepaper for free!We bring expert advice right to you. Peerless Pump
has been designing, engineering, and manufacturing pumps for more than 80 years. The company was basing component stock levels
on historical data, as it did not have the ability to ac (...)
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Make up your own mind on forecast accuracy.Get this whitepaper for free!We bring expert advice right to you. Peerless Pump
has been designing, engi...
Published:
2010-03-11
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SSA Global seems to be doing some proper thinking while continuing to acquire new software companies. Recent unification
of its broadening collection of supply chain management (SCM) solutions under the SSA SCM brand and formation of a specialized
Strategic Solutions division--which also includes other e (...)
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SSA Global seems to be doing some proper thinking while continuing to acquire new software companies. Recent unification of
its broadening collect...
Published:
2004-09-15
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By continually enhancing functional footprint while concurrently providing technologically advanced solutions, Made2Manage
is determined to endure the ongoing market shakeout, although it will have to exert a fierce fight. (...)
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By continually enhancing functional footprint while concurrently providing technologically advanced solutions, Made2Manage
is determined to endure...
Published:
2003-01-20
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While the Strategic Unit team formation should help SSA Global to figure out how to fully integrate organizational structure
where employees are best integrated, service offerings best coordinated and cross-selling opportunities best tracked and pursued,
the vendor must continue to clarify the position a (...)
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While the Strategic Unit team formation should help SSA Global to figure out how to fully integrate organizational structure
where employees are b...
Published:
2004-09-17
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Abstract:
General enterprise resource planning (ERP) providers, even those which are viable companies with a solid product, typically
do not meet the tricky requirements that are vital to the plastics industry and related so-called mill or material converter
businesses. (...)
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General enterprise resource planning (ERP) providers, even those which are viable companies with a solid product, typically
do not meet the tricky...
Published:
2006-09-05
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... die by the sword” might have been best witnessed in the life and demise of erstwhile public software
company Click Commerce based in Chicago, Illinois (US). ...
Published:
2009-07-28
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Click Commerce has been impressively active in its expansion efforts, and now offers quite a few solutions outside its traditional
realm. While each of its solutions has a unique focus, the vendor's target market often requires solutions from several categories. (...)
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Click Commerce has been impressively active in its expansion efforts, and now offers quite a few solutions outside its traditional
realm. While ea...
Published:
2006-11-15
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Abstract:
The merger of traditional brick-and-mortar manufacturer Illinois Tool Works with Internet-based Click Commerce is puzzling,
but has some method to the madness. Only time will tell how easily and tightly their tools will "click" with each other. (...)
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The merger of traditional brick-and-mortar manufacturer Illinois Tool Works with Internet-based Click Commerce is puzzling,
but has some method to...
Published:
2006-11-13
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... Chicago, May 11, 2008). BI contains the promise of overall enterprise visibility and
optimization; the leveraging of key data within your ERP, CRM and SCM ...
Published:
2008-06-02
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Abstract:
From how to price and promote products to how to optimize profits, JDA Portfolio tries to create that perfect "moment of
truth"--when the right consumer product at the right price is at the right place and at the right time. Yet, the portfolio
rounding out process has to continue in earnest, especially a (...)
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From how to price and promote products to how to optimize profits, JDA Portfolio tries to create that perfect "moment
of truth"--when the right co...
Published:
2004-12-27
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Abstract:
The area of warehouse management systems and supply chain execution might be the best examples of Adonix' commitment to provide
small and large businesses with the building blocks for supply chain management. (...)
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The area of warehouse management systems and supply chain execution might be the best examples of Adonix' commitment to
provide small and large bu...
Published:
2005-09-21
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Abstract:
Through its recently formed Strategic Solutions team, SSA Global might be showing that it is not just an ERP collector that
is living off milking its install base, but rather an extended enterprise applications provider that can appeal to both its
current and new users. (...)
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Through its recently formed Strategic Solutions team, SSA Global might be showing that it is not just an ERP collector that
is living off milking ...
Published:
2004-09-16
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... The fall of 2011 marked Theo Epstein’s move from Boston Red Sox to Chicago Cubs, whose
fans have been yearning for a championship ring for well over 100 ...
Published:
2011-11-08
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... Logility: An Underappreciated SCM “Dark Horse”. ... In the late 1990s,
Logility acquired a Chicago-based transportation management system (TMS) provider called ...
Published:
2010-04-15
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Abstract:
Most retailers might say that they are customer-centric, but what does that really mean? After all, there is a huge difference
between simply serving a customer and centering on a customer's specific needs and satisfaction. (...)
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Most retailers might say that they are customer-centric, but what does that really mean? After all, there is a huge difference
between simply serv...
Published:
2006-06-23
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Abstract:
For Provia, the ability to increase the awareness of the company's supply chain execution (SCE) solution for a global audience
through the company's long-standing partnership with Menlo was the natural next step in the relationship. (...)
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For Provia, the ability to increase the awareness of the company's supply chain execution (SCE) solution for a global
audience through the company...
Published:
2004-08-14
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Abstract:
TEC principal analyst P.J. Jakovljevic interviews the SAP Retail Industry team to shed some light on SAP’s strategy with regard
to the retail industry. Can SAP, a market and technology leader in business management software, translate its success in
the manufacturing industry to retail? TEC principal an (...)
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TEC principal analyst PJ Jakovljevic interviews the SAP Retail Industry team to shed some light on SAP’s strategy with regard
to the retail indus...
Published:
2012-01-05
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Abstract:
Many consultants, vendors, and analysts today define CRM in terms of being a customer-centric business strategy that is enabled
by a set of applications that support customer-facing functions and management decision making. That may capture the essence
of what CRM is, but it does not begin to capture why (...)
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Many consultants, vendors, and analysts today define CRM in terms of being a customer-centric business strategy that is enabled
by a set of applic...
Published:
2004-11-08