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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...
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2005-07-21
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Business processes must be enabled across the artificial boundaries of disparate applications that must work together to
support these business processes. To that end, business process management (BPM) could assist in compliance issues, can reduce
training requirements, and increase the overall efficienc (...)
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... and schedules its production lines represents a competitive and strategic advantage
in the ... and possibly lose the efficiencies that may have taken years
to ...
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2004-05-18
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Business processes must be enabled across the artificial boundaries of disparate applications that must work together to
support these business processes. To that end, business process management (BPM) could assist in compliance issues, can reduce
training requirements, and increase the overall efficienc (...)
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competitive advantage that vanguard may have in the market place.:
... and schedules its production lines represents a competitive and strategic advantage
in the ... and possibly lose the efficiencies that may have taken years
to ...
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2004-05-18
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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...
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2005-07-16
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SSA GT has many times surprised even the biggest skeptics by turning around seemingly non-viable vantage products (which
iBaan and Ironside certainly are not) and/or ailing vendors (which Baan has been, and Ironworks will have likely become). (...)
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SSA GT has many times surprised even the biggest skeptics by turning around seemingly non-viable vantage products (which iBaan
and Ironside certai...
Published:
2003-07-15
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For the last several months, MAPICS, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAPX), a global provider of extended ERP applications for world-class
mid-sized manufacturers, has embarked on a painstaking process of producing a strategy going forward that would pragmatically
blend the company’s traditional values and success facto (...)
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For the last several months, MAPICS, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAPX), a global provider of extended ERP applications for world-class mid-sized
manufacturers, ...
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2002-11-20
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Lawson has yet to show that its strategy and technology can "travel abroad," especially to Europe where it needs to put down
some deep roots if it is to fulfill its global ambitions. A measly portion of its total revenues comes from sales outside
of the US-a proportion that has been static for the past s (...)
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Lawson has yet to show that its strategy and technology can "travel abroad," especially to Europe where it needs
to put down some deep roots if it...
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2003-11-11
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Despite the challenges, PeopleSoft has raised the bar in providing solutions for smaller enterprises, and Tier 2 and Tier
3 vendors might be in for a tough battle to defend their turf, especially as they are concurrently trying to expand and modernize
their products with ever diminishing resources and wa (...)
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Despite the challenges, PeopleSoft has raised the bar in providing solutions for smaller enterprises, and Tier 2 and Tier
3 vendors might be in fo...
Published:
2002-09-27
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E-business has prompted a lot of vendors to move towards creating electronic product lifecycle management (e-PLM) suites.
However, enterprise resource planning vendors with extensive e-commerce initiatives, development staffs, and renewed interest
in PLM, are as likely to lead the way. (...)
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E-business has prompted a lot of vendors to move towards creating electronic product lifecycle management (e-PLM) suites.
However, enterprise reso...
Published:
2005-10-21
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Collaboration and interoperability are critical where multiple business units reside under one larger corporation, or where
there is a requirement to integrate the system into a disparate system when a business-to-business or business-to-consumer
extension is part of the business model. (...)
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Collaboration and interoperability are critical where multiple business units reside under one larger corporation, or where
there is a requirement...
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2006-09-20
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As the market shifts from sophisticated enterprise CRM implementations to the more competitive and overcrowded mid-market-large
enterprise vendors tend to step on mid-market vendor's toes. The real concern is to determine whether the mid-market cultural
and functional differences are well understood and (...)
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As the market shifts from sophisticated enterprise CRM implementations to the more competitive and overcrowded mid-market-large
enterprise vendors...
Published:
2003-06-26
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Changing business requirements have forced supply chain execution (SCE) vendors to expand via add-on modules. Seeing this
upward push from the SCE vendors, enterprise resource planning vendors are now pushing downward and including SCE modules
within their solutions. (...)
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Changing business requirements have forced supply chain execution (SCE) vendors to expand via add-on modules. Seeing this
upward push from the SCE...
Published:
2009-03-25
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Given Epicor's ordeal of the past and the fact that divesting several lateral products in 2001 will have greatly helped it
achieve some much needed stability nowadays, one could wonder about the wisdom of the renewed Epicor’s appetite for acquisitions. (...)
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Given Epicor's ordeal of the past and the fact that divesting several lateral products in 2001 will have greatly helped
it achieve some much neede...
Published:
2003-08-23
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There are two types of project portfolio management (PPM) solutions for professional services organizations (PSO). For smaller
PSOs, best-of-breed vendors provide hosted solutions with out-of-the-box integrations, while integrated PPM solutions provide
the complete back-office systems preferred by many l (...)
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There are two types of project portfolio management (PPM) solutions for professional services organizations (PSO). For smaller
PSOs, best-of-breed...
Published:
2006-01-02
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Current pure play business intelligence (BI) leaders offer the advantage of superior analytics and planning capabilities;
however, enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendors are improving their analytic capabilities and accessibility. (...)
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Current pure play business intelligence (BI) leaders offer the advantage of superior analytics and planning capabilities;
however, enterprise reso...
Published:
2005-07-14
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Should Baan and Ironside learn from their new senior sibling SSA GT how to consistently produce stellar financial results
and profitability while proceeding with the launch of the next-generation product releases and integration platforms that
could in turn cater for SSA GT's aged products' technology re (...)
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Should Baan and Ironside learn from their new senior sibling SSA GT how to consistently produce stellar financial results
and profitability while ...
Published:
2003-07-11
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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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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:
Sage Group's decision to finally group its plethora of enterprise-level applications in North America under the Best Software
brand in 2002 emanated from the company's ability to deliver highly integrated components, and to weave a unified story around
this concoction of products, many of them with best- (...)
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Sage Group's decision to finally group its plethora of enterprise-level applications in North America under the Best Software
brand in 2002 emanat...
Published:
2003-07-28
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Abstract:
Further acquisition, partnerships, and internal development will continue to accelerate offering a much-richer level of functionality
throughout the entire commerce chain software market. Market wide, the growth of industry specific, vertical solutions continues
with concurrent internal development, acqu (...)
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Further acquisition, partnerships, and internal development will continue to accelerate offering a much-richer level of functionality
throughout t...
Published:
2003-05-20
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Abstract:
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...
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2005-07-15
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