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Abstract: The Virtual Private Network (
VPN) market is exploding. There are many different ideas on what a
VPN is, and how to implement them. This article clarifies what sound
VPN products and services should include, and what to expect as the market matures.
PubDate: 10/1/1999
Abstract: This white paper offers a detailed and informative comparison of the advantages and disadvantages of traditional VPN technologies and SSL VPN solutions—and explains why client-based SSL VPNs offer a valid alternative to conventional remote access software. Discover why there are SSL VPNs, and how they stack up against other solutions in terms of security.
Abstract: For hearing aid manufacturers, it’s vital to be able to design a quality product and deliver it quickly. When Widex decided to enhance its e-commerce capabilities to improve customer service and expedite orders, it knew that integrating a robust e-business application into its existing enterprise resource planning (ERP) software was the key to a successful launch. Find out why it took only five months to implement.
Abstract: For real estate companies, poor property management can be disastrous, increasing both costs and maintenance problems. The end result: dissatisfied customers—and poor competitive prospects. Communication is also integral to property management, so to keep its customers happy and to improve its maintenance practices, Inmobiliaria Colonial, a major Spanish real estate company, decided to implement an enterprise portal solution.
Abstract: Capstone Turbine Corporation, an energy innovator, needed to implement management, business model, and strategy changes. It also needed to improve product reliability, modularize configurations, and provide visibility. By using SAP products, such as SAP BI, SAP EP, and SAP Best Practices, it realized performance measures for key business activities, and improved sales and inventory management.
Abstract: The way a bank selects, implements, and monitors a technological product significantly contributes to the final effect on the bank's environment.
Abstract: In a partnership with Checkpoint, Nokia takes its Internet Appliance and throws in Firewall-1. The Nokia IP330, IP440, and IP650, the first highly-available firewall and VPN appliance line, is poised to wow the market with its all encompassing feature set.
Abstract: No matter how well an enterprise implements a CRM, ERP, SCM, Business Intelligence, or Data Warehouse project, poor data quality can destroy its utility and cost real dollars.
Abstract: Before any medium-to-large company implements Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Server 2007, it’s important to become familiar with the process that may occur. Included in this practical scenario, using a fictional company, are typical approach and implementation techniques that may come up when planning, customizing, and deploying Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Server 2007. Learn more about the features and functionality available.
Abstract: Nol-Tec, a manufacturer of conveying equipment, needed a job costing solution that would integrate key information about parts and assemblies. Why? So its sales and engineering teams could communicate better about customers’ systems. The company found Jobscope’s order analysis, accounts payable, and customer tracking modules integrated well with its own sales quotation system and helped improved visibility. Learn more.
Abstract: By implementing timekeeping solutions for costing, organizations obtain valuable insight into project profitability. Project-oriented timekeeping data is also used to bid on future projects, stay within budgeted costs, allocate appropriate resources, and track projects already under way. These solutions deliver more than just attendance tracking systems. They provide tools for understanding the impact of time and resources on project profitability.
Abstract: Sustaining profitability in a landscape of volatile prices and exchange rates is difficult for even the best-run companies. One key challenge is to understand the real economic costs in your business and of your products so you can make accurate decisions about sourcing, substitutions, pricing, and logistics. Find out how to use the right costing methodology and have the right information—and the right analytical tools.
Abstract: A common need of plastics producers is real-time shop floor production monitoring. This serves many purposes, including tracking cycles on tools or machines, data collection, precision measurement, analysis and reporting, gage management, and material usage and labor tracking.
Abstract: Significant management issues posed by multisite manufacturing environments include optimizing resource use at each site and delivering the lowest possible cost for each stage in the product manufacturing cycle. To facilitate meaningful results in achieving these requirements, enterprise resource planning (ERP) software must thus provide the right tools for ensuring that multisite processes come up to “best-in-class” standards.
Abstract: A supply chain management system (SCM) is a critical success factor for implementing lean manufacturing. The SCM system helps define product structure, costing information, financial information and reports and is a useful tool in the decision-making process.
Abstract: Information errors are costing retailers and manufacturers a lot of money. Studies show that billions of dollars are wasted because of invoice errors caused by bad data. Most agree that eliminating product information errors will save money, but many of those same believers are not rushing to solve the problem. Why?
Abstract: A number of lean manufacturing tools and practices have long been used to reduce manufacturing waste. These include the five S's, visual controls, standardized work, mistake proofing, total productive maintenance, cellular manufacturing, single-digit setup, pull systems, sequencing, activity-based costing, and leveled production.
Abstract: Many business-to-business (B2B) software companies don't have a formal positioning process, and it's costing them time, money, and much more—a marketing message that misses the mark. This article explores the benefits of implementing a business process for positioning.
Abstract: After a number of acquisitions, it was vital that testing, inspection, and asset care provider PearlStreet have a solution to integrate each business and consolidate key company and financial information in one system. PearlStreet deployed a range of PRONTO-Xi modules, including project costing. Now, the company has greater operations visibility, more effective reporting, and the ability to analyze business performance.