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By using software tools that help you forecast and work together with others inside your organization, and even with your
customers, the forecasts may become more accurate. You can make an assumption on how much improvement might be possible.
This part discusses the challenge of performing the data anal (...)
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By using software tools that help you forecast and work together with others inside your organization, and even with your
customers, the forecasts...
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2001-07-17
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If you are not experiencing organizational stress in some of the areas where the benefits may occur, then perhaps a decision
to invest in supply chain management software should be postponed. If you do have some pain in one or more of these areas,
then you can follow the concepts in this article to unde (...)
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If you are not experiencing organizational stress in some of the areas where the benefits may occur, then perhaps a decision
to invest in supply c...
Published:
2001-07-13
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Informatica Corporation, long an established vendor in the Extract/Transform/Load (ETL) market space, has morphed themselves
into a vendor of solutions for the "e-Business infrastructure". In conjunction with their contract to build an enterprise
data warehouse for the United States Postal Service and th (...)
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Informatica Morphs into Enterprise Decision Support Vendor. ... Business
Components are pre-defined templates that shield application developers from the complex ...
Published:
2000-01-01
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Vignette is IBM's latest partner. This global strategic alliance promises to boost revenue for both parties. The verdict
is still out on the impact to future software development. (...)
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Vignette is IBM's latest partner. This global strategic alliance promises to boost revenue for both parties. The verdict
is still out on the imp...
Published:
2000-08-31
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Given ever-shorter product life cycles and companies' ever-increasing reliance on third parties to increase customer satisfaction,
the need for some form of supplier relationship management (SRM) category of software should not be questioned. (...)
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Given ever-shorter product life cycles and companies' ever-increasing reliance on third parties to increase customer satisfaction,
the need for so...
Published:
2003-10-29
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In going through a business decision process for complex technology selections, more and more use is being made of technologically
driven processes using Decision support tools and captured knowledge. The use of these systems and the capability to drive
a solution from them assumes an ability to accurate (...)
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In going through a business decision process for complex technology selections, more and more use is being made of technologically
driven processe...
Published:
2001-05-30
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Information technology organizations are faced with the challenge of managing a host of diverse enterprise applications,
and the need to evaluate application metrics and performance. To address this challenge, it is worth considering application
portfolio management solutions. (...)
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Information technology organizations are faced with the challenge of managing a host of diverse enterprise applications, and
the need to evaluate ...
Published:
2006-05-15
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Enterprise software selection is a risky undertaking for any organization. Find out how you can reduce the risk with a best-practice
approach to assessment, evaluation, and selection—and learn how to reduce the time and cost involved in choosing the right
solution. (...)
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Enterprise software selection is a risky undertaking for any organization. Find out how you can reduce the risk with a best-practice
approach to a...
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2007-12-26
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... graphs and reports to help support your analysis ... help empower information
technology (IT) decision makers at ... enterprise software to use the application—in
fact ...
Published:
2011-05-31
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ERP remains the information backbone for contemporary manufacturing enterprises. However, today's ERP systems are required
to address more than traditional processes taking place within the walls of an enterprise. This is a concise ERP reference
guide for anyone needing a general knowledge of ERP feature (...)
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ERP remains the information backbone for contemporary manufacturing enterprises. However, today's ERP systems are required
to address more than tr...
Published:
2001-02-05
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The evolution of ERP systems has been driven by the emergence of new business practices and information technologies. These
have been supported by the growing maturity of the manufacturing profession, and by the evolving development of commercially
available software packages. This is an excerpt from the (...)
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The evolution of ERP systems has been driven by the emergence of new business practices and information technologies. These
have been supported by...
Published:
2003-10-08
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Many organizations don’t follow formalized processes for technical support evaluation. However, technical support is a vital
component of any enterprise software solution. The fact is, poor technical support can have a severe impact on a solution’s
total cost of ownership. (...)
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... Decision makers should obviously be cognizant of the ... lying in their
technical support plans ... The organization purchasing the enterprise application
looks at both ...
Published:
2009-09-28
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Contrary to what vendors may contend, not all of them are able to supply a cost effective solution that satisfies the critical
requirements of an organization. In this case study from a recent selection engagement for a large series book publisher,
we size up Oracle, JD Edwards, PeopleSoft, and Lawson in (...)
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Contrary to what vendors may contend, not all of them are able to supply a cost effective solution that satisfies the critical
requirements of an ...
Published:
2001-12-25
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Read this comparative analysis on APS, SCM, and ERP to make your business processes more cost-effective. Constant changes
are happening in the software market, either in software delivery methods, features and functions, or software integrations
with other applications. Organizations are looking for solut (...)
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Read this comparative analysis on APS, SCM, and ERP to make your business processes more cost-effective. Constant changes
are happening in the soft...
Published:
2010-02-12
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More and more, the market is requesting that a CRM or an ERP application include analytics which can be used in a myriad
of businesses to predict customer behavior and help businesses increase the effectiveness of their customer acquisition, retention,
and cross-sell programs. It is a costly operation to (...)
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More and more, the market is requesting that a CRM or an ERP application include analytics which can be used in a myriad of
businesses to predict ...
Published:
2004-01-30
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International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM) has announced a new release of MQSeries Integrator that should help businesses
integrate their applications and improve e-business architectures. IBM’s leadership in message oriented middleware with MQSeries
should allow them to take a leadership role in the (...)
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... Customers evaluating Enterprise Application Integration solutions should ...
However, if UNIX platform support is required ... they should delay the decision
until the ...
Published:
2000-04-26
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What are the solutions that enable Zilliant's customers to gain a better understanding of their markets' price response and
translate this into more profitable pricing? Zilliant Precision Pricing Suite encompasses distinct solutions geared for each
step of the pricing process. (...)
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What are the solutions that enable Zilliant's customers to gain a better understanding of their markets' price response
and translate this into mo...
Published:
2007-06-11
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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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SAS Institute has announced the production availability of SAS/Warehouse Administrator software, Version 2.0. This new version
provides IT the ability to proactively publish data warehouse information and track its usage, plus aggressively manage the
process of change in the data warehouse. (...)
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... 24, 2000) - SAS Institute, the market leader in integrated data warehousing and decision
support, has announced the production availability of SAS/Warehouse ...
Published:
2000-03-13
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Sun and Microsoft have announced a settlement in Sun’s lawsuit regarding Microsoft’s use of Java technology. Microsoft was
given the choice of conforming to the Java standard or opting out and they chose to opt out. Under terms of the agreement
Microsoft cannot use Java in their forthcoming .NET in (...)
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... Since application integration efforts are costly, complex and time-consuming, the decision
may come back to haunt you if you don't choose wisely. Comments: ...
Published:
2001-02-19