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How do you go about defining the requirements of large package systems, particularly those with the all-encompassing scope
of ERP, EAM, and CRM software, and still satisfy the needs to the project team, the user community, and executive management?
It’s a balancing act rivaling the circus performer try (...)
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How do you go about defining the requirements of large package systems, particularly those with the all-encompassing scope
of ERP, EAM, and CRM so...
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2003-01-28
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There is a great deal of confusion over the meaning of data warehousing. Simply defined, a data warehouse is a place for
data, whereas data warehousing describes the process of defining, populating, and using a data warehouse. Creating, populating,
and querying a data warehouse typically carries an ext (...)
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A Definition of Data Warehousing. M. Reed - August ... 1, 1995). This definition
remains reasonably accurate almost ten years later. However ...
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2002-08-18
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Founded in 1981 as a developer of computer-aided chemical engineering software, Aspen's growth has resulted in a wide variety
of applications for management and execution-level process manufacturing. Hit hard by flagging revenues, Aspen is distilling
its product suite down to its most profitable elements (...)
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Founded in 1981 as a developer of computer-aided chemical engineering software, Aspen's growth has resulted in a wide
variety of applications for ...
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1999-08-01
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The first step in choosing an effectiveness service provider (ESP) that best meets your company's needs is to develop a requirements
definition. When used as a request for proposal, the requirements definition can be a powerful evaluation and negotiation
tool. (...)
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... Develop a sales training requirements definition and deliver this as an RFP to two or
... Al Case, research fellow and principal analyst at ESR, was a principal ...
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2005-11-04
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The Perfect Order measurement has proven to be a powerful measurement of a business. Should The Perfect Order be defined
from an internal point of view or from a customer point of view . . . inside-out or outside-in? (...)
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... Included in the inside-out definition is the fact that the order was perfect ...
AMR Research has done some great work on defining The Perfect Order metric and ...
Published:
2005-05-09
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The Perfect Order measurement has proven to be a powerful measurement of a business. Should The Perfect Order be defined
from an internal point of view or from a customer point of view . . . inside-out or outside-in? (...)
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... Included in the inside-out definition is the fact that the order was perfect ...
AMR Research has done some great work on defining The Perfect Order metric and ...
Published:
2005-05-09
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The metric of plant maintenance should now be in the ability of the plant to meet the strategic goals of the company beyond
customarily expected cost savings, such as improved plant output, performance predictability, product quality, customer service,
safety, environmental control, etc. (...)
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... Gap"? Part One: Trends and Definition. ... industry. Predrag Jakovljevic
is a research director with Technology Evaluation Centers, Inc. ...
Published:
2005-01-17
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The 2006 PMI Research Conference was an excellent venue for gauging the direction in which project management research is
heading. The presentations of the areas of portfolio management and program management confirm the rising demand for project
portfolio management solutions. (...)
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... Currently there is no uniform definition of a PMO among research organizations,
and even PMI has not built a consensus on defining PMOs. ...
Published:
2006-09-01
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ETO-oriented (engineer-to-order) systems must facilitate the near real time transfer of information and complex product knowledge
for collaboration across the extended enterprise. It should especially be suited to organizations that seek to maintain complex
selling relationships, such as businesses whose (...)
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ETO-oriented (engineer-to-order) systems must facilitate the near real time transfer of information and complex product knowledge
for collaboratio...
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2004-05-04
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Customer relationship management is a sophisticated set of customer-facing tools; however, its technology has outpaced the
management strategy used to implement it. Moreover, murky definitions and objectives have caused varying degrees of success
and failure to emerge from the same initiative. Clearly de (...)
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Customer relationship management is a sophisticated set of customer-facing tools; however, its technology has outpaced the
management strategy use...
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2004-10-21
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Customer relationship management is a sophisticated set of customer-facing tools; however, its technology has outpaced the
management strategy used to implement it. Moreover, murky definitions and objectives have caused varying degrees of success
and failure to emerge from the same initiative. Clearly de (...)
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Customer relationship management is a sophisticated set of customer-facing tools; however, its technology has outpaced the
management strategy use...
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2004-10-21
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Business Activity Monitoring (BAM) can bring significant business value in the world of technical data, but its justification
must be derived from business management improvements. The most important claim for BAM is that it can fundamentally alter
the way businesses understand and act to threats and opp (...)
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Business Activity Monitoring (BAM) can bring significant business value in the world of technical data, but its justification
must be derived from...
Published:
2004-01-03
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Business Activity Monitoring (BAM) can bring significant business value in the world of technical data, but its justification
must be derived from business management improvements. The most important claim for BAM is that it can fundamentally alter
the way businesses understand and act to threats and opp (...)
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Business Activity Monitoring (BAM) can bring significant business value in the world of technical data, but its justification
must be derived from...
Published:
2004-01-03
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Informix® Corporation, has announced an XML Document Type Definition (DTD) for Extraction, Transformation, and Transport
(ETT) of metadata. The DTD is designed to allow metadata sharing between different vendors’ products using the open XML standard. (...)
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... NASDAQ: IFMX), a software vendor specializing in infrastructure for the i.Economy, announced the industry's
first XML Document Type Definition (DTD) for ...
Published:
2000-05-22
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Companies who build specifically for a customer have unique requirements that are often not understood or dealt with well
by some ERP vendors, particularly in the mid-market, who think that systems designed around volume manufacturing fit everywhere. (...)
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Companies who build specifically for a customer have unique requirements that are often not understood or dealt with well
by some ERP vendors, par...
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2003-03-12
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There are two major genres of PLM solution: CAD-PLM and ERP-PLM. These two types have different integration capabilities,
but the gap between them is shrinking thanks to various factors driving the market. Currently, however, the difference still
matters in the solution selection process. (...)
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There are two major genres of PLM solution: CAD-PLM and ERP-PLM. These two types have different integration capabilities,
but the gap between them...
Published:
2009-02-04
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Informix® Corporation, has announced an XML Document Type Definition (DTD) for Extraction, Transformation, and Transport
(ETT) of metadata. The DTD is designed to allow metadata sharing between different vendors’ products using the open XML standard. (...)
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... NASDAQ: IFMX), a software vendor specializing in infrastructure for the i.Economy, announced the industry's
first XML Document Type Definition (DTD) for ...
Published:
2000-05-22
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ERP applications are designed to optimize an organization's underlying business processes - accounting/financial, manufacturing,
distribution, and human resources/payroll. (...)
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ERP applications are designed to optimize an organization's underlying business processes - accounting/financial, manufacturing,
distribution, and...
Published:
2000-12-27
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When negotiating a contract with a computer maintenance management system (CMMS) vendor the guiding principals and definition
of the project must first be determined. Deliverables, pricing options, payment terms, continuance, product and service quality,
and liabilities are additional areas that must be (...)
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... When negotiating a contract with a computer maintenance management system (CMMS) vendor the guiding principals
and definition of the project must first be ...
Published:
2004-02-25
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A customer relationship management (CRM) system's potential can be lost if the chief executive officer (CEO) doesn't play
a continuous role in its implementation—especially when it comes to pain management, the operational relevance of CRM, and
potential impediments. (...)
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A customer relationship management (CRM) system's potential can be lost if the chief executive officer (CEO) doesn't
play a continuous role in its...
Published:
2006-11-24