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ERP vendor UNIT4 has joined the discussion on the topic of its current state of affairs. Rather than pursuing the usual route of writing analyses of major market trends, I’ve decided to ask vendors about their opinions and approaches. UNIT4 has joined the discussion on the topic of its current state of (...)
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ERP vendor UNIT4 has joined the discussion on the topic of its current state of affairs. Rather than pursuing the usual route of writing analyses o...
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2010-08-04
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An ERP software implementation has three steps. Here's a comprehensive look at how a successful ERP software implementation for small businesses can be achieved. Most consultants agree that there are three stages that precede a software implementation project: research, evaluation, and selection. This thr (...)
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An ERP software implementation has three steps. Here's a comprehensive look at how a successful ERP software implementation for small businesses ca...
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2010-02-10
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While regulatory requirements to adopt International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) may be a concern for publically traded companies only, there are plenty of reasons why privately held entities will want to prepare to adopt IFRS as well. (...)
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While regulatory requirements to adopt International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) may be a concern for publically traded companies only, t...
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2009-12-14
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When one company acquires another, who benefits? It seems PSI’s recent acquisition of AIS will benefit both—as well as their clients and the steel industry as a whole. The combined solution offering will address APS, MES, SCM, and more. (...)
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When one company acquires another, who benefits? It seems PSI’s recent acquisition of AIS will benefit both—as well as their clients and the steel...
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2009-11-25
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Engineer-to-order (ETO) manufacturing needs a high level of integration between ERP and PLM systems. This article points out that ERP and PLM solutions are moving toward each other to achieve more organic data and process connectivity. (...)
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Engineer-to-order (ETO) manufacturing needs a high level of integration between ERP and PLM systems. This article points out that ERP and PLM solu...
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2009-11-27
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Rather than pursuing the usual route of writing analyses of major market trends, we’ve decided to ask vendors about their opinions and approaches. IFS has re-joined the discussion on the topic of user experience (UX) design. (...)
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Rather than pursuing the usual route of writing analyses of major market trends, we’ve decided to ask vendors about their opinions and approaches....
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2009-08-03
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For many manufacturers, distributors and retailers with a mishmash of disparate back-office business applications, Sterling Commerce, a traditional integration and communication provider, has recently unveiled a package designed to automate web-based commerce all the way from order capture to fulfillment (...)
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For many manufacturers, distributors and retailers with a mishmash of disparate back-office business applications, Sterling Commerce, a traditiona...
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2009-07-24
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Studies that surveyed manufacturers about the impact of ERP systems on firm performance indicate that company size and industry do not affect the results. Benefits have been indicated for large and small firms, whether they make standard or custom products or are in discrete or process manufacturing envi (...)
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Studies that surveyed manufacturers about the impact of ERP systems on firm performance indicate that company size and industry do not affect the ...
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2009-06-12
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Only effective e-mail management, together with records management and policies for employees on how to manage their e-mails, will help organizations deal with compliance regulations and potential litigation. (...)
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Only effective e-mail management, together with records management and policies for employees on how to manage their e-mails, will help organizati...
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2009-03-27
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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...
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2009-03-25
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High-tech and electronics, chemical, and oil and gas industries each have their fair share of regulatory requirements to meet, and an increasing number include environmental directives. Enterprise applications designed to meet their distinct needs should help pave the way to compliance. (...)
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High-tech and electronics, chemical, and oil and gas industries each have their fair share of regulatory requirements to meet, and an increasing n...
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2009-03-20
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As manufacturing becomes a global process, advances in demand management software have given rise to attribute-based demand management software. In the process manufacturing environment, this software can help manufacturers deal with complex manufacturing processes and increase overall customer satisfact (...)
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As manufacturing becomes a global process, advances in demand management software have given rise to attribute-based demand management software. I...
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2008-12-24
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Function points (FPs) are the most popular unit of measure for measuring the size of software. But because FPs were developed in the 1970s, are they not now outdated for today’s event-oriented programming and multi-tiered software architectures? (...)
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Function points (FPs) are the most popular unit of measure for measuring the size of software. But because FPs were developed in the 1970s, are th...
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2008-12-15
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Salesforce.com is now an almost unstoppable force in the world of on-demand customer relationship management. However, it may be the architect of its own downfall—and Microsoft is poised to take advantage. But will you profit from the Salesforce.com-versus-Microsoft war? (...)
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Salesforce.com is now an almost unstoppable force in the world of on-demand customer relationship management. However, it may be the architect of ...
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2008-10-13
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A response to trends in the open source software market comes this time from relative newcomer provider xTuple. This vendor’s footprint isn’t entirely in the open source door, however, with OpenMFG, its commercially licensed solution with an open source infrastructure. (...)
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A response to trends in the open source software market comes this time from relative newcomer provider xTuple. This vendor’s footprint isn’t enti...
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2008-10-10
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A sales portal is one of many tools that can be used to help transform a business, especially a consumer packaged goods company. In this article, key structural and functional elements, as well as the advantages of implementing and effectively using a sales portal, are discussed. (...)
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A sales portal is one of many tools that can be used to help transform a business, especially a consumer packaged goods company. In this article, ...
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2008-09-15
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BigMachines differentiates itself in the quote-to-order (Q2O) sphere due to its solutions’ lean end-to-end, inquiry-to-order focus. Although there are other vendors offering Q2O as a service, BigMachines product is arguably more flexible, as high tech manufacturers may be noting. (...)
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BigMachines differentiates itself in the quote-to-order (Q2O) sphere due to its solutions’ lean end-to-end, inquiry-to-order focus. Although there...
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2008-08-22
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A crop of next-generation, Web-based, on-demand, startup quote-to-order systems providers has lately flourished, spearheaded by BigMachines, whereas some traditional vendors that once defined the product configuration space in the 1990s have since left the market. (...)
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A crop of next-generation, Web-based, on-demand, startup quote-to-order systems providers has lately flourished, spearheaded by BigMachines, where...
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2008-08-20
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Quote-to-order (Q2O) systems can address the increasing demand for personalized and customized products. Complex product specification, quoting, and ordering processes—as well as the software applications catering to those processes—can benefit from the use of the Web, collaboration tools, and lean t (...)
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Quote-to-order (Q2O) systems can address the increasing demand for personalized and customized products. Complex product specification, quoting, a...
Published:
2008-08-18
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Companies that have moved from a highly reactive environment to a more planned one notice significant improvement. A computer maintenance management or enterprise asset management system is useful tool to create a planned environment, help build accurate equipment history, and develop comprehensive analy (...)
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Companies that have moved from a highly reactive environment to a more planned one notice significant improvement. A computer maintenance manageme...
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2008-08-06