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Successful e-businesses of the future will be those who treat e-business as the collection of processes, which allow multiple
companies to work cooperatively and collaboratively to produce a seemingly seamless integration of businesses operating as
a virtually vertical enterprise. And with this integrati (...)
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Successful e-businesses of the future will be those who treat e-business as the collection of processes, which allow multiple
companies to work co...
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2004-04-15
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More and more companies today face a significant challenge in integrating multiple business applications. This is the natural
result of fewer companies running a single, all encompassing business application, either in a lone facility or across multiple
sites of a multinational, multi-organizational ente (...)
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More and more companies today face a significant challenge in integrating multiple business applications. This is the natural
result of fewer comp...
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2004-04-14
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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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A customer relationship management (CRM) system is inherently valuable for supporting customer acquisition and retention
by gathering data from each contact with customers and prospects. Collecting data, however, cannot be isolated from a strategy
for actually using that data. Here is an overview of how (...)
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A customer relationship management (CRM) system is inherently valuable for supporting customer acquisition and retention by
gathering data from ea...
Published:
2003-07-03
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Prio! SecureSync combines the proven technologies of Fischer Systems and Siemens, providing over 18 years of combined directory
synchronization and management experience. The flexibility and interoperability of the product have certainly captured the
industries attention in bringing order to ‘directory (...)
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Prio! SecureSync combines the proven technologies of Fischer Systems and Siemens, providing over 18 years of combined directory
synchronization an...
Published:
2000-06-05
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The core components of a retail information system are inventory management, inventory optimization, revenue management,
sales management, and reports and inquiries. Non-core components can include financial, supply chain management, enterprise
resource planning, customer relationship management, and war (...)
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The core components of a retail information system are inventory management, inventory optimization, revenue management, sales
management, and rep...
Published:
2006-03-13
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The most crucial element of integration lies in the approach you take to achieve it. By far the most forward thinking approach
is to "technology enable" existing systems, externalizing components by supplementing application logic with externally defined
business rules, workflow technologies and event ma (...)
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The most crucial element of integration lies in the approach you take to achieve it. By far the most forward thinking approach
is to "technology e...
Published:
2004-04-17
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Great Plains has expanded eSupport, its web-based technical support service. The new service promises to provide customers
and partners with higher levels of service while increasing Great Plains’ operational efficiency. Here’s how Great Plains
uses the web to augment its technical support services. (...)
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Great Plains has expanded eSupport, its web-based technical support service. The new service promises to provide customers
and partners with highe...
Published:
2000-12-05
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Enterprise resource planning (ERP) implementation costs can be divided into one-time costs and ongoing annual costs. Both
types of costs can be segmented into hardware, software, external assistance, and internal personnel. Reprinted from Maximizing
Your ERP System by Dr. Scott Hamilton. (...)
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Enterprise resource planning (ERP) implementation costs can be divided into one-time costs and ongoing annual costs. Both
types of costs can be s...
Published:
2004-02-12
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The nature of the global automotive supply chain means that the suppliers must be tightly integrated into the trading partner’s
enterprise, whose supply chain communications and management capabilities need to be able to manage that critical relationship. (...)
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The nature of the global automotive supply chain means that the suppliers must be tightly integrated into the trading partner’s
enterprise, whose ...
Published:
2005-03-22
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If you are implementing or considering Microsoft Axapta as your ERP system, or providing Axapta-related services, this note
provides an overall understanding of how the system fits together to run a business. This section reviews the major design
factors affecting system usage in a manufacturing environm (...)
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If you are implementing or considering Microsoft Axapta as your ERP system, or providing Axapta-related services, this note
provides an overall un...
Published:
2005-02-12
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Biomet, a manufacturer of orthopedic medical products needed to support its worldwide need for sales information. (...)
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Biomet, a manufacturer of orthopedic medical products needed to support its worldwide need for sales information.
Published:
2001-09-25
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How many ERP vendors, including the largest ones, have natively built-in real-time production monitoring, warehousing management,
time and attendance capture, and complete quality management systems? (...)
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How many ERP vendors, including the largest ones, have natively built-in real-time production monitoring, warehousing management,
time and attenda...
Published:
2005-03-12
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Enterprises are becoming painfully aware of the need to clean up their structured data and unstructured content acts to capitalize
on more important efforts like regulatory compliance, globalization, demand aggregation, and supply chain streamlining. (...)
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Enterprises are becoming painfully aware of the need to clean up their structured data and unstructured content acts to capitalize
on more importa...
Published:
2004-11-11
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The most recent merger looks initially like a positive move for both companies and their customers, since Agilisys further
enlarges a foothold in the discrete automotive manufacturing (which it has recently started with BRAIN) and solid SCE product
modules that it might embed into its own SCM suite and p (...)
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The most recent merger looks initially like a positive move for both companies and their customers, since Agilisys further
enlarges a foothold in ...
Published:
2003-07-17
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Baan and IBM have formed an alliance, IONA is certified for the OpenWorld Network Alliance, and Baan has a program for a
smooth migration path for existing customers. (...)
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Baan and IBM have formed an alliance, IONA is certified for the OpenWorld Network Alliance, and Baan has a program for a smooth
migration path for...
Published:
2002-02-19
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Information technology infrastructure takes a back seat to applications investments for lack of a cost justification method.
However, the infrastructure systems are breaking down in public; bringing significant attention to an issue that has been
set aside far too long. (...)
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... system to an enterprise resource planning system. ...
Information Technology Architecture is intended to establish a ... form a platform to support
application systems ...
Published:
2000-04-03
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ERP applications are designed to optimize an organization’s underlying business processes — primarily accounting/financial,
manufacturing, distribution, and human resources/payroll. This note identifies current trends in the ERP market that we believe
are the direct consequence of vendors’ attempts (...)
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ERP applications are designed to optimize an organization’s underlying business processes — primarily accounting/financial,
manufacturing, distrib...
Published:
2000-05-03
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SouthWare Innovations is one of the first middle-market vendors to create what might be the one of the best examples of true
business management system (accounting + exception management + task management), and for that reason alone it should receive
serious consideration. (...)
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... several areas and outstanding business management support. Business Management Functions.
ExecuMate II is a powerful executive information system that presents ...
Published:
2005-01-04
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If you are implementing or considering Microsoft Axapta as your ERP system, or providing Axapta-related services, this note
provides an overall understanding of how the system fits together to run a business. (...)
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If you are implementing or considering Microsoft Axapta as your ERP system, or providing Axapta-related services, this note
provides an overall un...
Published:
2005-02-10