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Your Challenge: Get Decision Makers' Approval for a Manufacturing System. Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Time-Bound.
If you’ve worked for more than one manufacturing company, you know that each one is different. Different processes, systems,
problems—all these variations mean you need (...)
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Your Challenge: Get Decision Makers' Approval for a Manufacturing System. Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and
Time-Bound. If you’ve work...
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2010-03-11
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Infor has met several of its objectives with Infor Open SOA. The vendor has managed to resolve inherited customer retention
issues, move forward with “green” and corporate social responsibility initiatives, and even has a viable new product version
to offer Baan users. (...)
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Infor has met several of its objectives with Infor Open SOA. The vendor has managed to resolve inherited customer retention
issues, move forward w...
Published:
2008-07-02
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Busy as it’s been with wheeling and dealing, Ariba has still found the time to release an upgrade to its Ariba Buyer software. (...)
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Busy as it’s been with wheeling and dealing, Ariba has still found the time to release an upgrade to its Ariba Buyer software.
Published:
2000-09-19
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... The major considerations here for independent software vendors (ISVs) (not necessarily
end ... This brings us to the discussion about choosing the technology stack ...
Published:
2009-05-29
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choosing manufacturing sytems software:
... The major considerations here for independent software vendors (ISVs) (not necessarily
end ... This brings us to the discussion about choosing the technology stack ...
Published:
2009-05-29
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'Mass customization' is the buzzword of the current decade. Customers demand products with lower prices, higher quality and
faster delivery; yet they also want products customized to match their unique needs. A product configurator that enables manufacturers
to efficiently deliver customized products by (...)
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'Mass customization' is the buzzword of the current decade. Customers demand products with lower prices, higher quality
and faster delivery; yet t...
Published:
2003-08-21
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Users choosing point planning or BI products should consider the integration infrastructure and effort needed to combine
these products versus the cost and functionality issues of choosing an integrated CPM product suite (if still possible to
find). Mission-critical issues like scalability, reliability, (...)
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Users choosing point planning or BI products should consider the integration infrastructure and effort needed to combine these
products versus the...
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2003-08-19
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In today's competitive engineer-to-order (ETO) manufacturing environment, procuring components on time and within budget
is crucial. With rising fuel costs and increased international trade, supply chain management software can help ETO organizations
get—and stay—ahead of the competition. (...)
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In today's competitive engineer-to-order (ETO) manufacturing environment, procuring components on time and within budget
is crucial. With rising f...
Published:
2008-07-18
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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...
Published:
2004-04-14
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ESD (electronic software distribution) promises to simplify software distribution and management, and eliminate ''sneakernet''
the costly, time-consuming manual process that some companies still use to do upgrades and installations. Unfortunately, the
cure often has some of the same pitfalls as the probl (...)
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ESD (electronic software distribution) promises to simplify software distribution and management, and eliminate ''sneakernet''
the costly, time-co...
Published:
2003-07-01
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The Microsoft .NET versus J2EE platform argument often takes on the vehemence of a religious debate. Choosing one may amount
to "betting the farm", whereas choosing neither or both typically forces unwieldy workarounds or excruciating duplicate development
efforts. (...)
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The Microsoft .NET versus J2EE platform argument often takes on the vehemence of a religious debate. Choosing one may amount
to "betting the farm"...
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2004-12-08
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Part of Made2Manage Systems acquisition strategy includes taking on a more global presence through acquisition of non-US
companies that offer software, services, and support, particularly companies that sell direct into non-US countries, although
not limited to that. Its growth strategy states that it pl (...)
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Part of Made2Manage Systems acquisition strategy includes taking on a more global presence through acquisition of non-US companies
that offer soft...
Published:
2005-02-24
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This part discusses the causes of ill-fated implementation (...)
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This part discusses the causes of ill-fated implementation.
Published:
2002-07-11
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During last two years, Made2Manage had mobilized its resources to evolve from a vendor of traditional ERP software to a provider
of 'one-stop-shop' enterprise business applications. (...)
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During last two years, Made2Manage had mobilized its resources to evolve from a vendor of traditional ERP software to a provider
of 'one-stop-shop...
Published:
2002-02-05
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Abstract:
Part of Made2Manage Systems acquisition strategy includes taking on a more global presence through acquisition of non-US
companies that offer software, services, and support, particularly companies that sell direct into non-US countries, although
not limited to that. Its growth strategy states that it pl (...)
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Part of Made2Manage Systems acquisition strategy includes taking on a more global presence through acquisition of non-US companies
that offer soft...
Published:
2005-02-24
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The real action is in merging the influx of electronically transmitted data with existing information already being processed
within the ERP system, and the ensuing challenge is to make sense of this constant flood of information arriving daily in
the form of EDI or XML messages. (...)
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The real action is in merging the influx of electronically transmitted data with existing information already being processed
within the ERP syste...
Published:
2005-03-21
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Providers of complex products, systems, and services should view quote-to-order (Q2O) systems as enablers that can improve
competitive advantage. At the same time, users should remember that Q2O solutions are not necessarily advantageous for all
manufacturing departments or businesses. (...)
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Providers of complex products, systems, and services should view quote-to-order (Q2O) systems as enablers that can improve
competitive advantage. ...
Published:
2007-11-26
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ERP systems, in fact, are devised to operate by codifying a set of business processes and employees have to learn the whys,
wheres and whos of the business process (workflows) rather than hows of the software screens. (...)
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ERP systems, in fact, are devised to operate by codifying a set of business processes and employees have to learn the whys,
wheres and whos of the...
Published:
2001-08-29
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Like many of its peers, Symix Systems, one of the leading mid-market enterprise applications vendors, has been making a big
push into the e-commerce market. A new Symix subsidiary called Frontstep, which was formed in January 2000, has been actively
rounding out its e-business product and strategic consu (...)
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Like many of its peers, Symix Systems, one of the leading mid-market enterprise applications vendors, has been making a big
push into the e-commer...
Published:
2000-10-25
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Very few companies really run standard software applications as "standard" products, since every business changes constantly.
In fact, these companies have found that the agility they wish to attain is in direct conflict with the rigidity of their
enterprise systems. (...)
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Very few companies really run standard software applications as "standard" products, since every business changes
constantly. In fact, these compa...
Published:
2007-03-26