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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...
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2005-10-21
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Using credit and A/R management as a sales tool requires defining goals and measuring results. Determining the competitive
landscape and using A/R management software with key features will help companies realize the full potential of credit and
A/R management. (...)
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Using credit and A/R management as a sales tool requires defining goals and measuring results. Determining the competitive
landscape and using A/R...
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2005-02-03
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Combining process industry–oriented product lifecycle management capabilities with process manufacturing–oriented enterprise
resource planning ones can help alleviate many of the challenges particular to the process manufacturers, especially in the
areas of product development and regulatory complian (...)
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Combining process industry–oriented product lifecycle management capabilities with process manufacturing–oriented enterprise
resource planning one...
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2009-03-16
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The face of business is rapidly evolving from traditional brick-and-mortar facades to electronic ones. While web businesses
spend considerable effort in polishing Internet front ends with sophisticated graphics and animation, they must also give
attention to back end fulfillment operations. Invisible to (...)
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The face of business is rapidly evolving from traditional brick-and-mortar facades to electronic ones. While web businesses
spend considerable eff...
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1999-11-01
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There is a perception that if business users are given access to enterprise databases and raw query tools, they will create
havoc in the system, which is a possibility—unless the business intelligence (BI) product developer understands the potential
problem and addresses it as a business-critical facto (...)
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There is a perception that if business users are given access to enterprise databases and raw query tools, they will create
havoc in the system, w...
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2005-07-15
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The systems dealing with manufacturing, inventory, procurement, and customer order management systems are among the systems
that often prove to be the hardest to acquire due to the unique issues of the process enterprise. (...)
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The systems dealing with manufacturing, inventory, procurement, and customer order management systems are among the systems
that often prove to be...
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2008-03-21
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Cincom joins a slew of vendors that are aiming at providing a business process improving middleware layer, which will route
requests and interventions across the loosely integrated applications, mitigating the need for complex point-to-point integration.
Cincom Environ, an 'event-enabled environment' is (...)
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Cincom joins a slew of vendors that are aiming at providing a business process improving middleware layer, which will route
requests and intervent...
Published:
2003-04-22
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Initial indications are that this is a strategic investment by chinadotcom that will allow Ross Systems to expand its product
footprint and capitalize on its process industry expertise. Given the market opportunity for all types of manufacturing in
China, chinadotcom will have to resist the temptation to (...)
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Initial indications are that this is a strategic investment by chinadotcom that will allow Ross Systems to expand its product
footprint and capita...
Published:
2003-10-04
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There is certainly room to ask the fundamental question of whether the traditional practice of RFI/RFP-based selection processes
has been adequate for the task of selecting complex systems. The record indicates there is much room for improvement. In essence,
for complex selections like in the case of ent (...)
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There is certainly room to ask the fundamental question of whether the traditional practice of RFI/RFP-based selection processes
has been adequate...
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2003-10-27
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Business process management (BPM) has to integrate existing enterprise applications, Web services, and people in such a way
that it can also quickly change, destruct, or construct processes. This is far beyond the realm of traditional enterprise
application integration (EAI). (...)
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Business process management (BPM) has to integrate existing enterprise applications, Web services, and people in such a way
that it can also quick...
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2005-12-08
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This article defines process manufacturing; discusses its formulation, packaging, and pricing issues; talks about interfaces;
and provides cautions and caveats. (...)
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This article defines process manufacturing; discusses its formulation, packaging, and pricing issues; talks about interfaces;
and provides caution...
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2005-09-03
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The right balance of automated processes with paper records and manual, human interaction is necessary to keep costs under
control with a flexible yet controlled set of procedures. The strategic software category, governance, risk management, and
compliance, is poised to help. (...)
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... monitoring critical "procure-to-pay," "order-to-cash," or "reconcile-to-report"
process configurations and transactions, ideally with pre-delivered, automated ...
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2008-07-23
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Today, the issue of regulatory compliance touches every enterprise, and process manufacturers are no exception. To answer
the challenge of this new reality, vendors now offer enterprise resource planning systems with far more features and functionality
than ever before. But how can an organization choose (...)
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Today, the issue of regulatory compliance touches every enterprise, and process manufacturers are no exception. To answer
the challenge of this ne...
Published:
2009-08-14
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Before an important game, you create a game plan. Before you start building a house, you have a blueprint. And before you
start looking at a warehouse management system (WMS), you must define how you want your warehouse to be organized and function.
This article looks at basic warehouse strategies that n (...)
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Before an important game, you create a game plan. Before you start building a house, you have a blueprint. And before you
start looking at a wareh...
Published:
2003-05-29
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In an ideal world, we can have an exception free manufacturing operations. And for the most part, it will be a "management
by exception" operations with no constraints or bottlenecks to worry about. But in reality manufacturing is all about managing
constraints. A lot of constraints! This article discus (...)
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In an ideal world, we can have an exception free manufacturing operations. And for the most part, it will be a "management
by exception" operation...
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2004-07-24
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What a difference a year makes. Two months after the Nike debacle, more than a dozen class action lawsuits for securities
fraud are now pending in federal and state courts. Will the SCM vendor find a safe harbor, sink to the bottom, or tread water
through 2001? (...)
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What a difference a year makes. Two months after the Nike debacle, more than a dozen class action lawsuits for securities
fraud are now pending i...
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2001-05-08
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Here are four worst practices that can contribute to the failure of an enterprise resource planning implementation—or the
implementation of any other enterprise software, for that matter. Protect your investment and prevent disaster by steering
clear of these major mistakes. (...)
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Here are four worst practices that can contribute to the failure of an enterprise resource planning implementation—or the
implementation of any ot...
Published:
2009-06-29
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Abstract:
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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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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In direct correlation to the success of Internet based Permission email, advertising dollars are starting to be redirected
from standard advertising companies such as DoubleClick and put to use in the Permission email area. (...)
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Analysis of Critical Path's Alliance with yesmail.com for Permission Email. P. Hayes - February 2, 2000.
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2000-02-02