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Hiring the former APICS president to head its manufacturing industry efforts a year ago, the high profile acquisition of
renowned manufacturing ERP provider J.D. Edwards this summer, and most recently, the acquisition of demand flow and lean manufacturing
software solutions from JCIT, might indicate that (...)
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Hiring the former APICS president to head its manufacturing industry efforts a year ago, the high profile acquisition of renowned
manufacturing ER...
Published:
2004-01-24
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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
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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
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Application vendors are focusing on their install base as their primary source of revenue while cutting costs to provide
profitability. Most vendors will tell you that they are both new account and customer oriented, and some have struck this
balance. But the vast majority have been worshipping at the (...)
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Application vendors are focusing on their install base as their primary source of revenue while cutting costs to provide profitability.
Most vend...
Published:
2003-05-09
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On December 1, System Software Associates, Inc., a global provider of enterprise resource planning (ERP) software and services,
announced financial results for its fourth fiscal quarter ended October 31, 1999. (...)
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On December 1, System Software Associates, Inc., a global provider of enterprise resource planning (ERP) software and services,
announced financia...
Published:
1999-12-15
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Is business intelligence (BI) an application that pays off? We have all heard mixed results but a 2003 extensive study on
on-line analytical processing (OLAP) states that BI usually pays off over 60 percent of the time , explains where the value
is found, and describes what’s required to get the pay (...)
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... benefits imbedded in the ERP or SCM system cannot be ...
a common opinion on ERP and SCM software is ... Functionality; End user
ease-of-use; Integration to existing ...
Published:
2004-10-09
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PeopleSoft manufacturing customers and J.D. Edwards customers in service industries should assess the vendor's product plans
given these customers might benefit if PeopleSoft shares functions between the product sets. (...)
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... SCM Wherewithal Part Four: Challenges and User Recommendations. ...
To that end, PeopleSoft plans to release a ... is the entire internet-architected big system,
that is ...
Published:
2004-01-28
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Even before the mega merger, PeopleSoft had already set it sights on a bigger manufacturing presence. PeopleSoft’s acquisition
of mid-to-large ERP system developer J.D. Edwards this summer, and most recently demand flow and lean manufacturing software
solution from JCIT, might indicate some deep though (...)
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Even before the mega merger, PeopleSoft had already set it sights on a bigger manufacturing presence. PeopleSoft’s acquisition
of mid-to-large ERP...
Published:
2004-01-27
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The PeopleSoft-J.D. Edwards merger was, in great part, about retaining the big five (or big four, or big three) seat and
the need to be bigger within shrinking market opportunities. The combined vendors should now a have solid foothold against
SAP and Oracle, particularly because one better-performing si (...)
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The PeopleSoft-JD Edwards merger was, in great part, about retaining the big five (or big four, or big three) seat and the
need to be bigger wit...
Published:
2004-01-26
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While the ERP mid-market has seen more vibrant intra-market merger & acquisition activity during 2001, it appears that 2002
will, for some more tenacious Tier 2/Tier 3 vendors, be the year of delivering products under their own steam as to counteract
the onslaught by Tier 1 vendors and mid-market juggern (...)
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While the ERP mid-market has seen more vibrant intra-market merger & acquisition activity during 2001, it appears that
2002 will, for some more te...
Published:
2002-04-19
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SSA Global's strategy to grow both organically and through acquisition while developing an end-to-end suite of applications
with one open platform architecture has allowed this traditional enterprise resource planning vendor to evolve into a supply
chain management solutions provider. (...)
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SSA Global's strategy to grow both organically and through acquisition while developing an end-to-end suite of applications
with one open platform...
Published:
2006-01-19
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Key concerns for PLM prospects will be domain knowledge in design and engineering-specific functions and integration, including
currently poor connections from Oracle workflow to third-party business applications and CAD/PLM interfaces. (...)
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... capabilities to round out the execution side of its budding integrated SCM system.
... bid to acquire it does not go through at the end of the ... User
Recommendations. ...
Published:
2004-01-06
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Abstract:
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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Abstract:
It appears as though SAP feels confident now that its software solutions outside of its core ERP can stand on their own and
attract new customers. (...)
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It appears as though SAP feels confident now that its software solutions outside of its core ERP can stand on their own and
attract new customers.
Published:
2001-08-06
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Abstract:
SAP AG has seemingly crossed a strategy chasm, from a strict, stodgy, Not-Invented-Here (NIH) approach to software development
and delivery, to a seemingly quite open approach of broad development alliances, company acquisitions, Internet portals development,
and a deep, new relationship with IBM for bot (...)
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SAP AG has seemingly crossed a strategy chasm, from a strict, stodgy, Not-Invented- Here (NIH) approach to software development
and delivery, to a ...
Published:
2001-09-22
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Abstract:
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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end user system scm:
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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Abstract:
An investment analysis focusing on enterprise resource planning (ERP) benefits frequently applies to those firms initially
justifying an ERP implementation. It can also be used to justify a 're-implementation' when the initial efforts have failed
to produce desired results. Reprinted from Maximizing You (...)
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An investment analysis focusing on enterprise resource planning (ERP) benefits frequently applies to those firms initially
justifying an ERP imple...
Published:
2004-02-13
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GTM software should be able to gather information and feed it back into the parent company, creating visibility into what
remote divisions are doing and how they are doing it. Software providers must strike the right balance between global consistency
and special local needs. (...)
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GTM software should be able to gather information and feed it back into the parent company, creating visibility into what
remote divisions are doi...
Published:
2005-06-20
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Abstract:
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...
Published:
2004-07-24
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Abstract:
IBS may be the first vendor to fully integrate a supply chain operations reference model in its business intelligence solution.
Customers receive more efficient measurements and benchmarking across their supply chain regardless of their supply chain
and ERP software. (...)
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IBS may be the first vendor to fully integrate a supply chain operations reference model in its business intelligence solution.
Customers receive ...
Published:
2005-09-07