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ERP Issues for the Midsized Life Sciences Company. Find White Papers, Case Studies, and Other Resources Associated with the
ERP Issues for the Midsized Life Sciences Company What makes your enterprise resource planning (ERP) requirements difficult
for most vendors to satisfy? As a life sciences company, y (...)
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ERP Issues for the Midsized Life Sciences Company. Find White Papers, Case Studies, and
Other Resources Associated with the ERP Issues for the Mids...
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2010-03-11
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SAP is addressing the problem of customers wanting support that vendors are either not providing, or providing at unjustifiable
prices. Support and maintenance customers are committed to service contracts, but only to a point. New options are thus available. (...)
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SAP is addressing the problem of customers wanting support that vendors are either not providing, or providing at unjustifiable
prices. Support an...
Published:
2007-04-27
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If your enterprise resource planning system is "old", if it is highly modified, if it is far behind in releases, and if it
is not really serving your current needs, you may be thinking of replacing it. Many companies ignore the option of "refreshing"
the existing system up to the current release and impl (...)
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If your enterprise resource planning system is "old", if it is highly modified, if it is far behind in releases,
and if it is not really serving y...
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2004-03-13
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ERP software may fail to meet critical business requirements. When companies find that their ERP doesn't meet all of their
business requirements, they should investigate niche software vendors who are focused on fixing fatal flaws. This paper discusses
one of the potential fatal flaw areas in the CPG ind (...)
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ERP software may fail to meet critical business requirements. When companies find that their ERP doesn't meet all of their
business requirements, ...
Published:
2004-04-24
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To a large extent, software packages do work out of the box. Packages that do not perform perfectly or as users would expect
is when dissatisfaction arises. These can be dealt with in a rational manner through the employment of effective project and
change management procedures. However, an area that ty (...)
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To a large extent, software packages do work out of the box. Packages that do not perform perfectly or as users would expect
is when dissatisfacti...
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2004-04-09
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Our experience from conducting dozens of ERP software selection engagements recently teaches us that some number of smaller
enterprises, first-time ERP buyers, opt for an ASP. Surprising, however was that an even more significant number of incumbent
mid-market vendors by not addressing this trend have be (...)
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Our experience from conducting dozens of ERP software selection engagements recently teaches us that some number of smaller
enterprises, first-tim...
Published:
2001-02-22
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To address questions for a TEC customer, we interviewed PeopleSoft's Michael Daniels. The conversation covered issues in
the areas of client/server architecture and database management as they relate to the PeopleSoft Enterprise Resource Planning
suite of products. (...)
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To address questions for a TEC customer, we interviewed PeopleSoft's Michael Daniels. The conversation covered issues
in the areas of client/serve...
Published:
1999-11-01
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The continuous chemical industries typically share an objective of running at near 100% utilization. This and other realities
yield unique requirements for a Supply Chain Planning (SCP) system. This article discusses some of these unique needs. (...)
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The continuous chemical industries typically share an objective of running at near 100% utilization. This and other realities
yield unique requir...
Published:
2002-08-04
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The face of manufacturing is constantly changing. As enterprise resource planning (ERP) software evolves and more organizations
continue to use ERP solutions, they must find a way to avoid ERP’s “tunnel vision” syndrome as manufacturing continues to
grow globally. (...)
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The face of manufacturing is constantly changing. As enterprise resource planning (ERP) software evolves and more organizations
continue to use ER...
Published:
2009-07-29
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In an enterprise with multiple operating divisions, should the enterprise standardize on a single set of software? Recent
broadening of major ERP products’ scope and the advent of Web-based product architecture may tempt corporations to consider
deploying this concept. Although the enterprise can gener (...)
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In an enterprise with multiple operating divisions, should the enterprise standardize on a single set of software? Recent
broadening of major ERP ...
Published:
2002-06-01
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There are common and unique variations to returned material authorizations (RMAs) that can compound a company’s enterprise
resource planning (ERP) system. Identifying RMA variations enables a company to determine what needs to be simplified and
what needs to be modeled in an ERP system. (...)
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There are common and unique variations to returned material authorizations (RMAs) that can compound a company’s enterprise
resource planning (ERP)...
Published:
2009-03-04
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In continuing our first-time ever questions-and-answers series for software applications vendors, Infor and IFS, two upper
mid-market, stalwart vendors, express their views on market trends, platform approaches, and mid-market issues. (...)
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In continuing our first-time ever questions-and-answers series for software applications vendors, Infor and IFS, two upper
mid-market, stalwart ve...
Published:
2007-07-06
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Returned material authorization (RMA) built on sales order functionality, such as that used by Microsoft Dynamics AX, can
drastically simplify RMA processes. (...)
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Returned material authorization (RMA) built on sales order functionality, such as that used by Microsoft Dynamics AX, can
drastically simplify RMA...
Published:
2009-03-06
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On November 8, Symix Systems began operating as Frontstep, and its common stock will be traded under the symbol "FSTP". However,
the company’s financial performance continues to deteriorate: The company reported its third consecutive loss in Q1 2001. (...)
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On November 8, Symix Systems began operating as Frontstep, and its common stock will be traded under the symbol "FSTP".
However, the company’s fin...
Published:
2000-12-14
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Having a system that can support mix-mode manufacturing without the need for artificial constraints would mean that the technology
is available to offer on demand manufacturing enterprise resource management to the marketplace. (...)
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Having a system that can support mix-mode manufacturing without the need for artificial constraints would mean that the technology
is available to...
Published:
2007-01-17
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The evolution of ERP systems has been driven by the emergence of new business practices and information technologies. These
have been supported by the growing maturity of the manufacturing profession, and by the evolving development of commercially
available software packages. This is an excerpt from the (...)
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The evolution of ERP systems has been driven by the emergence of new business practices and information technologies. These
have been supported by...
Published:
2003-10-08
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Replace or Add-on to an aging ERP system is a dilemma faced by many companies today. This article discusses the trade-offs
involved in making that decision. (...)
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Replace or Add-on to an aging ERP system is a dilemma faced by many companies today. This article discusses the trade-offs
involved in making that...
Published:
2002-01-29
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During a recent Enterprise Resource Planning selection engagement with a large aerospace and defense manufacturer TEC had
the opportunity to evaluate and compare the offerings of four top vendors. Each vendor’s offering differed in such areas
as functionality, flexibility, process fit and ease of use. (...)
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During a recent Enterprise Resource Planning selection engagement with a large aerospace and defense manufacturer TEC had
the opportunity to evalu...
Published:
2001-11-19
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Baan is now iBaan, fully focused on the Internet via Portals and web technologies, across CRM, ERP, and SCM spaces. (...)
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Baan is now iBaan, fully focused on the Internet via Portals and web technologies, across CRM, ERP, and SCM spaces.
Published:
2001-09-20
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We generally believe that, in the long run, market winners will be those vendors with an established large customer base
and with huge financial and human resources that would make them more responsive to any future challenges such as sudden market
trends and/or technology paradigm shifts. (...)
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We generally believe that, in the long run, market winners will be those vendors with an established large customer base and
with huge financial a...
Published:
2001-10-09