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Contrary to what vendors may contend, not all of them are able to supply a cost effective solution that satisfies the critical
requirements of an organization. In this case study from a recent selection engagement for a large series book publisher,
we size up Oracle, JD Edwards, PeopleSoft, and Lawson in (...)
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Contrary to what vendors may contend, not all of them are able to supply a cost effective solution that satisfies the critical
requirements of an ...
Published:
2001-12-25
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Managers weighing an investment in software for supply chain face pressure to be right. Looking for a precise calculation
of ROI often results in making an uninformed decision. This part discusses what to do when business analysis skills are lacking. (...)
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Managers weighing an investment in software for supply chain face pressure to be right. Looking for a precise calculation
of ROI often results in ...
Published:
2001-07-16
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Today's ERP Showdown pits Infor SyteLine vs. Exact Software Macola ES vs. QAD Enterprise Application, all aimed at medium-sized
businesses in the $250 million (USD)–plus range. Once again, we used TEC's ERP Evaluation Center to look at all eight standard
ERP modules… (...)
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Today's ERP Showdown pits Infor SyteLine vs. Exact Software Macola ES vs. QAD Enterprise
Application, all aimed at medium-sized businesses in the ...
Published:
2008-06-23
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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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There are two ways to build enterprise application solutions: link together disparate, best-of-breed solutions, in which
vendors embrace open architectures and inter-application messaging protocols, or find a one-stop-shop with all the software,
functionality, and interoperability one could ever ask for. (...)
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There are two ways to build enterprise application solutions: link together disparate, best-of-breed solutions, in which vendors
embrace open arch...
Published:
2001-11-22
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10 Questions to Ask your Finance and Accounting Software Vendors before you Buy ERP. Get Free Case Studies and Other Software
to Use In Your Decision Before you Buy ERP. When conducting a mid-market enterprise resource planning (ERP) system comparison,
there are several key questions that you should ask: (...)
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... vendors, including Epicor Software Corp., Lawson and Infor, offer application-hosting
services, managing and maintaining your organization's ERP solution on ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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The reality of today’s application environment is that no single application meets all of the needs of a business, or frequently
even the needs of a single business process, so multiple applications must work together to support business processes. (...)
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... in management consulting and application software focused on ...
a recognized expert in software solutions for ... broad knowledge of applying ERP,
Product Lifecycle ...
Published:
2003-02-27
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This final note discusses how Application Service Providers (ASPs) have arisen on the Internet in response to such ERP woes
as support expenses, misbehaving applications, and server downtime, and how as the nature of ERP software evolves into services
and/or hosted models, the market might be experiencin (...)
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This final note discusses how Application Service Providers (ASPs) have arisen on the Internet in response to such ERP woes
as support expenses, m...
Published:
2001-04-27
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Active Software, Inc., a provider of enterprise application integration software products, today announced the ActiveWorks™
Application Transaction Coordinator (ATC) to ensure the transactional integrity of end-to end business processes across systems,
both within and outside the corporate firewall. (...)
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Active Software, Inc., a provider of enterprise application integration software products, today announced the ActiveWorks™
Application Transactio...
Published:
2000-06-01
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The worst is past for SoftBrands. However, the vendor must still deal with the problem of blending many formerly independent
organizations together, while figuring out how best to leverage their different technological and industrial strengths. (...)
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The worst is past for SoftBrands. However, the vendor must still deal with the problem of blending many formerly independent
organizations togethe...
Published:
2006-03-03
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Lawson's continual investment in R&D delivers innovative products, often in advance of much larger competitors. Increasing
competition from larger vendors with significant resources, puts pressure on the company to go public within the next 12 months. (...)
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Lawson's continual investment in R&D delivers innovative products, often in advance of much larger competitors. Increasing
competition from larger...
Published:
1999-02-01
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10 Strategies for Choosing the Right ERP Finance and Accounting Solution for Your Company. Find Free Reports and Other Solutions
to Define Your Acquisition In Relation To the ERP Finance and Accounting Solution Big-name vendors are competing with those
that have long catered to midsized enterprises. With (...)
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10 Strategies for Choosing the Right ERP Finance and Accounting Solution for Your Company. Find Free Reports and Other Solutions
to Define Your Acq...
Published:
2010-03-11
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In announcing their merger plans, Lawson and Intentia will not only have to grapple with the usual issues, but will have
to deal with the nuanced differences in their respective Java application endeavors. (...)
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In announcing their merger plans, Lawson and Intentia will not only have to grapple with the usual issues, but will have to
deal with the nuanced ...
Published:
2005-10-08
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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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Glovia hopes to become a manufacturing service platform that will connect and integrate various business systems that user
companies currently use. The vendor's software-as-a-service offering is one of the routes it plans to take to get there. (...)
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Glovia hopes to become a manufacturing service platform that will connect and integrate various business systems that user
companies currently use...
Published:
2007-01-24
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Epicor Software is one of the first vendors and possibly the only mid-market vendor able to natively embrace customer and
supplier activities tied to a core transactional back-office system. Fiscal 2001 will prove to be very challenging for Epicor
Software and we believe the next 18 months will be the c (...)
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Epicor Software is one of the first vendors and possibly the only mid-market vendor able to natively embrace customer and
supplier activities tied...
Published:
2001-03-30
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Oracle is one of the first software companies to implement the Internet computing model for developing and deploying enterprise
software across its entire product line. CRM and strategic procurement will be significant contributors to Oracle Applications
sales revenue (up to 35% within next 3 years), whe (...)
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Oracle is one of the first software companies to implement the Internet computing model for developing and deploying enterprise
software across it...
Published:
1999-09-01
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Many companies are looking to outsource development and maintenance of their application software. Common reasons that companies
outsource application software are to reduce their costs, improve quality, obtain flexible staffing levels, and obtain improved
service and support so they can focus on their c (...)
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... integrated package from companies such as SAP, PeopleSoft, Epicor, Mapics, Intentia, and other ERP
providers. ... How does application software outsourcing work? ...
Published:
2004-09-29
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In February SAP AG announced a web-enabled version of their product data management (PDM) software, the application that
lets manufacturers collect and manage databases of information about the products they make. (...)
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... to be loaded into a homegrown mainframe application, is vital ... Web-based
user interface when the SAP software was installed ... SAP was one the first ERP
vendors to ...
Published:
2000-03-20
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Lawson Software, a major privately held provider of enterprise resource planning software, today announced the delivery of
its enterprise software applications for IBM's DB2 Universal Database. This availability extends Lawson's support of the IBM
DB2 Universal Database to encompass IBM Netfinity, RS/600 (...)
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Lawson Software, a major privately held provider of enterprise resource planning software, today announced the delivery of
its enterprise software...
Published:
2000-01-10