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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, ...
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2004-04-24
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Food and beverage manufacturers rely on information technology to meet market demands. However, food is one market where
most enterprise applications show a number of "fatal flaws"—capabilities whose omission can impede operations to the extent
of complete failure. (...)
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Food and beverage manufacturers rely on information technology to meet market demands. However, food is one market where most
enterprise applicati...
Published:
2006-11-08
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For any business, software needs exist which will prove difficult to satisfy. Application packages will have fatal flaws
where they do not meet these needs. When evaluating software, start with the potential fatal flaws and continually look at
the details surrounding them. (...)
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Application packages will have fatal flaws where they do not meet t... Find the Software's
Fatal Flaws to Avoid Failure. ... What is the impact of fatal
flaws? ...
Published:
2004-09-06
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Every piece of software you consider holds the potential for fatal flaws. Miss the fatal flaws and it is difficult to project
what the future holds for you. Process manufacturers have greater odds of running into Fatal Flaws than other companies. (...)
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Every piece of software you consider holds the potential for fatal flaws. Miss the fatal
flaws and it is difficult to project what the future hol... ...
Published:
2003-01-11
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For any business, software needs exist which will prove difficult to satisfy. Application packages will have fatal flaws
where they do not meet these needs. When evaluating software, start with the potential fatal flaws and continually look at
the details surrounding them. (...)
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fatal flaws:
Application packages will have fatal flaws where they do not meet t... Find the Software's
Fatal Flaws to Avoid Failure. ... What is the impact of fatal
flaws? ...
Published:
2004-09-06
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Many process manufacturers are realizing that their production, inventory control, planning, scheduling, and costing systems
are no longer adequate to support their business objectives. But replacing those systems with an enterprise resource planning
(ERP) system can be difficult when so many ERP systems (...)
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Choosing the Right ERP System: How to Avoid the Seven Fatal Flaws. ...
Learn how you can avoid the seven fatal flaws of ERP selection. ...
Published:
2010-05-11
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Enterprise resource planning (ERP) should provide all employees with information that helps them perform their jobs. But
process manufacturing is very complicated, so your ERP software must be robust enough to support your information needs. While
no packaged ERP can meet everyone’s needs perfectly, fi (...)
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Choosing the Right ERP System: How to Avoid the 7 Fatal Flaws. ... Download
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Published:
2010-03-11
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Software systems must be able to handle your business basics. A focus on the details is essential. Look meticulously for
the fatal flaws. If you don't select a system that meets your detailed needs, it can be fatal. (...)
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Software systems must be able to handle your business basics. A focus on the details is essential. Look meticulously for the
fatal flaws. If you d...
Published:
2006-11-09
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No company has ever fully evaluated the entire product that they are buying, time does not permit such a complete evaluation.
Few people really track how well the software is used after it is installed. (...)
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... These few are "fatal flaws" which can stop the business from
succeeding, if 98% of the system is adequate but the 2% that constitute the fatal flaws
fail, the ...
Published:
2002-03-04
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No company has ever fully evaluated the entire product that they are buying, time does not permit such a complete evaluation.
Few people really track how well the software is used after it is installed. (...)
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fatal flaws:
... These few are "fatal flaws" which can stop the business from
succeeding, if 98% of the system is adequate but the 2% that constitute the fatal flaws
fail, the ...
Published:
2002-03-04
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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...
Published:
2003-10-27
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The question, 'Do vertical industry needs play a significant role in a PLM software selection?' should be a simple question
to answer. Instead, it is a question best answered with a series of questions. (...)
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... What are the "fatal flaws" for your industry? ...
For more information on the concept of "fatal flaws", see Find The Software's
Fatal Flaws To Avoid Failure . ...
Published:
2003-12-26
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The Federal Government's peculiar and idiosyncratic regulatory requirements provide high barriers to entry, so that the novice
companies that are not already offering the functionality for the sector will likely not be able to tap the recent surge in
the defense and other federal markets. (...)
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The Federal Government's peculiar and idiosyncratic regulatory requirements provide high barriers to entry, so that the
novice companies that are ...
Published:
2004-09-22
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The Federal Government's peculiar and idiosyncratic regulatory requirements provide high barriers to entry, so that the novice
companies that are not already offering the functionality for the sector will likely not be able to tap the recent surge in
the defense and other federal markets. (...)
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fatal flaws:
The Federal Government's peculiar and idiosyncratic regulatory requirements provide high barriers to entry, so that the
novice companies that are ...
Published:
2004-09-22
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Infor's latest acquisitions and vertically-focused "assembler strategy" are furthering its goal to be number three (after
SAP and Oracle) in the world of enterprise resource planning vendors. (...)
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Infor's latest acquisitions and vertically-focused "assembler strategy" are furthering its goal to be number
three (after SAP and Oracle) in the w...
Published:
2006-04-27
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General enterprise resource planning (ERP) providers, even those which are viable companies with a solid product, typically
do not meet the tricky requirements that are vital to the plastics industry and related so-called mill or material converter
businesses. (...)
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General enterprise resource planning (ERP) providers, even those which are viable companies with a solid product, typically
do not meet the tricky...
Published:
2006-09-05
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When all enterprise vendors go for ERP and like solutions to help improve the business of small, midsize, and large aerospace
and defense (A&D); engineer-to-order (ETO); contract manufacturing; maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO); and like project-oriented
manufacturing companies they may face the ne (...)
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When all enterprise vendors go for ERP and like solutions to help improve the business of small, midsize, and large aerospace
and defense (A&D); e...
Published:
2005-01-12
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... Deadly Software Selection Sin #6: Overlooking the fatal flaws The Harold
Camping sin: In the spirit of fatal flaws, I would like to highlight Camping’s ...
Published:
2011-06-03
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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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fatal flaws:
There is certainly room to ask the fundamental question of whether the traditional practice of RFI/RFP-based selection processes
has been adequate...
Published:
2003-10-27
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Abstract:
General enterprise resource planning (ERP) providers that are viable companies with a solid product, typically do not meet
the dimensional inventory, chemical, and physical properties requirements that are vital to the metal service industry and
material converter businesses. (...)
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General enterprise resource planning (ERP) providers that are viable companies with a solid product, typically do not meet
the dimensional invento...
Published:
2005-11-30