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When testing firm Promissor’s system kept crashing, it knew it was time to make a change. With over 800 employees made up
of part-timers, temporary workers, and employees on various pay cycles, its payroll team was constantly reconstructing lost
time sheets and wasting valuable time. Since implementing (...)
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A More Promising Payday at Promissor Corporation. Source: iEmployee. Document Type: Case Study Description: When testing firm
Promissor ...
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2010-03-11
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The quintessential business challenge is to minimize downtime on assets while minimizing the cost of spare and replacement
parts inventory. To meet these challenges, heavy investments have been made in extensive spare ad replacement parts networks. (...)
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The quintessential business challenge is to minimize downtime on assets while minimizing the cost of spare and replacement
parts inventory. To mee...
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2005-07-30
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A project's success is determined by the diverse stakeholder expectations. If some see return on investment as their primary
stake, others may focus on profitability—meaning that stakeholder communication tools are only as good as their adaptability
to stakeholder dynamics. (...)
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Project Portfolio Management's Missing Functional Link: Stakeholder Management. ...
a methodology that aligns business with project objectives without necessarily ...
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2006-12-05
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A project's success is determined by the diverse stakeholder expectations. If some see return on investment as their primary
stake, others may focus on profitability—meaning that stakeholder communication tools are only as good as their adaptability
to stakeholder dynamics. (...)
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Project Portfolio Management's Missing Functional Link: Stakeholder Management. ...
a methodology that aligns business with project objectives without necessarily ...
Published:
2006-12-05
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System integration service provider selections and project planning should involve the same amount of due diligence as business
IT strategy definition and software evaluation. (...)
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System integration service provider selections and project planning should involve the same amount of due diligence as business
IT strategy defini...
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2002-07-12
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The planning, execution and partner collaboration processes of nearly all companies today are driven by a "plan", itself
typically part forecast, part performance target. (...)
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The planning, execution and partner collaboration processes of nearly all companies today are driven by a "plan",
itself typically part forecast, ...
Published:
2004-04-23
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Software-as-a-service solutions are emerging to address almost every business application need considered "mission critical"
including financials and accounting, asset management, and human capital management applications to supply chain management
and channel management solutions. (...)
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Software-as-a-service solutions are emerging to address almost every business application need considered "mission critical"
including financials ...
Published:
2007-01-15
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You are about to embark on an important project. Whether the project is software or hardware related, it is a good idea to
hold a project kickoff meeting. Don't miss this excellent opportunity to get across important communications and establish
the tone for the project. This article discusses the 10 obj (...)
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You are about to embark on an important project. Whether the project is software or hardware related, it is a good idea to
hold a project kickoff ...
Published:
2003-12-31
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Software-as-a-service solutions are emerging to address almost every business application need considered "mission critical"
including financials and accounting, asset management, and human capital management applications to supply chain management
and channel management solutions. (...)
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Software-as-a-service solutions are emerging to address almost every business application need considered "mission critical"
including financials ...
Published:
2007-01-15
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... understand the overall objectives of the DC.). Below is a short list of some noticeable
ranking changes outside of the top 10 functional requirements mentioned ...
Published:
2010-06-08
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Winning ERP products will demonstrate deep industry functionality and tight integration with best-of-bread ‘bolt-on’ products
in a particular vertical. Users should focus on the handful of business objectives they need to achieve and the ways to measure
their success. (...)
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Winning ERP products will demonstrate deep industry functionality and tight integration with best-of-bread ‘bolt-on’ products
in a particular vert...
Published:
2001-10-15
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This tutorial identifies the significance of researching technology vendors to both buyers and vendors/VARs. Buyers require
research to determine the short list and vendors/VARs can use research to assess the viability of opportunities before
committing time and money to a sales effort. Since a ' (...)
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... turning to an objective third party expert that has an ability of translating these strategic business
objectives into tactical functional and technological ...
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2002-03-11
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This tutorial identifies the significance of researching technology vendors to both buyers and vendors/VARs. Buyers require
research to determine the short list and vendors/VARs can use research to assess the viability of opportunities before
committing time and money to a sales effort. Since a ' (...)
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... turning to an objective third party expert that has an ability of translating these strategic business
objectives into tactical functional and technological ...
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2002-03-11
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This tutorial points out the significance of buyers researching PLM technology vendors before determining the short list
and vendors researching the viability of the opportunity before committing time and money to a sales effort. Since a 'one-size-fits-all'
product is still not quite a viable possibilit (...)
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This tutorial points out the significance of buyers researching PLM technology vendors before determining the short list and
vendors researching t...
Published:
2003-05-27
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Mistakes in Performance Management. Get IT Information and Other Solutions Associated with Mistakes in Performance Management.
Performance reviews are typically based on the definition of what an employee was originally hired to do. However, appraisal
systems fail to address the fact that jobs change as t (...)
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Mistakes in Performance Management. Get IT Information and Other Solutions Associated with Mistakes in Performance Management.
Performance reviews ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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A major consulting firm recently unveiled an E-Procurement selection tool that helps its clients select technologies that
enable their business objectives. The tool combines the consulting firm’s knowledge of various E-Procurement solutions with
TEC’s decision support technologies. (...)
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... Procurement technologies based on each client's specific business objectives. The
tool arms field consultants with information on the functional and technical ...
Published:
2002-07-22
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IT managers, under increasing pressure to align their activities and spending with the strategic objectives of the enterprise,
need to find new ways to raise the awareness of IT opportunities throughout the enterprise. This paper presents a framework
for IT managers to use as a foundation to their planni (...)
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... exercise, a CIO can lay out the relationships between enterprise objectives and IT ...
ERP packages in particular tend to have a departmental/functional focus. ...
Published:
2004-05-14
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How can we determine the right maintenance strategy for a specific asset? To meet the objectives of lean, we need to evaluate
the cost of failure in terms of both not meeting business objectives and any extra cost due to the need for unplanned or even
emergency repairs. (...)
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... This means that failure must be redefined to mean an asset is unable to meet business objectives.
... If an asset does not meet these objectives, it has failed. ...
Published:
2004-12-20
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Managing assets needs to be done in a truly proactive approach, one that ties the management of physical assets to the corporate
objectives. The initial momentum to begin the sequence comes from the vision of a future state. This needs to clearly represent
the corporate objectives and goals, and expressi (...)
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... Managing assets needs to be done in a truly proactive approach, one that ties the management of physical
assets to the corporate objectives. ...
Published:
2003-12-20
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An effective business case must link CRM with achieving organizational objectives; but this step is just the beginning. Credibility
implies that the document clearly delineates assumptions regarding cause and effect plus the mechanism that will be used to
assess results and declare success. (...)
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An effective business case must link CRM with achieving organizational objectives; but this step is just the beginning. Credibility
implies that t...
Published:
2004-11-09