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Book publishers and information service providers are facing numerous challenges—production costs are on the rise, revenue
windows are shrinking, and successful authors are few and far between. Publishers need to keep track of intellectual property,
make better use of it, and improve their marketing an (...)
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Book publishers and information service providers are facing numerous challenges— production
costs are on the rise, revenue windows are shrinking, ... ...
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2010-03-11
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Moving to a performance-based service business model will have huge implications for the whole value chain. Its principle
is to manage for outcomes—procure performance rather than parts and people. It requires total business process reorientation
from services and maintenance through procurement techn (...)
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information as a service:
Moving to a performance-based service business model will have huge implications for the whole value chain. Its principle
is to manage for outcom...
Published:
2004-06-22
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Jabil Global Services, a subsidiary of Jabil Circuit provides repair and warranty solutions to companies in computers, communications,
medical equipment. To meet the demand for next day and same day returns, it needed to replace its in-house operations management
system with a scalable and robust system. (...)
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Delivering Information Transparency with Service Parts Optimization. Source: Click Commerce.
Document Type: Case Study Description ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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Chemical company H.B. Fuller has leveraged the Internet to improve their level of customer service. (...)
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Chemical company HB Fuller has leveraged the Internet to improve their level of customer service.
Published:
2001-09-15
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Businesses today need to demonstrate their value to customers by making information that is relevant to them accessible.
Hence the need for knowledge management software, which helps companies segment and then distribute the information their
customers want to know. (...)
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Businesses today need to demonstrate their value to customers by making information that is relevant to them accessible. Hence
the need for knowle...
Published:
2007-12-12
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Integrated customer relationship management and call center solutions (sometimes referred to as service resolution management)
have, despite initial glitches, reportedly helped some service companies realize remarkable returns on investment in addition
to improved customer satisfaction rates. (...)
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information as a service:
Integrated customer relationship management and call center solutions (sometimes referred to as service resolution management)
have, despite initi...
Published:
2009-09-04
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In an effort to improve the state of consumer privacy, Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC),
the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), and the Office of Thrift Supervision, on January last year announced
that they have put together joint guidelines to safegua (...)
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information as a service:
In an effort to improve the state of consumer privacy, Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC),
the Office of the ...
Published:
2002-02-09
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... for growing organizations, helping them to align Finance, Sales, and Service departments
in ... For more information on the company’s state of affairs in mid-2010 ...
Published:
2011-01-04
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The business case for integrating call center service resolution management into customer relationship management is becoming
increasingly obvious, as companies need to rely more on inbound (customer-generated) calls than on outbound telemarketing
efforts. (...)
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The business case for integrating call center service resolution management into customer relationship management is becoming
increasingly obvious...
Published:
2007-12-07
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Organizations are looking for self-service models to manage their internal and external content. Content management systems
are the answer, but then the question becomes which to choose—an all-in-one enterprise content management suite, or an integrated,
best-of-breed point solution? (...)
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Organizations are looking for self-service models to manage their internal and external content. Content management systems
are the answer, but th...
Published:
2007-12-12
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Traditional license models may be wearing out their welcome for both vendors and customers. A competitive market and a more
IT savvy business generation is prompting change, but what alternatives are out there for software service and maintenance? (...)
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Traditional license models may be wearing out their welcome for both vendors and customers. A competitive market and a more
IT savvy business gene...
Published:
2005-12-22
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There are two types of project portfolio management (PPM) solutions for professional services organizations (PSO). For smaller
PSOs, best-of-breed vendors provide hosted solutions with out-of-the-box integrations, while integrated PPM solutions provide
the complete back-office systems preferred by many l (...)
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There are two types of project portfolio management (PPM) solutions for professional services organizations (PSO). For smaller
PSOs, best-of-breed...
Published:
2006-01-02
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Software as a service is the latest incarnation of the hosting model. The demand for cost efficiency, information technology
flexibility, and faster return on investment, coupled with new technology advancements, has caused the hosting model to be
reborn. (...)
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Software as a service is the latest incarnation of the hosting model. The demand for cost efficiency, information
technology flexibility, and fast...
Published:
2006-03-14
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Applications are more often outsourced than infrastructure, and this is increasingly done through software as a service (SaaS).
Vendors such as WebEx, Webcom, MCA Solutions, and Ariba are delivering applications as SaaS. (...)
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Applications are more often outsourced than infrastructure, and this is increasingly done through software as a service (SaaS).
Vendors such as We...
Published:
2006-03-17
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Traditional enterprise systems have proven difficult to change and extend. The inherent problem of old core code and business
logic duplication is part of the reason traditional enterprise resource planning systems have not readily taken to e-commerce. (...)
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Traditional enterprise systems have proven difficult to change and extend. The inherent problem of old core code and business
logic duplication is...
Published:
2006-09-19
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Collaboration and interoperability are critical where multiple business units reside under one larger corporation, or where
there is a requirement to integrate the system into a disparate system when a business-to-business or business-to-consumer
extension is part of the business model. (...)
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Collaboration and interoperability are critical where multiple business units reside under one larger corporation, or where
there is a requirement...
Published:
2006-09-20
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The Mirapoint administration client allows you to also administer services directly. Mirapoint supports SNMP (Simple Network
Management Protocol), NIS (Network Information Service), SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol), POP (Post Office Protocol)
and IMAP (Internet Mail Access Protocol). (...)
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The Mirapoint administration client allows you to also administer services directly. Mirapoint supports SNMP (Simple Network
Management Protocol),...
Published:
2000-04-24
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This is a complete service management system that is comprised of four specific applications to help companies manage service
contracts, track service histories and required preventive maintenance for each piece of equipment under service contract,
daily planning and dispatch, and service invoicing. (...)
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... Equipment Servicing: Maintains equipment service information including
service histories, metered usage, location, status, preventive maintenance schedules ...
Published:
2005-01-07
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While IQMS resembles many of its peers from the lower-end of the enterprise applications market, IQMS can tout its comprehensive
one-source delivery and services and implementation methodology as its differentiating trait. (...)
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While IQMS resembles many of its peers from the lower-end of the enterprise applications market, IQMS can tout its comprehensive
one-source delive...
Published:
2005-04-05
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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...
Published:
2005-07-30