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Intense product architecture rejuvenation, functional enhancements cycles, and market consolidation exert pressure on all
mid-market vendors offering ERP and warehouse management solutions. Adonix must carefully allot research and development funds
and screen its new assets to increase its competitive ed (...)
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Intense product architecture rejuvenation, functional enhancements cycles, and market consolidation exert pressure on all
mid-market vendors offer...
Published:
2005-09-22
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Now that you’ve validated your product or service concept, how do you avoid hemorrhaging money during expansion? (...)
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... in mature companies face significant business and technology challenges
as they ... requirements into necessary business processes, information technologies, and
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Published:
2000-04-21
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The potential of enterprise incentive management systems, as being closely related to human capital management, should not
be ignored. This software category promises a fairly rapid and tangible return on investment in addition to its wide range
of benefits. (...)
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The potential of enterprise incentive management systems, as being closely related to human capital management, should not
be ignored. This softwa...
Published:
2006-12-14
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Properly implemented supplier relationship management solutions can help companies overcome some of today's business challenges
by allowing them to restructure their supply chains, align business processes, define and establish company-supplier relationships,
and integrate information systems to share in (...)
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Properly implemented supplier relationship management solutions can help companies overcome some of today's business challenges
by allowing them t...
Published:
2007-01-19
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While enterprise applications solutions are moving closer to the plant floor, and plant-level systems are moving closer to
enterprise planning application functionality, these systems will not likely converge anytime soon, because they use different
technologies and have different user requirements. (...)
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While enterprise applications solutions are moving closer to the plant floor, and plant-level systems are moving closer to
enterprise planning app...
Published:
2008-03-28
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Information technology product selection is one issue that does not scale up or down with the size of the enterprise. The
breadth and seriousness of issues that must be managed by the Information Systems Departments of mid-size companies are the
same as those of larger corporations with more people and f (...)
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Information technology product selection is one issue that does not scale up or down with the size of the enterprise. The
breadth and seriousness ...
Published:
2003-11-28
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The University of Illinois provides a good example of extensive integration of its business intelligence (BI) solution and
data warehousing environment with its enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution. (...)
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The University of Illinois provides a good example of extensive integration of its business intelligence (BI) solution and
data warehousing enviro...
Published:
2006-10-27
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A broader, more structured approach is needed to effectively manage governance, risk management, and compliance (GRC). Enterprises
will then be better able to guide their people, standardize their processes, and unify technology to embed GRC at all organizational
levels. (...)
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A broader, more structured approach is needed to effectively manage governance, risk management, and compliance (GRC). Enterprises
will then be be...
Published:
2007-03-09
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Intuitive, Visibility, and Epicor offer .NET Framework-managed code products, but their "if it ain't broke, don't fix it"
mindset might work against them unless they can prove higher value propositions, such as new, more quickly developed vertical
functionality. (...)
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Intuitive, Visibility, and Epicor offer .NET Framework-managed code products, but their "if it ain't broke, don't
fix it" mindset might work again...
Published:
2006-10-05
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Vanguard's challenge is to continue to be nimble and responsive to the needs of its target market and original equipment
manufacturer (OEM) partners. (...)
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Vanguard's challenge is to continue to be nimble and responsive to the needs of its target market and original equipment
manufacturer (OEM) partne...
Published:
2005-07-21
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All good lean systems have both physical systems in the plant and near real time information technology backbones that centralize
data. The primary advantage of enterprise systems is that they can handle considerably more information than can be accommodated
manually. (...)
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All good lean systems have both physical systems in the plant and near real time information technology backbones that centralize
data. The primar...
Published:
2006-02-16
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Globalization, the Internet, and demand-driven supply networks are driving technology change. When it comes to supply chain
management, globalization has created a need for supply network integration and real time data with event visibility. (...)
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Globalization, the Internet, and demand-driven supply networks are driving technology change. When it comes to supply chain
management, globalizat...
Published:
2006-02-09
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Some major SSI competitors, while possibly inferior regarding process or mill industry focus, will influence some purchase
decisions through more comprehensive horizontal product portfolios, and superior global presence, localization capabilities,
and viability—which are still hurdles for SSI to overco (...)
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Some major SSI competitors, while possibly inferior regarding process or mill industry focus, will influence some purchase
decisions through more ...
Published:
2006-07-28
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Pure-play enterprise incentive management (EIM) vendors who have focused on providing the capability to manage highly complex
compensation systems will be well positioned to take advantage of the major growth projected in the EIM market. (...)
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... implement enterprise-level processes and technology to manage distribution information
and incentives ... They seem to have several main business challenges: ...
Published:
2006-12-01
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QAD still has to create greater market recognition and additional revenue. QAD admits it has been struggling to offer complete
"across the board" functionality for larger companies, although the system supports multiple currencies and global tax management,
and it is tailored to financial practices and r (...)
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QAD still has to create greater market recognition and additional revenue. QAD admits it has been struggling to offer complete
"across the board" ...
Published:
2003-09-24
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While the merger is justifiable it does not provide the new entity with much room for mistakes. SynQuest also needs to quickly
figure out the best combination of its disparate products and technologies and articulate a clear and assuring message to
the market that it can deliver a strategy for the planni (...)
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While the merger is justifiable it does not provide the new entity with much room for mistakes. SynQuest also needs to quickly
figure out the best...
Published:
2002-10-10
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Abstract:
Compliance with the market RFID mandate has unfortunately preceded the achievements of applied physics and computer science.
One of the main obstacles is the lack of integration, since there is a dearth of software tools from enterprise application
integration vendors to get data from RFID tags and reade (...)
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Compliance with the market RFID mandate has unfortunately preceded the achievements of applied physics and computer science.
One of the main obsta...
Published:
2004-08-04
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Abstract:
The time for existing Made2Manage customers and partners to act is now. The new owners’ motivation in buying the product
and vendor must have been the install base and that is you. Showing interest and being vocal about your needs is your part
in keeping the relationship the way you want it. (...)
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The time for existing Made2Manage customers and partners to act is now. The new owners’ motivation in buying the product and
vendor must have been...
Published:
2003-09-15
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Abstract:
As the software-as-a-service market matures, and while it remains appealing to resource-constrained companies, organizations
having up to 500 payees, and that are in need of complex compensation calculation and multitier compensation rules, should
consider Centive Compel product suite. (...)
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As the software-as-a-service market matures, and while it remains appealing to resource-constrained companies, organizations
having up to 500 paye...
Published:
2007-05-14
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While on the surface, there are few economic or strategic reasons for organizations to persist with electronic data interchange
(EDI), many seem reluctant to adopt the alternative at this stage. In fact, there has been almost negligible growth in the
number of organizations replacing their EDI-based sy (...)
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... Challenges. ... functionality they need to remain competitive in today's
evolving marketplace and exploit their existing information technology (IT) investments
by ...
Published:
2004-09-03