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To be reliable, cost and profitability analysis must be underpinned with an activity-driven view of how an organization’s
products, customers, and channels consume resources and incur costs. However, activity-based costing (ABC) contributes to
more reliable customer, product, and channel profitability (...)
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Implementing Customer, Product, and Channel Profitability Analytics. Source: Business Objects.
Document Type: White Paper Description ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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While open innovation is a hot topic, capitalizing on opportunity requires a holistic strategy—not just increased collaboration.
Companies must have repeatable, compliant, and responsive business processes. These processes must be supplemented by a global
information infrastructure that provides a sing (...)
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Sustained Growth and Profitability through Lean Product Lifecycle Management (PLM). Source:
Infor. Document Type: White Paper Description ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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Process manufacturers can no longer rely on purely reactive strategies to product safety. Now, reactive strategies such as
lot tracking need to be incorporated into holistic strategies that include proactive measures to assess risk and prevent costly
quality assurance (QA) events like product recalls. Le (...)
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Protect Product Safety: How Manufacturers Can Boost Efficiency and Profitability with a
Holistic, Proactive Product Compliance Strategy. ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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Agile Software recognizes product lifecycle management (PLM) as an emerging business imperative for innovation. Now, Agile
has a unique opportunity to leverage its position as the sole PLM vendor of significance to have a pure PLM pedigree. (...)
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Agile Software recognizes product lifecycle management (PLM) as an emerging business imperative for innovation. Now, Agile
has a unique opportunit...
Published:
2006-04-14
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Tools under the business intelligence (BI) umbrella combine to convert data into information, and information into decisions
for action. Dashboards and scorecards are two such tools. Though often confused, they have functional difference, especially
in modern BI suites. (...)
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... will illustrate BI in the areas of customer profiling, customer support, market research, market segmentation,
product profitability, statistical analysis, and ...
Published:
2005-06-28
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Business intelligence (BI) represents the tools and systems that play a key role in the strategic planning process by allowing
a company to manipulate corporate data for decision-making. But what exactly are the primary components of BI? (...)
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Contemporary Business Intelligence and Its Main Components. TEC Analysts - March 23, 2009. Comments: 0. Read Comments.
Published:
2009-03-23
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Despite FreeFlow's success at helping organizations regain some margin of profitability for excess inventory, the company
still strives for expansion and improvement as a product inventory disposition vendor, with the aim of meeting international
environmental regulations down the track. (...)
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Despite FreeFlow's success at helping organizations regain some margin of profitability for excess inventory, the company
still strives for expans...
Published:
2007-02-02
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On October 27, MAPICS, Inc. reported revenues and net income for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended September 30, 1999.
For fiscal 1999, total revenues amounted to $134.7 million compared with $129.7 million in fiscal 1998. Net income for the
year totaled $13.2 million, or $0.62 per share (diluted) (...)
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On October 27, MAPICS, Inc. reported revenues and net income for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended September 30, 1999.
For fiscal 1999, tot...
Published:
1999-11-03
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This part of the series on Product Life Cycle Management in Process explores the business motivations by review business
strategies. (...)
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... to market demand, greater market share and greater profitability. Time-To-Market can
be broken into two periods, idea to final product design and the decision ...
Published:
2002-12-08
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Abstract:
The Atrion International User Group met in Montreal, Quebec (Canada) to discuss ways to improve regulatory compliance for
their respective companies. At the conference, Atrion presented a vision and product strategy to their customers that will
provide critical regulatory and compliance capabilities need (...)
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The Atrion International User Group met in Montreal, Quebec (Canada) to discuss ways to improve regulatory compliance for
their respective compani...
Published:
2004-11-10
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Abstract:
Growing customer sophistication and lifetime value means managing customer behavior is key to long-term profitability. Customer
profitability and customer behavior metrics enable an organization to create alignment within the go to market process, while
other metrics aid in decision-making. (...)
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Growing customer sophistication and lifetime value means managing customer behavior is key to long-term profitability. Customer
profitability and ...
Published:
2006-03-21
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Abstract:
This article describes the unique challenges of the service supply chain, provides a framework for understanding the service
management decision hierarchy, and highlights the dramatic value proposition available to companies that deploy advanced service
strategies and decision-support tools to address th (...)
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product profitability:
This article describes the unique challenges of the service supply chain, provides a framework for understanding the service
management decision h...
Published:
2004-06-22
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Abstract:
Combining deep analytics with BI solution functionality, expanding in certain verticals, and by acquiring several well thought
out companies, have been key for SAS to further entrench itself in the market. (...)
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Combining deep analytics with BI solution functionality, expanding in certain verticals, and by acquiring several well thought
out companies, have...
Published:
2005-08-11
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Compaq is simplifying its sometimes dizzying range of product offerings in its business desktop lines. This bodes well
for their customers. (...)
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... (NASDAQ:AAPL) returned to profitability in part by slashing its product
line from dozens of models and configurations to just a few. ...
Published:
2000-04-10
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For many reasons, SAS's alliance with Amdocs and partnership with Aprimo might be some of a few vendor partnerships where
customers and the vendors benefit. (...)
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For many reasons, SAS's alliance with Amdocs and partnership with Aprimo might be some of a few vendor partnerships where
customers and the vendor...
Published:
2005-08-12
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Abstract:
In November, IFS, a business applications vendor with headquarters in Linkoping, Sweden, reported results for Q3 2000. IFS
will enter 2001 with a new product portfolio and a rapid increase in license revenue. However, profitability does not seem
to be in the offing. (...)
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In November, IFS, a business applications vendor with headquarters in Linkoping, Sweden, reported results for Q3 2000. IFS
will enter 2001 with a ...
Published:
2000-12-19
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This is part two of a note describing an opportunity TEC had to evaluate and compare the four top ERP vendors for a client.
Each vendor’s offering differed in such areas as functionality, flexibility, process fit and ease of use. Find out what TEC
learned as a result of the selection engagement. (...)
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This is part two of a note describing an opportunity TEC had to evaluate and compare the four top ERP vendors for a client.
Each vendor’s offering...
Published:
2001-11-21
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Abstract:
Radio frequency identification (RFID) is the latest buzzword in the world of manufacturing and distribution technology. If
you believe the press releases, it is a panacea and cure-all for what ails the industry. While RFID may not solve world hunger,
you may not want to propose a solution without it. Thi (...)
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product profitability:
Radio frequency identification (RFID) is the latest buzzword in the world of manufacturing and distribution technology. If
you believe the press r...
Published:
2004-06-28
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Abstract:
The future of the PLM Suite will include more applications that cover product-related functionality and further expand the
benefits available. As the PLM Suite matures, companies will benefit from increased functionality and increased integration
between business processes. The ultimate expression of t (...)
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product profitability:
... The future of the PLM Suite will include more applications that cover product-related
functionality and further expand the benefits available. ...
Published:
2003-12-30
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Abstract:
Dassault Systèmes' recent acquisition of MatrixOne could potentially expand its range over a broader set of industry sectors,
and may increase its North American visibility. The potential for a joined product suite is considerable, as are the organizational
challenges ahead. (...)
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product profitability:
Dassault Systèmes' recent acquisition of MatrixOne could potentially expand its range over a broader set of industry sectors,
and may increase its...
Published:
2006-03-27