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Business process analysis (BPA) vendors are trying to enter the business process management (BPM) market by marketing themselves
as BPM solutions. This article discusses the differences between BPA and BPM vendors, and examines the benefits of each. (...)
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Business process analysis (BPA) vendors are trying to enter the business process management (BPM) market by marketing themselves
as BPM solutions....
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2006-10-09
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Business process management notation (BPMN) is an initiative to increase standardization within process modeling. What are
the principles of BPMN, and what is the value of BPMN to vendors and organizations using business process modeling? (...)
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Business process management notation (BPMN) is an initiative to increase standardization within process modeling. What are
the principles of BPMN,...
Published:
2006-11-07
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By focusing on improving and optimizing the processes instead of only the departments, any user company should be better
aligned and prepared to take on the challenges ahead. (...)
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By focusing on improving and optimizing the processes instead of only the departments, any user company should be better aligned
and prepared to t...
Published:
2006-01-11
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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...
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2003-10-27
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RFPs and selection tools typically focus on features and functions. The business process protagonists consider this focus
old fashioned. However, users want and need an inventory or check lists of the functions to understand if the business process
will work. One always has to start from somewhere, and t (...)
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RFPs and selection tools typically focus on features and functions. The business process protagonists consider this focus
old fashioned. However, ...
Published:
2003-10-28
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Eqos is especially proud of its complementary services portfolio, which stems from a decade's worth of direct experience
in providing some of the world's leading retailers with sourcing and supplier management solutions. (...)
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Eqos is especially proud of its complementary services portfolio, which stems from a decade's worth of direct experience
in providing some of the ...
Published:
2007-10-22
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Enterprise Application Integration vendor Extricity announced a business-to-business alliance with Moai Technologies, Inc.,
to provide a full-range of automated e-commerce systems. Moai’s Dynamic Commerce Markup Language (DCML) is an XML-standard
compliant language for dynamic commerce markets, and co (...)
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Enterprise Application Integration vendor Extricity announced a business-to-business alliance with Moai Technologies, Inc.,
to provide a full-rang...
Published:
2000-05-11
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Software-as-a-service solutions often cannot provide that final twenty percent or so that differentiates a company from its
competitors. Of major concern is whether off-premise applications can support complex, global organizations on a constant
basis and on strict service level agreements. (...)
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Software-as-a-service solutions often cannot provide that final twenty percent or so that differentiates a company from its
competitors. Of major ...
Published:
2007-01-12
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Although its service-oriented architecture-based platform and enterprise solutions will not likely be "all things to all
people" any time soon, Oracle might be showing its ability to further develop its own enterprise infrastructure and applications
via a blitz acquisition of a Collaxa, a small and focus (...)
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Although its service-oriented architecture-based platform and enterprise solutions will not likely be "all things to
all people" any time soon, Or...
Published:
2005-03-14
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Most companies salute good customer service as a key objective. But in its simplest form, what is good customer service?
Outstanding customer service is a competitive advantage. Most companies salute good customer service as a key objective. But
in its simplest form, what is good customer service? Olin T (...)
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Most companies salute good customer service as a key objective. But in its simplest form, what is good customer service? Outstanding
customer serv...
Published:
2010-11-26
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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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Over the last few years the market has seen a plethora of fixed-scope and fixed-price applications, pre-packaged vertical
solutions with industry templates, limited education and training, implementation tools, attractive support programs and hosting
services with catchy names, all aimed at making it fas (...)
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Over the last few years the market has seen a plethora of fixed-scope and fixed-price applications, pre-packaged vertical
solutions with industry ...
Published:
2002-07-05
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For over a decade, SAP has offered industry-specific applications, starting with oil and gas and utilities solutions. Media,
insurance, chemicals, banking, and public sector offerings have followed, highlighting SAP's lesser-known side as a market-oriented
provider of industry-tailored solutions. (...)
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For over a decade, SAP has offered industry-specific applications, starting with oil and gas and utilities solutions. Media,
insurance, chemicals,...
Published:
2006-05-25
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As an APS-based business management system, NetSuite can effectively serve the needs of small medium businesses. Its integrated
application uses three distinct building blocks: customer relationship management, back-office ERP and accounting, and a robust
set of e-commerce applications. (...)
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As an APS-based business management system, NetSuite can effectively serve the needs of small medium businesses. Its integrated
application uses t...
Published:
2005-05-27
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With the acquisition of Collaxa, Oracle has quickly plugged a hole in its SOA/BPM message by providing new workflow capabilities
and monitoring tools to report on the progress of business processes, and by providing runtime support for BPEL. (...)
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standard business processes:
With the acquisition of Collaxa, Oracle has quickly plugged a hole in its SOA/BPM message by providing new workflow capabilities
and monitoring to...
Published:
2005-03-18
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Siebel is finally taking 'the bull by the horns' by acknowledging the integration challenges its customers face, and by addressing
that issue. An often troubling aspect of CRM implementations in the past is that the only way IT departments can achieve a
full view of the customer is by integrating front-e (...)
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Siebel is finally taking 'the bull by the horns' by acknowledging the integration challenges its customers face, and
by addressing that issue. An ...
Published:
2002-05-10
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Collaborative planning for businesses carries great potential for reducing the hidden costs that inevitably result from poor
planning and limited visibility among trading partners. With new OEM partner Great Plains, Logility has made a good move
in targeting this growing area and organizing its applicat (...)
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Collaborative planning for businesses carries great potential for reducing the hidden costs that inevitably result from poor
planning and limited ...
Published:
2000-07-17
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In a somewhat simplified language, while Web services allow applications to easily exchange and reuse information, it is
only when they are orchestrated (coordinated) into long-running business flows or processes that enterprises can realize their
true value. (...)
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In a somewhat simplified language, while Web services allow applications to easily exchange and reuse information, it is only
when they are orches...
Published:
2004-12-23
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Most enterprises fight fires with axes, fire hoses, trucks, and hordes of firemen, but the CDQM approach is a smoke detector.
It’s far less expensive to put a fire out when it’s just smoldering, rather than to extinguish a blazing house fire and then
remodel the entire house. (...)
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... verify compliance with the business rules against a ... activates the
Rules Checker processes according to ... repositories are implemented in standard,
ODBC compliant ...
Published:
2002-10-18
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Abstract:
TradeStone has developed an application that can be quickly configured to shift data in and out of traditional enterprise
planning systems. Organizations can thus more easily intertwine basic procurement information with crucial sourcing data such
as specifications, schedules, and statuses. (...)
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standard business processes:
TradeStone has developed an application that can be quickly configured to shift data in and out of traditional enterprise
planning systems. Organi...
Published:
2006-08-01