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Organizations today realize that although strategies focusing on outsourcing transportation, e-business and new distribution
models are important, these are all secondary in relation to what lies at the heart of any supply chain: INVENTORY. Although
firms have invested significantly in ERP and MRP syste (...)
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Organizations today realize that although strategies focusing on outsourcing transportation, e-business and new distribution
models are important,...
Published:
2003-04-05
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Inventory Optimization software recognizes that different industries have different inventory profiles and requirements.
Research has indicated that solutions are priced in a large range from tens of thousands of Dollars to millions of Dollars.
In this niche market sector, price is definitely not an ind (...)
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Inventory Optimization software recognizes that different industries have different inventory profiles and requirements. Research
has indicated th...
Published:
2003-04-07
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SCM vendors are adding best of breed solutions to ERP product suites and are aggressively marketing this new functionality.
The SCM market has been growing so strongly that where SCM was once viewed as a means to gain competitive advantage, companies
now see it as a necessary extension of an ERP system, (...)
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SCM vendors are adding best of breed solutions to ERP product suites and are aggressively marketing this new functionality.
The SCM market has be...
Published:
2003-04-04
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Manufacturers today need to react quickly in order to remain efficient and competitive, given that the biggest problem they
face is that change is the only constant in manufacturing. For those who are lucky, only minor changes will happen between
the "as planned" and "as executed" worlds. (...)
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Manufacturers today need to react quickly in order to remain efficient and competitive, given that the biggest problem they
face is that change is...
Published:
2004-06-17
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At sites where both planning and execution modules are stand-alone implementations, neither deliver enough benefit because
there are almost always manual connections and processes between these two crucial supply chain management (SCM) areas. Yet,
planning and execution in the supply chain are slowly but (...)
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At sites where both planning and execution modules are stand-alone implementations, neither deliver enough benefit because
there are almost always...
Published:
2004-06-16
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Mature sales and operations planning (S&OP) is more than a sales forecasting or tactical planning tool. S&OP is a decision-making
mechanism for aligning strategic plans with sales, operational, and financial plans. Download this TEC executive brief for
pointers on selecting an S&OP system, information ab (...)
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... date with changes in the enterprise software landscape ... a sales
forecasting or tactical planning tool ... decision-making mechanism for aligning strategic
plans with ...
Published:
2010-09-08
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Webplan appears to be ahead of the pack in applications for concurrently optimizing demand, order promise, and inventory
management, taking constraints into consideration. Yet, in many markets, Webplan is far from a household name. (...)
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Webplan appears to be ahead of the pack in applications for concurrently optimizing demand, order promise, and inventory management,
taking constr...
Published:
2004-07-03
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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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To provide useful financial insight on projects, financial managers need to think about business strategy more like a series
of options than a single projected cash flow. While the concepts of options are certainly familiar to most executives, the
trick to valuing strategic choices lies in the complex an (...)
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To provide useful financial insight on projects, financial managers need to think about business strategy more like a series
of options than a sin...
Published:
1999-10-01
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As manufacturing becomes a global process, advances in demand management software have given rise to attribute-based demand
management software. In the process manufacturing environment, this software can help manufacturers deal with complex manufacturing
processes and increase overall customer satisfact (...)
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As manufacturing becomes a global process, advances in demand management software have given rise to attribute-based demand
management software. I...
Published:
2008-12-24
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In the past, enterprise resource planning (ERP) initiatives were far too costly for smaller organizations to consider. However,
a trend has recently emerged where software vendors are now offering software-as-a-service business models for ERP implementation
to even the smallest organizations. (...)
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In the past, enterprise resource planning (ERP) initiatives were far too costly for smaller organizations to consider. However,
a trend has recent...
Published:
2009-09-07
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While significant new product deliveries have happened under the company’s own steam, J.D. Edwards has not departed from
its traditional policy of congenial partnering with other prominent software providers. (...)
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While significant new product deliveries have happened under the company’s own steam, JD Edwards has not departed from its
traditional policy of...
Published:
2002-10-03
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SSA Global seems to be doing some proper thinking while continuing to acquire new software companies. Recent unification
of its broadening collection of supply chain management (SCM) solutions under the SSA SCM brand and formation of a specialized
Strategic Solutions division--which also includes other e (...)
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SSA Global seems to be doing some proper thinking while continuing to acquire new software companies. Recent unification of
its broadening collect...
Published:
2004-09-15
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Abstract:
Manufacturers today need to react quickly in order to remain efficient and competitive, given that the biggest problem they
face is that change is the only constant in manufacturing. For those who are lucky, only minor changes will happen between
the "as planned" and "as executed" worlds. (...)
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strategic planning software and demand planning:
Manufacturers today need to react quickly in order to remain efficient and competitive, given that the biggest problem they
face is that change is...
Published:
2004-06-17
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Linking an APS to an ERP system, although simple in principle and worth the trouble, is nonetheless a major integration project. (...)
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Linking an APS to an ERP system, although simple in principle and worth the trouble, is nonetheless a major integration project.
Published:
2005-04-11
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According to the early signs, it appears that key elements of Webplan's business plan are producing results with dividends.
These elements involve positioning itself as a response management player with new pricing and packaging that provides an
aggressive entry point and fixed priced, fixed duration imp (...)
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According to the early signs, it appears that key elements of Webplan's business plan are producing results with dividends.
These elements involve...
Published:
2004-06-30
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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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The added value of both SSA Global and Infor is that existing users of relatively small and dubious ERP products should now
gain the benefits of synergistic software developments from other ERP siblings. (...)
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strategic planning software and demand planning:
The added value of both SSA Global and Infor is that existing users of relatively small and dubious ERP products should now
gain the benefits of s...
Published:
2006-05-02
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Abstract:
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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strategic planning software and demand planning:
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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Abstract:
About two-thirds of SoftBrands' revenue comes from its manufacturing division, which includes evolution, a platform neutral,
extended enterprise resource planning product, and DemandStream for lean automation. (...)
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About two-thirds of SoftBrands' revenue comes from its manufacturing division, which includes evolution, a platform neutral,
extended enterprise r...
Published:
2006-03-01