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Owing to learning from the past experiences and to the help of specialized selection service providers, selecting an enterprise
package has to a degree, become a routine occurrence in the life of an IT organization. Recently however, there has been much
noise created by some pundits and vendors belittlin (...)
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Owing to learning from the past experiences and to the help of specialized selection service providers, selecting an enterprise
package has to a d...
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2003-10-25
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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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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...
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2006-10-27
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MAPICS hereby joins the raft of enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendors that are making their way into the product lifecycle
management (PLM) market by bundling or partnering strategically to embed PLM functions within their suites. (...)
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... In other words, the PLM market is still in its infancy compared to enterprise resource
planning (ERP), and therefore, no vendor provides all of the required ...
Published:
2004-07-22
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Having seemingly paved a solid ground for its successor, it is likely that this time J.D. Edwards founder and CEO Ed McVaney
might not have to come back from oblivion like in 2000 (...)
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Having seemingly paved a solid ground for its successor, it is likely that this time JD Edwards founder and CEO Ed McVaney
might not have to com...
Published:
2002-01-28
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MAPICS hereby joins the raft of enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendors that are making their way into the product lifecycle
management (PLM) market by bundling or partnering strategically to embed PLM functions within their suites. (...)
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... infancy compared to enterprise resource planning (ERP),
and ... Namely, some enterprise application vendors like ... products)
should consider evaluating MAPICS, given ...
Published:
2004-07-22
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Using the SAP ERP Chemicals Packaged Solution may represent a significant advantage—but only if SAP is the right enterprise
resource planning system for the prospective user company, and if the prepackaged business processes are a suitable fit. (...)
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Using the SAP ERP Chemicals Packaged Solution may represent a significant advantage—but only if SAP is the right enterprise
resource planning syst...
Published:
2006-06-01
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Current pure play business intelligence (BI) leaders offer the advantage of superior analytics and planning capabilities;
however, enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendors are improving their analytic capabilities and accessibility. (...)
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Current pure play business intelligence (BI) leaders offer the advantage of superior analytics and planning capabilities;
however, enterprise reso...
Published:
2005-07-14
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Cover-time planning (CTP) is a "pull" system, but with the intent of planning and not merely waiting for the execution time
to act. (...)
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Cover-time planning (CTP) is a "pull" system, but with the intent of planning and not merely waiting for the execution
time to act.
Published:
2005-08-09
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Very few companies really run standard software applications as "standard" products, since every business changes constantly.
In fact, these companies have found that the agility they wish to attain is in direct conflict with the rigidity of their
enterprise systems. (...)
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Very few companies really run standard software applications as "standard" products, since every business changes
constantly. In fact, these compa...
Published:
2007-03-26
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The battle between Oracle, Microsoft, SAP, and IBM goes far beyond applications -- it goes right into the technology stack
or the enterprise infrastructure. As a result, these vendors are drilling down deeper to compete with each other. (...)
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The battle between Oracle, Microsoft, SAP, and IBM goes far beyond applications -- it goes right into the technology stack
or the enterprise infra...
Published:
2005-05-24
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The primary benefit of enterprise asset management (EAM) is the reliability-centered maintenance. Let’s face it: any process
that can help you improve what you are doing now and enables you to do it better in the future is the best thing since "sliced
bread". Providing data to feed back into a process (...)
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... replacing legacy manufacturing resource planning (MRP) software ...
let this analysis influence your implementation planning. ... on the enterprise
applications market ...
Published:
2004-03-18
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Ramco Systems returned to Las Vegas for its annual user group meeting in North America in October of 2003. We review the
progress that Ramco has made on its promises to customers at the last user conference, the customers’ reactions to the progress,
and where Ramco and its customers will go from here. (...)
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Ramco Systems returned to Las Vegas for its annual user group meeting in North America in October of 2003. We review the progress
that Ramco has m...
Published:
2003-11-04
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The former die-hard IBM AS/400-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) supplier to mid-market manufacturing companies, MAPICS,
seems to have found its soul after the recent acquisition of its former competitor Frontstep and Frontstep's extended-ERP
product line on a Microsoft .NET-based technology platf (...)
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... Event Summary. For over two years, MAPICS, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAPX), possibly the largest global provider
of extended enterprise applications for solving the ...
Published:
2004-07-20
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Through the PeopleSoft acquisition, Oracle hereby gains a new customer base, increased market share, expertise, immediate
recurring revenue sources, and new and overlapping products. However, keeping PeopleSoft's customers will take a great deal
of diplomatic customer management and savvy engineering. (...)
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Through the PeopleSoft acquisition, Oracle hereby gains a new customer base, increased market share, expertise, immediate
recurring revenue source...
Published:
2005-05-30
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With increased competition, deregulation, globalization, and mergers & acquisition activity, enterprise software buyers realize
that product architecture plays a key role in how quickly vendors can implement, maintain, expand/customize, and integrate
their products. Many in the enterprise applications v (...)
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With increased competition, deregulation, globalization, and mergers & acquisition activity, enterprise software buyers
realize that product archi...
Published:
2003-06-21
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While customers may be bemused if not concerned about the Oracle/PeopleSoft merger, they are from a traditionally risk-adverse
market. Despite the lush deals offered by the competition, realistically, the only way Oracle will lose customers is through
self-inflicted wounds. (...)
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While customers may be bemused if not concerned about the Oracle/PeopleSoft merger, they are from a traditionally risk-adverse
market. Despite the...
Published:
2005-05-25
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Managers weighing an investment in software for supply chain face pressure to be right. Looking for a precise calculation
of ROI often results in making an uninformed decision. Part four discusses the difficulty in predicting the future. (...)
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Managers weighing an investment in software for supply chain face pressure to be right. Looking for a precise calculation
of ROI often results in ...
Published:
2001-07-18
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Despite the user preference for a single, 'one-stop shop' vendor, componentized software products, interoperability standards
and Internet technology will lead to fewer large-scale projects and an ongoing stream of smaller ones, all with tangible return
on investment (ROI) rationale. Although not necessa (...)
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Despite the user preference for a single, 'one-stop shop' vendor, componentized software products, interoperability
standards and Internet technol...
Published:
2003-06-24
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Oracle does not have a history of major acquisitions, let alone experience with the subsequent integration efforts. Run by
a management team that has never maneuvered a company through a large takeover, will Oracle be capable of digesting PeopleSoft? (...)
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Oracle does not have a history of major acquisitions, let alone experience with the subsequent integration efforts. Run by
a management team that ...
Published:
2005-05-31