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Apps Players "Destroying" Ecosystem: If application buyers have to go outside the ecosystem for innovation, the entire concept of enterprise suites could begin to crumble. Innovation is the key concept here, just as it has been in realms of business other than the software industry. The brand owners allow more and more of the...; Tags: Channel management, Line56 Media, supplier, aerospace, food, brand, software; White papers 2006-05-15
An E-Learning Proposition: Skillsoft is an e-learning specialist that has been around for nearly two decades. The company's been busy during that time, having come up with nearly 3,000 online courses (spanning business skills, IT, compliance, and desktops) and indexed think Google Books 10,000 searchable business/IT books via its acquisition of Books24/7, and...; Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate law, Line56 Media, e-learning, business skill, acquisition, content management, desktop, information technology; White papers 2006-04-28
On Demand SCM: Supply chain inefficiency is one of the most prevalent issues facing the Small to Mid-size Enterprise SMEs market today. The SME market continues to struggle to find ways to improve their supply chain while competing with larger enterprises that have the capital to invest in sophisticated systems. On Demand supply...; Tags: SMB/SME, Supply chain management (SCM), Line56 Media, small and medium enterprise, supply chain, SCM, supplier, sales; White papers 2006-04-25
Why India Succeeds: India, Inc. has gone to great lengths to succeed, demonstrating a willingness to work long hours (at night, when it is daytime in America) and go to wherever the opportunities are (getting visas to come work in the U.S.). Americans do not have this attitude. Americans expect opportunity to be...; Tags: Line56 Media, Third World; White papers 2006-04-07
Slavery, Outsourcing, and Things to Come: Successful countries who import key labor from abroad (think of the barbarians in Rome's armies as well as of the slave dynasties of India and Egypt) often end up ruled by that labor and/or its local interests. Today, America hires Indians to do otherwise expensive IT and Business Process Outsourcing...; Tags: Business process outsourcing (BPO), Line56 Media, BPO, outsourcing, business process, information technology; White papers 2006-04-05

What Matters for Outsourcing Success: The hundreds of billions of dollars spent on IT and business process outsourcing each year reflect a common desire for improved customer satisfaction, greater operational efficiency and higher profits shared by business around the globe. Outsourcing as a business is maturing rapidly. Competition among service providers is growing. Service offerings...; Tags: Business services, Line56 Media, service provider, outsourcing, BPO, SLA, customer satisfaction, business process, survey, information technology; White papers 2006-01-31
The IRS Portal: Dealing with the Internal Revenue Service IRS of the United States has gotten a whole lot easier over the past few years. That's because, like other government organizations - notably the United States Postal Service USPS - the IRS has dedicated itself to providing a painless online experience to the...; Tags: Portals, Web technology, Line56 Media, Internal Revenue Service, portal; White papers 2006-01-27
American Companies: Ready to Compete?: Some American businesses have been extraordinarily successful in gaining productivity increases to help to reduce costs, increase quality and improve customer satisfaction, worldwide competitiveness and profitability. But, when productivity is not, or becomes no longer, cost competitive then businesses tend to find ways to outsource or offshore functions in order...; Tags: Product marketing, Line56 Media, customer satisfaction, outsource, tax, manufacturing; White papers 2006-01-10
Event Stream Processing: Real-time or near-real time scan-based environments are proliferating. Think of Radio Frequency IDentification RFID technology, for example. The spread of RFID and other scan-based technologies is good for businesses and the supply chain in general, but it brings with it the special challenge of finding patterns in rapidly accumulating data.; Tags: Line56 Media, RFID, supply chain, radio, environment; White papers 2006-01-04
Transforming the Supply Chain: Today's business imperative is growth. However, the strategies to enable growth in the future are clearly different from those in the past. Smart companies are realizing the need to become less rigid, internally focused, and application-centric and more adaptive, externally focused and business-process centric. The transformation from the old to...; Tags: Supply chain management (SCM), Line56 Media, supply chain, competitive advantage, strategy; White papers 2005-08-31
Tapping the Service Supply Chain: The aftermarket has become the new frontier for manufacturers - providing significant opportunity for increasing revenue, strengthening customer relationships and building more dynamic product lifecycles. Industry giants and small companies alike that transform their businesses into service-centric organizations will realize multi-million dollar savings and increased customer satisfaction-a winning combination. Traditional...; Tags: Operational accounting, Line56 Media, product lifecycle, supply chain, payment, industry, performance; White papers 2005-06-07
Outsourcing: The Morning After: Outsourcing is an enormous business trend. In the next year, it will be one of the largest industries in the world, accounting for nearly $1 trillion in worldwide sales. Nearly all of the Global 2000 are engaged in serious outsourcing of one form or another, as the desire to focus...; Tags: Supply chain management (SCM), Line56 Media, outsourcing, core competency, SCM, logistics, procurement, payroll, outsource, supply chain, accounting, sales, industry; White papers 2005-03-29
SSA's Supply Chain Plan: SSA is most familiar as the enterprise resource planning ERP company that has pursued a strategy of aggressive acquisition within that space; but, after two years of product development, the company wants to get the word out that it is also an increasingly sophisticated Supply Chain Management SCM provider. This...; Tags: Enterprise resource planning (ERP), Supply chain management (SCM), Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate law, Enterprise software, Line56 Media, ERP, supply chain, acquisition, product development, SCM, strategy; White papers 2005-02-07
Knowledge-Powered Service: Across industries, profit margins are being squeezed as enterprises face relentless competition and customers increasingly regard products as commodities. These market conditions are driving enterprises to distinguish themselves through the delivery of exceptional customer service in order to increase customer satisfaction and retention. At the same time, enterprises expect improvements...; Tags: Product marketing, Line56 Media, customer satisfaction, profit margin, customer service, knowledge, industry; White papers 2004-05-25
Purchasing And SOX Compliance: From the executive summary: ‘Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires that executives must publicly state their responsibility for establishing and maintaining an adequate internal control structure and procedures for financial reporting. This Act, created following recent corporate accounting scandals, places accountability for financial reports at the very highest levels...; Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory compliance, Regulations, Financial accounting, Line56 Media, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, SOX compliance, compliance, Section 404, financial reporting, accountability, financial, accounting; White papers 2004-04-13
Supply Chain Enlightenment: As defined by the non-profit Supply Chain Council, the supply chain "Encompasses every effort involving in producing and delivering a final product or service, from the supplier's supplier to the customer's customer." It's a lot to consider. Line56 has published their own Supply and Demand Chain maps years ago to...; Tags: Supply chain management (SCM), Channel management, Line56 Media, supply chain, demand chain, supplier, value chain, ROI; White papers 2004-03-11
Five Roles for Team Leaders: In the wake of the global information explosion, Knowledge Management KM has risen to become a core competency for many organizations, so leading KM project teams becomes critical. In light of this, it is instructive to examine the management styles represented by these two icons of military history. Would Patton's...; Tags: Team management, Business intelligence, Strategy, Line56 Media, knowledge management, team, core competency, knowledge, performance; White papers 2004-02-22
The Politics Of Offshore: Outsourcing has become a burning issue in America. The current crisis doing the rounds in U.S is the outsourcing of business functions like contact centers. However, there is a silver lining in the cloud, which depicts that, hopefully, a more pragmatic discussion will ensue, which will provide an alternative. The...; Tags: Call centers, Customer relationship management (CRM), Line56 Media, contact center, outsourcing, information technology; White papers 2004-02-19
Smart-Sourcing Offshore: Offshore outsourcing enables an organization to leverage cheap global resources to its advantage. In today’s intensely competitive business environment, such strategy proves to be quite effective in controlling costs, acquiring skills, and sustaining competitive advantage. However, some issues need to be addressed for the success of an offshore outsourcing initiative....; Tags: Outsourcing, Line56 Media, offshore outsourcing, competitive advantage, strategy; White papers 2004-02-10
The Knowledge Savings Account: Thirty years ago McKenney and Keen discussed the gap between the information systems designed by theorists and the use of these systems by practicing managers. Their research is still relevant and points to the success of theorists in such areas as business logistics planning and financial forecasting; but, in the...; Tags: Strategy, Line56 Media, theorist, information system, decision-making, knowledge, financial; White papers 2004-01-06