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Know Thy Market Segment's Price Response
Most companies have thus far done almost everything in their power to cut costs - from outsourcing Information Technology IT departments, indirect material cutbacks, streamlining, restructuring, and layoffs, to limiting employee travel and whatnot. But there has long been another side to the profitability equation that often goes unexplored: pricing...
Tags: Price, Technology Evaluation Centers, Mergers & Acquisitions, Pricing, Outsourcing, Workforce Management, Corporate Law, Marketing Research, Investment, Finance, Marketing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Human Resources
White papers 2007-05-18
A Small Enterprise Resource Planning Vendor: The Vision And The Challenges
The model of reaching the market through partners has apparently been working well, and is an important explanation for the company's expansion and positive earnings performance. For partnership, there are stringent requirements, mainly regarding competence, size, and business concept. After a partnership agreement is completed, training and support are supplied...
Tags: Partnership, Vision, ERP, Partner, Technology Evaluation Centers, Business Structures, Finance
White papers 2006-04-20
Enterprise Resource Planning Vendor Gains Connectivity Through Acquisition Of Plant Intelligence
The diversity of applications affects one of the major roles of the plant execution system, which is to collect and pool data from the real time processes for delivery to planning level enterprise applications, including Enterprise Resource Planning ERP and Supply Chain Management SCM systems. This is because, while mainstream...
Tags: Acquisition, ERP, Technology Evaluation Centers, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Supply Chain Management (SCM), Enterprise Software, Software
White papers 2006-02-07
Enterprise Resource Planning Giants Eye The Shop Floor
For some time, SAP has been attempting to get closer to (i.e., to get into the hearts and minds of) plant-level personnel with its "Adaptive manufacturing" and "Adaptive Business Networks ABN" themes. The introduction of the SAP Plant Manager Dashboard in 2004 demonstrated that SAP is dead serious about extending...
Tags: Dashboard, SAP AG, ERP, Technology Evaluation Centers, Manufacturing
White papers 2006-01-30
The Challenges Of Integrating Enterprise Resource Planning And Manufacturing Execution Systems
Though vital for effective plant floor management, plant-level execution systems have rarely taken "Front and center" on the enterprise solution stage. Management has often treated production support needs, such as Manufacturing Execution Systems MES, as a necessary, but very low priority. However, the detriment of information silos resulting from poor...
Tags: ERP, Technology Evaluation Centers, Manufacturing
White papers 2005-11-28
An Unusual Human Capital Management Suspect
The most progressive companies have been using best-of-breed Human Resource HR technologies for attracting, hiring, training, motivating, and managing their people. Software applications are getting more and more sophisticated to help companies with these tasks, and as these solutions continue to evolve and communicate with one another, user companies will...
Tags: Human Capital Management, Technology Evaluation Centers, Software Application, Human Capital, Tools & Techniques, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management
White papers 2006-10-12
From Manufacturing To Distribution: The Evolution Of ERP In Our New Global Economy
Over the past fifty years, manufacturing has changed from individual companies producing and distributing their own products, to a global network of suppliers, manufacturers, and distributors. Efficiency, price, and quality are being scrutinized in the production of each product. Because of this global network, manufacturers are competing on a worldwide...
Tags: 3PL, ERP, Manufacturer, Technology Evaluation Centers, Manufacturing
White papers 2007-07-30
Enterprise Resource Planning: Bridging The Gap Between Product Vision And Execution
Infor, a global provider of enterprise business solutions for selected discrete and process manufacturing and distribution industries, has been building its vertical focus through a long series of acquisitions - acquisitions, which on the surface, may have seemed superficial, and a grab at the customer bases of languishing companies. Yet,...
Tags: Acquisition, Vision, ERP, Technology Evaluation Centers, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Business Operations
White papers 2005-10-13
Mill Industries: A Generic ERP Challenge
A mill is a factory where value is added to raw material by processing it into a form suitable either for further manufacturing or for immediate end-use. Outside the food industry, where traditional mills turn grain into flour, or extract sucrose from sugar beet and cane, mill operations apply to...
Tags: ERP, Technology Evaluation Centers, Mill, Manufacturing
White papers 2006-09-12
The Best ERP System For An Organization
Man is the only being on Earth that can make the same mistake twice. And he does. Those who have gone through the implementation of an Enterprise Resource Planning ERP system know how complex, difficult, slow, and costly the process can be. While many companies are aware of this fact,...
Tags: ERP System, ERP, Technology Evaluation Centers, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Enterprise Software, Software
White papers 2005-06-13
You Need More Than Functions And Features To Implement An ERP Package Part Two: More Tools
It stands to reason that, when selecting an Enterprise Resource Planning ERP package, you must be sure that the software has the functions and features to support your organization. Unless you turn those functions and features into reality with a successful implementation, the benefits and savings that you think are...
Tags: Implementation, ERP, Tool, Technology Evaluation Centers, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Productivity, Enterprise Software, Software
White papers 2005-03-17
You Need More Than Functions And Features To Implement An ERP Package
It stands to reason that, when selecting an Enterprise Resource Planning ERP package, you must be sure that the software has the functions and features to support your organization. But once that assurance is obtained, now you have to worry about implementing the software. This paper looks at four categories...
Tags: ERP, Tool, Technology Evaluation Centers, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Productivity, Enterprise Software, Software
White papers 2005-03-16
Evaluating Alternatives: Key Questions To Ask When Considering An Alternative ERP/MRP System
Replacing an aging Enterprise Resource Planning/Manufacturing Resource Planning (ERP/MRP) system to stay competitive brings with it a host of questions. Will the system have the necessary visibility into manufacturing processes, particularly costs? Will it give customers and partners direct data exchange through the supply chain? Many companies facing this decision...
Tags: ERP, MRP, Technology Evaluation Centers, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Enterprise Software, Software
White papers 2003-01-27
Extended Enterprise Resource Planning Vendor Shows Its Lean Side
Besides the Classic Fourth Shift and Fourth Shift Edition for SAP Business One solutions, SoftBrands Manufacturing's core products include another extended Enterprise Resource Planning ERP product named evolution formerly Aremis Enterprise, as well as DemandStream, a lean enterprise automation software system. evolution is currently used worldwide in approximately 1,000 locations....
Tags: Evolution, ERP, Technology Evaluation Centers, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), B2B, Enterprise Software, Servers, Databases, Software, E-business/E-Commerce, Internet, Hardware, Data Management
White papers 2006-03-01
Enterprise Resource Planning Vendors Address Lean Manufacturing
Given the current massive interest in lean manufacturing, the time has come for prominent enterprise systems providers to communicate their views and experience in lean manufacturing, and the range of solutions and tools that they offer to support organizations with a lean manufacturing philosophy. What follows are some notable examples...
Tags: Lean Manufacturing, ERP, Technology Evaluation Centers, Tqm/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, It Operations
White papers 2006-02-20
Human Resources For Small To Medium Businesses
One of the many features that distinguish a Small To Medium Business SMB from a large enterprise is its number of employees. A business that is considered small employs less than 100 people; a medium size business is one having between 100 and 999 employees. A large enterprise, including all...
Tags: Human Resources, Small And Medium Business, Technology Evaluation Centers, Smb/Sme
White papers 2008-01-18
Getting It Right: ERP Solutions For Mixed-Mode Manufacturers
Mixed-mode manufacturers operate in both discrete and process environments. In the past, these organizations have not been well served by traditional discrete or process Enterprise Resource Planning ERP solutions. But a recent trend in the ERP market has been the offering of software solutions by major discrete ERP vendors to...
Tags: Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Enterprise Software, ERP, Manufacturer, Manufacturing, Software, Technology Evaluation Centers
White papers 2008-02-08
Vendor Reservations, A Full-Fledged SaaS ERP, And User Recommendations
The problem with an Enterprise Resource Planning ERP Software-As-A-Service SaaS offering stems from the fact that in order to reduce complexity, most ERP systems have come with many templates to fit specific industries so that a plethora of system parameters needs to be set. But once these parameters have been...
Tags: Software-as-a-service, ERP, Technology Evaluation Centers, Software As A Service (SaaS), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Cloud Computing, Enterprise Software, Emerging Technologies, Software
White papers 2007-01-17
A Veteran Enterprise Resource Planning Vendor Makes A SaaS-y Statement
The first complete and flexible, Enterprise Resource Planning ERP, Software-As-A-Service SaaS solution that is geared to manufacturers has been unveiled by a veteran vendor that, despite its long history as a software solutions provider, has not received its due recognition. The vendor maintains a conservative marketing approach, which is likely...
Tags: Software-as-a-service, Vendor, ERP, Technology Evaluation Centers, Software As A Service (SaaS), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Cloud Computing, Enterprise Software, Emerging Technologies, Software
White papers 2007-01-22
An ERP Vendor, With Its Powerful Parent Backing, Tackles Software As A Service
Glovia International has created a software-as-a-service solution that is the first full-fledged, on-demand, enterprise resource planning application aimed specifically at small and medium businesses. The foundation of this solution includes the acquisition of the intellectual property rights to Northgate's PRO-IV highly scalable development platform's kernel. The extension of this kernel's...
Tags: Software-as-a-service, ERP, Kernel, Technology Evaluation Centers, Glovia International, Software As A Service (SaaS), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Cloud Computing, Enterprise Software, Emerging Technologies, Software
White papers 2007-01-24
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