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Abstract:
Business changes constantly in small ways and large. It is rare to find an application product that can change once it is
implemented. This gap is a reality leading to dissatisfaction and the application being a drag on the business. This gap,
the lack of the ability to change, costs the business dearly. (...)
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cost changes:
Business changes constantly in small ways and large. It is rare to find an application product that can change once it is
implemented. This gap is...
Published:
2004-05-31
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Abstract:
Data quality has direct consequences on a company's bottom-line and its customer relationship management (CRM) strategy.
Looking beyond general approaches and company policies that set expectations and establish data management procedures, we
will explore applications and tools that help reduce the negat (...)
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cost changes:
Data quality has direct consequences on a company's bottom-line and its customer relationship management (CRM) strategy.
Looking beyond general ap...
Published:
2004-03-08
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Abstract:
High-level strategic decisions often have multiple, cascading cost impacts. The reaction of the costs to changes in the
supply chain system is not predictable in a simple relationship that is based on current standard costs, because strategic
changes often involve step changes in costs that alter the ba (...)
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cost changes:
High-level strategic decisions often have multiple, cascading cost impacts. The reaction of the costs to
changes in the supply chain system is no...
Published:
2003-07-22
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Evaluating the cost of outsourcing can be challenging because most organizations cannot fully estimate the financial impact
of such a decision. (...)
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cost changes:
Evaluating the cost of outsourcing can be challenging because most organizations cannot fully estimate the financial impact
of such a decision.
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2002-04-09
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Abstract:
Business changes constantly in small ways and large. It is rare to find an application product that can change once it is
implemented. This gap is a reality leading to dissatisfaction and the application being a drag on the business. This gap,
the lack of the ability to change, costs the business dearly. (...)
Excerpt related to
cost changes:
Business changes constantly in small ways and large. It is rare to find an application product that can change once it is
implemented. This gap is...
Published:
2004-05-31
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Abstract:
Hardware maintenance can represent a significant information technology cost, but options for managing that cost exist.
If you analyze hardware maintenance from an enterprise perspective, you will identify those options and ensure the cost-effective
delivery of those services. (...)
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cost changes:
Hardware maintenance can represent a significant information technology cost, but options for managing that cost exist. If
you analyze hardware m...
Published:
2000-10-24
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Abstract:
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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cost changes:
Business process analysis (BPA) vendors are trying to enter the business process management (BPM) market by marketing themselves
as BPM solutions....
Published:
2006-10-09
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Abstract:
Evaluating the cost of outsourcing can be challenging because most organizations cannot fully estimate the financial impact
of such a decision. (...)
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cost changes:
Evaluating the cost of outsourcing can be challenging because most organizations cannot fully estimate the financial impact
of such a decision.
Published:
2002-04-09
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Abstract:
This part of the series on Product Life Cycle Management in Process explores the business motivations by review business
strategies. (...)
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cost changes:
... These changes are demanded from a variety of reasons including cost
reduction programs and reacting to changes in raw material supply. ...
Published:
2002-12-08
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Using a knowledge base in the selection process can reduce the time, risk and cost of procuring technology. Well constructed
knowledge bases that are used in a tested selection methodology reduce the RFI process from months to weeks, eliminate data
quality issues and allow an apples to apples comparison (...)
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cost changes:
Using a knowledge base in the selection process can reduce the time, risk and cost of procuring technology. Well constructed
knowledge bases that...
Published:
2003-04-19
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Abstract:
Traditionally, the consumer packaged goods supply has been driven to market mostly by upstream manufacturers. But progressive
companies are realizing the enduring value of being driven by the market, and they are starting to use demand as a guiding
light. (...)
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cost changes:
Traditionally, the consumer packaged goods supply has been driven to market mostly by upstream manufacturers. But progressive
companies are realiz...
Published:
2009-08-26
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Abstract:
The intangible or non-financial benefits of an integrated enterprise resource planning (ERP) system can be viewed from several
perspectives. For illustrative purposes, the discussion will focus on the benefits for accounting, product and process design,
production, sales, and management information syste (...)
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cost changes:
The intangible or non-financial benefits of an integrated enterprise resource planning (ERP) system can be viewed from several
perspectives. For i...
Published:
2004-02-11
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Abstract:
Read this comparative analysis on APS, SCM, and ERP to make your business processes more cost-effective. Constant changes
are happening in the software market, either in software delivery methods, features and functions, or software integrations
with other applications. Organizations are looking for solut (...)
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cost changes:
Read this comparative analysis on APS, SCM, and ERP to make your business processes more cost-effective.
Constant changes are happening in the soft...
Published:
2010-02-12
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Abstract:
The Atrion International User Group met in Montreal, Quebec (Canada) to discuss ways to improve regulatory compliance for
their respective companies. At the conference, Atrion presented a vision and product strategy to their customers that will
provide critical regulatory and compliance capabilities need (...)
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cost changes:
The Atrion International User Group met in Montreal, Quebec (Canada) to discuss ways to improve regulatory compliance for
their respective compani...
Published:
2004-11-10
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Abstract:
Companies make decisions about their supply chains every day. But do they really understand the impact of their decisions
on the P&L, Balance Sheet, and key operational metrics? Do they have the tools to available to consider a broad set of possible
options and their inherent trade-offs? (...)
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cost changes:
Companies make decisions about their supply chains every day. But do they really understand the impact of their decisions
on the P&L, Balance She...
Published:
2003-07-21
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Abstract:
Hardware maintenance can represent a significant information technology cost, but options for managing that cost exist.
If you analyze hardware maintenance from an enterprise perspective, you will identify those options and ensure the cost-effective
delivery of those services. (...)
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cost changes:
Hardware maintenance can represent a significant information technology cost, but options for managing that cost exist. If
you analyze hardware m...
Published:
2000-10-24
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Abstract:
How an enterprise buys software has changed forever. Buyers are skeptical, risk adverse, and tighter with their budgets.
What are those changes, why did they happen, and what does it mean for the both the buying enterprise and the selling vendor? (...)
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cost changes:
How an enterprise buys software has changed forever. Buyers are skeptical, risk adverse, and tighter with their budgets. What
are those changes,...
Published:
2004-03-22
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Abstract:
Cincom’s latest CRM product release offers a compelling value proposition for many ‘to order’ manufacturing enterprises.
While it is a product that may raise the bar in its target markets, the competitive offering is not exactly a pushover. (...)
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cost changes:
Cincom’s latest CRM product release offers a compelling value proposition for many ‘to order’ manufacturing enterprises. While
it is a product tha...
Published:
2002-11-26
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Abstract:
Advances in leaner and faster supply chains have, in many cases, come at the price of increased brittleness. It is time to
make supply chains more resilient, and deal with risk more intelligently to maintain the gains from lean strategies, and take
performance to the next level. (...)
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cost changes:
Advances in leaner and faster supply chains have, in many cases, come at the price of increased brittleness. It is time to
make supply chains more...
Published:
2004-04-23
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Abstract:
The objective of supply chain logistics - to provide goods to the right place at the right time in the right quantity - is
easy to understand, but achieving this objective while minimizing costs is not an easy task. (...)
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cost changes:
The objective of supply chain logistics - to provide goods to the right place at the right time in the right quantity - is
easy to understand, but...
Published:
2001-12-02