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CMS Software (now known as Solarsoft Business Systems) may not be a huge global player, but its enterprise resource planning
solutions address a wide spectrum of supply chain management requirements, including customizable electronic data interchange
functions, warehousing, distribution, and traceability (...)
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CMS Software (now known as Solarsoft Business Systems) may not be a huge global player, but its enterprise resource planning
solutions address a w...
Published:
2007-12-03
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End-user companies should track the financial health of their vendors to see if the vendor will be a collector or one of
the collected. If the end-user company has a focused vendor, think of that vendor's health and help them become even better
in your type of business. If your vendor is acquired, meet (...)
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End-user companies should track the financial health of their vendors to see if the vendor will be a collector or one of the
collected. If the en...
Published:
2003-05-10
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Rather than sticking to such outdated and speculative pricing practices as "cost plus" or "meet competition," Zilliant suggests
companies leverage data to determine how market price response varies, and use this holistic measure of price sensitivity
to optimize pricing. (...)
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Rather than sticking to such outdated and speculative pricing practices as "cost plus" or "meet competition,"
Zilliant suggests companies leverage...
Published:
2007-06-08
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Organizations often rely on surveys and questionnaires to determine customer satisfaction ratings, but such methods merely
offer a perceived customer rating. Obtaining a realistic measure of customer satisfaction involves computing a metric based
on a composite customer satisfaction rating system. (...)
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Organizations often rely on surveys and questionnaires to determine customer satisfaction ratings, but such methods merely
offer a perceived custo...
Published:
2009-04-13
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The latest acquisitions of SSA Global indicate a new phase in the vendor's acquisition strategy and development cycle, and
are furthering its goal to be number three (after SAP and Oracle) in the world of enterprise resource planning vendors. (...)
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The latest acquisitions of SSA Global indicate a new phase in the vendor's acquisition strategy and development cycle,
and are furthering its goal...
Published:
2006-04-26
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Vendavo’s recent growth is due to its reseller partnership with SAP, and the segmentation and optimization functionalities
of its pricing solutions. But the vendor needs to stay on its toes, at least until its role in lifting almost every client
profit margins is proven. (...)
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Vendavo’s recent growth is due to its reseller partnership with SAP, and the segmentation and optimization functionalities
of its pricing solution...
Published:
2008-05-05
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A response to trends in the open source software market comes this time from relative newcomer provider xTuple. This vendor’s
footprint isn’t entirely in the open source door, however, with OpenMFG, its commercially licensed solution with an open source
infrastructure. (...)
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A response to trends in the open source software market comes this time from relative newcomer provider xTuple. This vendor’s
footprint isn’t enti...
Published:
2008-10-10
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Although their consolidation appetite is not diminishing by any means, some major acquisition protagonists like SSA Global
and Infor seem to be showing signs of more deliberation and even restraint, rather than jumping the gun to indiscriminately
gain market share. (...)
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Although their consolidation appetite is not diminishing by any means, some major acquisition protagonists like SSA Global
and Infor seem to be sh...
Published:
2006-04-24
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Siperian's master data management and customer data integration (CDI) solutions allow organizations to consolidate, manage,
and customize customer-related data. The type of CDI hub implemented depends on the CDI environment's maturity, requirements,
and alignment with an organization's internal processes (...)
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Siperian's master data management and customer data integration (CDI) solutions allow organizations to consolidate, manage,
and customize customer...
Published:
2007-03-23
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There are common and unique variations to returned material authorizations (RMAs) that can compound a company’s enterprise
resource planning (ERP) system. Identifying RMA variations enables a company to determine what needs to be simplified and
what needs to be modeled in an ERP system. (...)
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There are common and unique variations to returned material authorizations (RMAs) that can compound a company’s enterprise
resource planning (ERP)...
Published:
2009-03-04
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Glovia International has launched the first full-fledged and versatile, manufacturing-oriented solution that is an on-demand,
enterprise resource planning software-as-a-service application. Its solution is good news for small and medium businesses
in more ways than one. (...)
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Glovia International has launched the first full-fledged and versatile, manufacturing-oriented solution that is an on-demand,
enterprise resource ...
Published:
2007-01-22
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Having reached its first decade of existence, Intuitive Manufacturing Systems, a stealth mid-market ERP provider, has long
taken the plunge of rewriting its system onto the pure Microsoft .NET managed code framework, which might bear fruits in the
long run, if not immediately. (...)
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Having reached its first decade of existence, Intuitive Manufacturing Systems, a stealth mid-market ERP provider, has long
taken the plunge of rew...
Published:
2004-06-22
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ROI System is definitely a "user's vendor" that should raise the bar for customer care best practices amongst its competitors. (...)
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ROI System is definitely a "user's vendor" that should raise the bar for customer care best practices amongst
its competitors.
Published:
2003-06-04
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Although Click Commerce is a thriving provider of on-demand supply chain management (SCM) solutions for a variety of worldwide
industries, it does have to face up to a variety of challenges, some of which are of its own making. (...)
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Although Click Commerce is a thriving provider of on-demand supply chain management (SCM) solutions for a variety of worldwide
industries, it does...
Published:
2006-11-16
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Having just completed implementing your enterprise-wide software, you are about lean back, put your feet up on the desk,
and enjoy the fruits of your labor. Not so fast! While you were completing your implementation project, a new release of the
software may have already hit the street or, for sure, ther (...)
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Having just completed implementing your enterprise-wide software, you are about lean back, put your feet up on the desk, and
enjoy the fruits of y...
Published:
2004-08-16
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Some will say that the Big Few are in for quite a gamble, given that these market leaders are to introduce a product or concept
that directly challenges the model that has led to their success so far. (...)
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Some will say that the Big Few are in for quite a gamble, given that these market leaders are to introduce a product or concept
that directly chal...
Published:
2005-04-23
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Abstract:
As the software-as-a-service market matures, and while it remains appealing to resource-constrained companies, organizations
having up to 500 payees, and that are in need of complex compensation calculation and multitier compensation rules, should
consider Centive Compel product suite. (...)
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As the software-as-a-service market matures, and while it remains appealing to resource-constrained companies, organizations
having up to 500 paye...
Published:
2007-05-14
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Rather than pursuing the usual route of writing analyses of major market trends, we’ve decided to ask vendors about their
opinions and approaches. IFS has re-joined the discussion on the topic of user experience (UX) design. (...)
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Rather than pursuing the usual route of writing analyses of major market trends, we’ve decided to ask vendors about their
opinions and approaches....
Published:
2009-08-03
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Abstract:
By layering across an organization's current infrastructure and building a sourcing system that needs hardly any training,
TradeStone users anywhere can sign on and have the system handle all the intricacies of international trade (without ever
experiencing its complexities). (...)
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By layering across an organization's current infrastructure and building a sourcing system that needs hardly any training,
TradeStone users anywhe...
Published:
2006-07-31
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Applications are more often outsourced than infrastructure, and this is increasingly done through software as a service (SaaS).
Vendors such as WebEx, Webcom, MCA Solutions, and Ariba are delivering applications as SaaS. (...)
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Applications are more often outsourced than infrastructure, and this is increasingly done through software as a service (SaaS).
Vendors such as We...
Published:
2006-03-17