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Because companies focus primarily on new product development and promotion, the problem of excess and obsolete inventory,
once addressed, often leads to both the inventory and dollars flying out the door. There should be smarter ways of handling
this problem. (...)
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Because companies focus primarily on new product development and promotion, the problem of excess and obsolete inventory,
once addressed, often le...
Published:
2007-01-26
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The Sarbanes-Oxley Act is not the only government regulation that enterprises must comply with. Several others make it imperative
that appropriate enterprise resource planning and financial management systems provide comprehensive sets of financials and
analytics capabilities to ensure compliance. (...)
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The Sarbanes-Oxley Act is not the only government regulation that enterprises must comply with. Several others make it imperative
that appropriate...
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2007-02-26
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... There was only one little wrinkle in all of this—OMW. ... In the end,
the cost difference compared to the original estimate was shocking. ...
Published:
2011-03-08
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Among the areas where modern enterprise asset management (EAM) systems provide substantial benefits is the driving out of
inefficiencies in business processes. This is why the development of effective maintenance policies is generally the foremost
consideration for modern asset managers. (...)
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Among the areas where modern enterprise asset management (EAM) systems provide substantial benefits is the driving out of
inefficiencies in busine...
Published:
2006-08-24
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By extending its traditional focus on project-based businesses into the closely related areas of PSA and CRM (i.e., the so-called
"Project-PLUS" marketing spin), Deltek remains well-entrenched in the territory that many companies aspire to control, but
have yet to penetrate. (...)
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By extending its traditional focus on project-based businesses into the closely related areas of PSA and CRM (ie, the so-called
"Project-PLUS" m...
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2004-01-07
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... wheel” of patches, upgrades, backups, and so on far outweigh the original cost
of software. ... But the rewrite is only one part of the equation, as discussed in ...
Published:
2010-05-26
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IT projects fail regularly—considerably missing expectations, drastically overrunning budgets, significantly missing deadlines,
and far too often having to be abandoned entirely. Research shows us that this is the rule, not the exception. Research also
tells us why. (...)
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... percent of projects cost 189 percent of their original estimates ...
The cost of these failures and overruns are just the ... on time and on budget is only
16.2 percent ...
Published:
2005-06-11
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IT projects fail regularly—considerably missing expectations, drastically overrunning budgets, significantly missing deadlines,
and far too often having to be abandoned entirely. Research shows us that this is the rule, not the exception. Research also
tells us why. (...)
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... percent of projects cost 189 percent of their original estimates ...
The cost of these failures and overruns are just the ... on time and on budget is only
16.2 percent ...
Published:
2005-06-11
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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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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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Companies can easily spend hundreds of thousands of dollars implementing an enterprise resource planning (ERP) package. After
completing this rollercoaster ride, however, companies are typically faced with the question of whether to implement the latest,
greatest version of the package. (...)
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Companies can easily spend hundreds of thousands of dollars implementing an enterprise resource planning (ERP) package. After
completing this roll...
Published:
2006-11-21
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The benefits case for enterprise asset management (EAM) has been used to justify huge sums in EAM investment. But to understand
this reasoning, it is necessary to explore how asset data can be used to further the aims of maintenance. (...)
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The benefits case for enterprise asset management (EAM) has been used to justify huge sums in EAM investment. But to understand
this reasoning, it...
Published:
2006-08-23
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Many organizations don’t follow formalized processes for technical support evaluation. However, technical support is a vital
component of any enterprise software solution. The fact is, poor technical support can have a severe impact on a solution’s
total cost of ownership. (...)
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... the second option is the cost of education ... would have been earned
had the original position been ... enterprise software solutions, with the only
difference lying ...
Published:
2009-09-28
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Because small to medium enterprises are limited in their resources, they must carefully consider which of the two major operating
systems available—Microsoft Windows or Linux—will better serve their needs and be more cost-efficient to implement. (...)
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Because small to medium enterprises are limited in their resources, they must carefully consider which of the two major operating
systems availabl...
Published:
2006-12-19
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The name Omnify Software may hardly come to mind when one thinks of the product lifecycle management (PLM) leaders, but that
might change down the track (...)
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The name Omnify Software may hardly come to mind when one thinks of the product lifecycle management (PLM) leaders, but that
might change down the...
Published:
2009-02-20
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Your Challenge: Get Decision Makers' Approval for Diagnosing Requirements Failure: a Benchmark Report.Specific, Measurable,
Achievable, Relevant and Time-Bound. According to an IAG survey, 70 percent of companies lack the fundamental competencies
within business requirements discovery to consistently brin (...)
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Your Challenge: Get Decision Makers' Approval for Diagnosing Requirements Failure: a Benchmark Report.Specific, Measurable,
Achievable, Relevant an...
Published:
2010-03-11
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The issues created by the use of punch card ballots, an obsolete technology, during the recent US Presidential election are
similar to the ones that businesses confront every day when dealing with technological change. It is therefore instructive
to examine voting technology issues in the way that most b (...)
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... and the Internet (4%) and the original paper ballot ... the years owing
to their low cost, portability and ... its punch card voting system and has only
recently begun ...
Published:
2001-01-02
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The statistics for completing packaged software implementation projects are grim. This article examines how the software
evaluation, selection, and procurement process is key to successful software implementations. (...)
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... And over 50% of the projects cost nearly twice their original estimates.
The study further concluded that only 16% of all software projects are completed on ...
Published:
2003-02-11
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Returned material authorization (RMA) built on sales order functionality, such as that used by Microsoft Dynamics AX, can
drastically simplify RMA processes. (...)
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Returned material authorization (RMA) built on sales order functionality, such as that used by Microsoft Dynamics AX, can
drastically simplify RMA...
Published:
2009-03-06
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Many organizations don’t follow formalized processes for technical support evaluation. However, technical support is a vital
component of any enterprise software solution. The fact is, poor technical support can have a severe impact on a solution’s
total cost of ownership. (...)
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... the second option is the cost of education ... would have been earned
had the original position been ... enterprise software solutions, with the only
difference lying ...
Published:
2009-09-28
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The whisky industry is an example of a process industry where it is impossible to accurately predict demand for the final
product. Goods stocked must also be meticulously accounted for, in both intermediate (partially finished) and bulk forms. (...)
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The whisky industry is an example of a process industry where it is impossible to accurately predict demand for the final
product. Goods stocked m...
Published:
2006-06-02