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ERP Evaluation Center

Nov 24, 2009
Today's usage of Decision Support Systems (DSS), combined with vetted ERP knowledge bases, allows organizations to save time and money, achieving better and more reliable/fully-documented decisions, a quantum improvement over the widely-used subjective process of selecting complex enterprise software...
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Programming for Business Analysts? The Promise of Simplified Web Services Implementation and Access (3 Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic
Sep 29, 2005 Abstract : LANSA offers to rejuvenate legacy systems by empowering developers with simplified programming to use Java services.
Type: Article
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Informatica Conforms to Metadata Standard (3 Pages)
by M. Reed
Nov 10, 1999 Abstract : Informatica Corporation (Nasdaq: INFA), a major extract/transform/load tool vendor, today announced the general availability of MX2 1.6, the latest version of its Metadata Exchange (MX2) application programming interface (API). Informatica bills MX2 1.6 as the first object-oriented metadata exchange facility to support XML, a text-based programming language standard for integrating and managing bi-directional metadata exchange.
Type: Article
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Data Conversion in an ERP Environment by Joseph J. Strub
Oct 21, 2002 Abstract : Converting data in any systems implementation is a high wire act. Converting data in an ERP environment should only be undertaken with a safety net, namely a well thought-out plan of execution. This article discusses the guidelines for converting data when considering manual or electronic alternatives.
Type: Article
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Intentia and Dash Associates Team Up (3 Pages)
by Steve McVey
Sep 9, 1999 Abstract : 'September 2, 1999 /M2 PRESSWIRE/ -- Intentia and Dash Associates have signed an agreement regarding the integration of the optimization software XPRESS-MP from Dash in the Intentia Movex enterprise application. Through XPRESS-MP, Movex users will be able to optimize their supply chain management with the push of a button. Supply chain management contains a substantial number of parameters and variables. Because customers need to find the most advantageous solution to a problem as fast as possible, the mathematical approach to the problem is the fastest and most accurate.'
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Software Technologies Corporation (STC) Prepares to go Public (3 Pages)
by M. Reed
Mar 3, 2000 Abstract : Enterprise Application Integration vendor Software Technologies Corp. (STC) announced the filing by the company of a Registration Statement with the Securities and Exchanges Commission relating to the proposed initial public offering of up to $100 million of its common stock.
Type: Article
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Subtle (or Not-so-subtle) Nuances of Microsoft .NET Enablement (3 Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic
Oct 2, 2006 Abstract : The Microsoft .NET strategy continues to confuse many, due to the lack of understanding of the technology. Indeed, because of the massive marketing campaign undertaken by Microsoft, many vendors have adopted a 'too liberal' approach to marketing .NET Framework-based initiatives.
Type: Article
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Brain of Supply Chain System (4 Pages)
by Ashfaque Ahmed
Jun 19, 2004 Abstract : A software tool called advanced planning and optimization, APO, for short, is used to make a supply chain system cost effective and integrated. Since this tool works on top of all other software tools which are used to plan, monitor, and control supply chain activities and control them, APO can effectively be called the brain of a supply chain system. This article explores advantages of having an APO tool for managing supply chain functions even if a business already has invested in a supply chain management (SCM) system. If a company has not made the investment then the APO tool can be used together with the upcoming SCM system.
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Justification of ERP Investments Part Four: Replacing or Re-implementing an ERP System (3 Pages)
by Dr. Scott Hamilton
Feb 13, 2004 Abstract : An investment analysis focusing on enterprise resource planning (ERP) benefits frequently applies to those firms initially justifying an ERP implementation. It can also be used to justify a 're-implementation' when the initial efforts have failed to produce desired results. Reprinted from Maximizing Your ERP System by Dr. Scott Hamilton.
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Where Is ERP Headed (Or Better, Where Should It Be Headed)? Part 2: Product Architecture and Web-Basing (9 Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic
Apr 20, 2001 Abstract : This note discusses how a flexible and agile ERP system needs an adaptable architecture, how easy integration to 3rd-party applications has become a key selling point for ERP vendors, and how extending ERP to the Internet stems from the intent of many IT organizations not to reinvent the wheel in their scramble to create e-commerce applications.
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