| 81. |
Exact Software--Working Diligently Towards the 'One Exact' Synergy Part Two: Macola, the ERP and BAM Solutions (4 Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic
Feb 27, 2004 Abstract : In 2003, Exact Software announced the general availability of Macola Enterprise Suite (ES), the latest version of the company's ERP solution, which goes beyond traditional ERP solutions’ scope by allowing its users to define business rules, workflow, and exception alerts and events. Also, Exact Event Manager addresses the challenge of not knowing about existing and potential business problems or of learning of them too late by providing a way for organizations to define and respond to critical, time-sensitive data across the entire enterprise.
Type: Article
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| 82. |
ERP Trivia - Every Why Should Have Its Wherefore Part 2: ERP Key Success Factors (6 Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic
Aug 29, 2001 Abstract : ERP systems, in fact, are devised to operate by codifying a set of business processes and employees have to learn the whys, wheres and whos of the business process (workflows) rather than hows of the software screens.
Type: Article
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| 83. |
PRISM Users Get A Dedicated, Independent Web Community (3 Pages)
by P. Catz
Nov 5, 2001 Abstract : Users of the Baan Process ERP product PRISM form a web-site community to provide an independent source of information and sharing of knowledge on one of the market's first Process-ERP Products.
Type: Article
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| 84. |
The ERP Market 2001 And Beyond – Part 5: Recommendations (8 Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic
Oct 15, 2001 Abstract : Winning ERP products will demonstrate deep industry functionality and tight integration with best-of-bread ‘bolt-on’ products in a particular vertical. Users should focus on the handful of business objectives they need to achieve and the ways to measure their success.
Type: Article
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| 85. |
SAP, PeopleSoft Earnings Look Brighter; ERP Strikes Back (3 Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic
Jan 26, 2000 Abstract : On January 7, taking many by surprise, enterprise software giant SAP pre-announced fourth quarter earnings, saying pre-tax earnings had doubled the final quarter of 1999 after a third-quarter profit warning. License revenue skyrocketed 40% to 800M EUR ($822.7M U.S.) in the fourth quarter and sales rose 25%, well above Wall Street estimates.
Type: Article
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| 86. |
Hummingbird Announces Extraction and Portal Strategy for ERP (3 Pages)
by M. Reed
Oct 27, 1999 Abstract : Boston, October 25 /CNW-PRN/-Hummingbird Communications Limited (TSE:HUM,NASDAQ:HUMC), announced the immediate availability of Genio MetaLink for SAP R/3. MetaLink features drivers that enable organizations to extract and transform SAP data. This is the first product in their new ERP-related electronic business strategy. Hummingbird also announced the rollout of the Hummingbird Enterprise Information Portal, which will be available in December.
Type: Article
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| 87. |
SSA: Evolving into systems integrator to survive (6 Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic
Oct 1, 1999 Abstract : SSA's Portfolio strategy is to surround its core ERP products with best-of-breed 3rd party enterprise applications and provide system integration services and support around it. SSA will gradually transform itself into a systems integration provider, as opposed to a pure ERP vendor, within the next 3 years. By that time, we believe service & support revenue will contribute up to 80% of SSA's total revenues.
Type: Article
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| 88. |
ERP Has Moved On ... by SSI
Abstract : In this paper we have taken ten key areas of influence in the evolution of business practices, we look at the changes that have taken place in those areas, and then look at the way ERP systems have to support those areas. In many cases, the requirements today are very different from the requirements ten years ago. Every company's requirements will be different, but the following ten areas seek to highlight the areas of business change which have implications for the ERP system choice, from which a specific and detailed requirements checklist can be drawn up. At the end of the paper, there is a functional checklist that can referred to each of the sections.
Type: White Paper
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| 89. |
Is MAPICS Getting the Magic of PLM? Part One: Recent Events and Market Impact (5 Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic and Jim Brown
Jul 20, 2004 Abstract : The former die-hard IBM AS/400-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) supplier to mid-market manufacturing companies, MAPICS, seems to have found its soul after the recent acquisition of its former competitor Frontstep and Frontstep's extended-ERP product line on a Microsoft .NET-based technology platform. While another acquisition of an ERP competitor is not very likely, MAPICS seems to have rather opted for lateral acquisitions of strategic extension products, starting with the MAGIK! PLM product.
Type: Article
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| 90. |
'Collaborative Commerce': ERP, CRM, e-Procurement, and SCM Unite! A Series Study (7 Pages)
by Randy Garland
Sep 13, 2001 Abstract : Now in 2001, the catchphrase is 'Collaborative Commerce', where we unite all of the elements of ERP, CRM, E-Procurement, and SCM into one coherent system within and between organizations. This is the stuff system integrators dream of.
Type: Article
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