| 81. |
Infinium Software, Inc.: Having All the Right Cards? (7 Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic
Jul 5, 2000 Abstract : Following the market trends, Infinium has recently made an energetic push into a number of prospective areas such as: Web-enablement and self-service product capabilities, business intelligence, CRM, and application hosting (ASP) services. Infinium has only very recently announced its strategic partnership with elcom.com regarding e-commerce and vertical marketplaces, which will additionally burden products integration workload.
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| 82. |
Saga Continues Roll Out of EAI Tools (3 Pages)
by M. Reed
Feb 21, 2000 Abstract : Saga Software announces availability of its Sagavista 1.1 Enterprise Application Integration software which is supposed to provide a faster messaging layer for improved performance, an enhanced Application Developer Kit (ADK), Unix support, agent adapters for Adabas« and 3270/5250 emulation.
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| 83. |
The Promise (and Complexities) of Private Labels (5 Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic
Aug 13, 2007 Abstract : Recent studies have shown that retail winners (that is, companies that outperform their peers in year-over-year, comparable store sales) carry a significantly higher percentage of private label merchandise than their competitors do.
Type: Article
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| 84. |
Support and Maintenance: No Longer the Software Industry's 'Best Kept Secret'? (4 Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic
Mar 30, 2007 Abstract : Support and maintenance (S&M) contracts mean very different things to vendors and to users. With user enterprises' growing awareness of how these S&M agreements affect their bottom lines, vendors need to reassess their pricing and value proposition strategies.
Type: Article
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| 85. |
E-learning Course Design (6 Pages)
by Don McIntosh, Ph.D
Feb 23, 2006 Abstract : This article provides hints for the design of e-learning courses with regard to target audience, navigation, objectives, motivation, media, interactivity, assessment, aesthetics, tool selection, and evaluation.
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| 86. |
Easy ERP: A Challenge to Conventional Thinking (5 Pages)
by Emmett Holt
Dec 27, 2005 Abstract : There is a new paradigm when it comes to evaluating ERP systems. With little difference between industry players' solutions, the key is the longevity of the system, its usability, and total cost of ownership.
Type: Article
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| 87. |
Lean and World Class Manufacturing and the Information Technology Dilemma—The Loss of Corporate Consciousness (5 Pages)
by Ron Crabtree
Sep 23, 2005 Abstract : Companies relying on manual implementation and support for lean and world class methodologies risk losing corporate consciousness. Avoid the pitfalls of lost information and flexibility; place value on performance gaps and create matrixes of tools and applications to prioritize issues.
Type: Article
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| 88. |
Easy ERP: A Challenge to Conventional Thinking (5 Pages)
by Emmett Holt
Apr 29, 2005 Abstract : There is a new paradigm when it comes to evaluating ERP systems. With little difference between industry players' solutions, the key is the longevity of the system, its usability, and total cost of ownership.
Type: Article
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| 89. |
Reliability Driven Maintenance--Closing the CMMS 'Value Gap'? Part Two: Reliability Driven Maintenance (5 Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic and Olin Thompson
Jan 18, 2005 Abstract : Reliability driven maintenance (RDM) focuses on understanding the 'asset health' to determine what maintenance work should occur and when something should be done. It enables preemptive intervention before failure occurs, whereby failure would mean that equipment is not delivering required performance regardless of whether it is actually broken down or not.
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| 90. |
Evaluating Enterprise Software - Business Process or Feature/Function-Based Approach? All the above, Perhaps? (6 Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic, Olin Thompson & Joseph Strub
Oct 25, 2003 Abstract : Owing to learning from the past experiences and to the help of specialized selection service providers, selecting an enterprise package has to a degree, become a routine occurrence in the life of an IT organization. Recently however, there has been much noise created by some pundits and vendors belittling the supposedly 'archaic' way of selecting software through functions and features. Contrary to that, they would rather sell 'business processes' or 'solutions,' further confusing the already overwhelmed customer. The nagging doubts and questions like 'Have we been selecting software the wrong way all this time?!' naturally abound.
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