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Feds Warms Up to ERP Spending, but Will Contractors and Their ERP Vendors Comply? Part One: Event Summary and Market Impact (3 Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic
Sep 21, 2004 Abstract : There has been noise in the US public sector about a strong federal (Feds) interest in ERP applications. This, coupled with the Feds customary huge purchasing appetite for goods and services ranging from consulting to purchasing military devices and components, building, many businesses that have previously competed only in the commercial sector are tempted to feed the Feds. However, the Feds' peculiar and idiosyncratic regulatory requirements provide high barriers to entry, and novice companies that are not already offering the functionality for the sector will likely not be able to tap the recent surge in Defense and other federal markets.
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| 82. |
Find the Software's Fatal Flaws to Avoid Failure (5 Pages)
by Olin Thompson
Sep 6, 2004 Abstract : For any business, software needs exist which will prove difficult to satisfy. Application packages will have fatal flaws where they do not meet these needs. When evaluating software, start with the potential fatal flaws and continually look at the details surrounding them.
Type: Article
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| 83. |
Microsoft Business Network (MBN)--Coming of Age? Part Two: Market Impact (4 Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic
Sep 2, 2004 Abstract : Microsoft Business Network (MBN) has the potential to deliver the never really (or hardly ever) realized benefits of early dot-com era Internet trading exchanges or networks that could reasonably and effectively link customers to their trading partners.
Type: Article
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| 84. |
Intuitive Manufacturing Systems Shows Maturity in Adolescent Age Part One: Company Overview (4 Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic
Jun 22, 2004 Abstract : 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.
Type: Article
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| 85. |
Emptoris 'Procures' Zeborg's Spend Management Expertise Part Three: Challenges and User Recommendations (3 Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic
Nov 20, 2003 Abstract : The combined company's possibly biggest challenge remains a lack of awareness of the need for sourcing/spend management. While many people have realized the power of e-commerce on the consumer side, there is still plenty of education to be conducted by all the SRM vendors to prove how much leverage their applications can bring to corporate buyers.
Type: Article
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| 86. |
The Hidden Gems of the Enterprise Application Space (4 Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic
Oct 29, 2003 Abstract : Given ever-shorter product life cycles and companies' ever-increasing reliance on third parties to increase customer satisfaction, the need for some form of supplier relationship management (SRM) category of software should not be questioned.
Type: Article
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| 87. |
Epicor Reaches Better Vista From This Vantage Point Part Three: Challenges and User Recommendations (6 Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic
Jun 14, 2003 Abstract : Epicor competes in multiple enterprise business applications markets. Epicor may mean different things to different people, which does not really help mind share creation in particular segments of interest.
Type: Article
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| 88. |
Selecting PLM Software Solutions Part 4 - Comparing 3 Vendors (4 Pages)
by Jim Brown & P.J. Jakovljevic
May 26, 2003 Abstract : In PLM, there is no single vendor that can meet all of the requirements, and the market is still immature, so almost every product can be the right solution provided a certain set of requirements. In this part of the article we review 3 vendors who offer products to the PLM market - IDe, Thetis, and PDMware - as a demonstration that selecting the appropriate solution is highly dependant on the prioritized needs of the business.
Type: Article
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| 89. |
Find The Software’s Fatal Flaws To Avoid Failure by Olin Thompson
Oct 30, 2002 Abstract : For any business, software needs exist which will prove difficult to satisfy. Application packages will have fatal flaws where they do not meet these needs. When evaluating software, start with the potential fatal flaws and continually look at the details surrounding them.
Type: Article
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| 90. |
The 'Joy' Of Enterprise Systems Implementations Part 4: User Recommendations (5 Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic
Jul 12, 2002 Abstract : System integration service provider selections and project planning should involve the same amount of due diligence as business IT strategy definition and software evaluation.
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