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Improved service management boosts revenue from both service offerings and new product sales, while improved customer service
and enhanced offerings increase customer retention, and draw new service business, providing an additional, low risk and likely
repeated revenue stream over a long period of owner (...)
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and enhanced offerin...
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2005-08-02
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While lean/flow leverages practices to stay ahead of actual demand, traditional approaches better coordinate secondary, back-office
systems like accounting and HR. Moreover, flow should be a company-wide strategy that impacts more than manufacturing. (...)
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While lean/flow leverages practices to stay ahead of actual demand, traditional approaches better coordinate secondary, back-office
systems like a...
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2004-01-15
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By being able to address the needs of all stakeholders across the tiers of the supply chain network, and with the marketplace/private
trading exchange (PTX) tool as well, PipeChain can connect trading partners at various levels of the supply chain and deliver
a value proposition of information connectivi (...)
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By being able to address the needs of all stakeholders across the tiers of the supply chain network, and with the marketplace/private
trading exch...
Published:
2002-01-01
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Global competition means more choice for consumers and increasing customer demands. Manufacturers and distributors must develop
a better understanding of what customers want so that they can configure, produce, and deliver products and services faster
and more cost-effectively. (...)
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Global competition means more choice for consumers and increasing customer demands. Manufacturers and distributors must develop
a better understan...
Published:
2008-11-28
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While the existing loyal client base and affiliate channel remains MAPICS’ trump card in these difficult times, the recent
partnership initiatives bundled with a unified product branding might be the way to more effectively sell beyond the current
XA client base, which is the must for the long-term via (...)
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While the existing loyal client base and affiliate channel remains MAPICS’ trump card in these difficult times, the recent
partnership initiatives...
Published:
2001-10-08
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The arms race to marshal the most complete corporate performance management platform has intensified among major vendors.
Many have a comprehensive set of business intelligence (BI) functionality. (...)
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The arms race to marshal the most complete corporate performance management platform has intensified among major vendors.
Many have a comprehensiv...
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2005-07-13
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The current market trend industry-wide is towards vendors that can provide comprehensive solutions for medium-sized companies.
Relevant seems to have a fair shot at delivering that to project-based discrete manufacturers such as aerospace contractors,
contract manufacturers of electronic components, wind (...)
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The current market trend industry-wide is towards vendors that can provide comprehensive solutions for medium-sized companies.
Relevant seems to h...
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2001-11-01
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Companies with large sales forces, huge product portfolios, and complex incentive plans with many variables need to offer
variable pay. This has created opportunities for a new enterprise software category called enterprise incentive management
(EIM), or incentive compensation management (ICM). (...)
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Companies with large sales forces, huge product portfolios, and complex incentive plans with many variables need to offer
variable pay. This has c...
Published:
2006-11-30
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Oracle remains a true IT powerhouse with fingers in many pies other than databases, such as application servers, and development
tools, which ranks it as an enterprise infrastructure provider, together with SAP, IBM at a higher and, and Microsoft at the
lower end of the market. However, Oracle may be get (...)
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Oracle remains a true IT powerhouse with fingers in many pies other than databases, such as application servers, and development
tools, which rank...
Published:
2002-04-17
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BigMachines differentiates itself in the quote-to-order (Q2O) sphere due to its solutions’ lean end-to-end, inquiry-to-order
focus. Although there are other vendors offering Q2O as a service, BigMachines product is arguably more flexible, as high
tech manufacturers may be noting. (...)
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BigMachines differentiates itself in the quote-to-order (Q2O) sphere due to its solutions’ lean end-to-end, inquiry-to-order
focus. Although there...
Published:
2008-08-22
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BigMachines differentiates itself in the quote-to-order (Q2O) sphere due to its solutions’ lean end-to-end, inquiry-to-order
focus. Although there are other vendors offering Q2O as a service, BigMachines product is arguably more flexible, as high
tech manufacturers may be noting. (...)
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BigMachines differentiates itself in the quote-to-order (Q2O) sphere due to its solutions’ lean end-to-end, inquiry-to-order
focus. Although there...
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2008-08-22
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Production management remains MAPICS’ strongest spot, and, therefore, it has often been implemented only in manufacturing
divisions of large global organizations that use a Tier 1 ERP product for corporate financials and/or HR applications. Therefore,
executing the ambitious initiatives with its modest (...)
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Production management remains MAPICS’ strongest spot, and, therefore, it has often been implemented only in manufacturing
divisions of large globa...
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2002-11-22
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Are You Ready for the Project Economy?. Search for Templates and Other Software Related To Project Economy. The multitude
of messages and media in this interactive age contributes to a fragmented consumer goods market. Shorter product life cycles,
mass product customization, and increasing supply chain co (...)
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Are You Ready for the Project Economy?. Search for Templates and Other Software Related To Project Economy. The multitude
of messages and media in ...
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2010-03-11
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Enabling Growth for Midsize Companies: Three Strategies for Growing Your Business. Documents and Other Software to Use In
Your Midsize Complex System. Growth—whether organic or acquisitive—is challenging executives today from a strategic
as well as an operational perspective. Studies estimate (...)
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Enabling Growth for Midsize Companies: Three Strategies for Growing Your Business. Documents and Other Software to Use In
Your Midsize Complex Syst...
Published:
2010-03-11
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While the recent joining of complementary forces by Microsoft Business Solutions and Autodesk will make many heads turn,
a lot more detail and clarifications are needed for the alliance to establish itself as an ERP-PLM superpower in the mid-market. (...)
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While the recent joining of complementary forces by Microsoft Business Solutions and Autodesk will make many heads turn, a
lot more detail and cla...
Published:
2003-11-17
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Making Large UPS Systems More Efficient. Find Free System and Other Solutions to Define Your Performance In Relation To the
UPS Systems. As energy resources become scarcer and more expensive, electrical efficiency is a more important performance
factor in the specification and selection of large uninterru (...)
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Document Type: White Paper Description: As energy resources become scarcer ... the specification
and selection of large uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems. ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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Without effective security, companies risk losing money and customer trust. With good security, companies have the power
to maintain stakeholder value, customer loyalty, and competitive advantage. Faced with the complexity of providing effective
security, many companies are turning to outsourcing. (...)
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Outsourcing Security Part 1: Noting the Benefits. Jim McLendon - April 5, 2002. Comments: 0. Read Comments Introduction. Remember
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2002-04-05
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How Midsize Businesses Can Reduce Costs, Secure Data, and Ensure Compliance with an Identity Management Program. Documents
and Other Software Program to Use In Your Midsize Dynamic System and Associated with Identity Management Program. A strong
identity management platform plays dual roles: gatekeeper an (...)
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How Midsize Businesses Can Reduce Costs, Secure Data, and Ensure Compliance with an Identity Management Program. Documents
and Other Software Progr...
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2010-03-11
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Since the late nineties, enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendors have developed functionality for vertical markets in
the service industry. Simultaneously, professional services automation (PSA) became a viable software category. Consequently,
deciphering the difference between ERP and PSA remains a c (...)
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Since the late nineties, enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendors have developed functionality for vertical markets in the
service industry. Sim...
Published:
2006-04-13
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For over a decade, SAP has offered industry-specific applications, starting with oil and gas and utilities solutions. Media,
insurance, chemicals, banking, and public sector offerings have followed, highlighting SAP's lesser-known side as a market-oriented
provider of industry-tailored solutions. (...)
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For over a decade, SAP has offered industry-specific applications, starting with oil and gas and utilities solutions. Media,
insurance, chemicals,...
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2006-05-25