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PeopleSoft has once again proven the naysayers wrong about its ability to sell supply chain management. Its Accelerated
Supply Chain Management offering bundles core e-business functionality into a scaled down package for the mid market, a segment
that not even SCM market leader i2 has conquered. (...)
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PeopleSoft has once again proven the naysayers wrong about its ability to sell supply chain management. Its Accelerated Supply
Chain Management o...
Published:
2001-07-24
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This paper examines the steel service center segment of the wholesale distribution industry as a case in point of the challenges
facing distributors and the relief offered through supply chain software. (...)
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This paper examines the steel service center segment of the wholesale distribution industry as a case in point of the challenges
facing distributo...
Published:
2001-09-08
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Users would do well to take PeopleSoft’s claims with a vein of salt and maintain realistic expectations regarding the challenges
they will face in integrating their supply chains. (...)
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Users would do well to take PeopleSoft’s claims with a vein of salt and maintain realistic expectations regarding the challenges
they will face in...
Published:
2000-12-29
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Supply Chain Management (SCM) once viewed as a way to obtain a competitive advantage, is now perceived as a logical and necessary
extension of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). The reasons: First, traditional ERP systems lack the advanced planning
tools necessary for companies to respond to an increa (...)
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Supply Chain Management (SCM) once viewed as a way to obtain a competitive advantage, is now perceived as a logical and necessary
extension of Ent...
Published:
2002-12-28
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This is a transcript of an audio conference on Supply Chain Management presented by TechnologyEvaluation.Com. The presentation
used the TEC patented selection engine WebTESS, to conduct a live real time evaluation and selection. It then reviewed the
critical differentiating supply chain management crite (...)
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This is a transcript of an audio conference on Supply Chain Management presented by TechnologyEvaluation.Com. The presentation
used the TEC patent...
Published:
2000-06-23
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Supply chain planning vendors have moved beyond enterprise planning to solutions that encompass the whole supply chain. Companies
like Kinaxis are using enterprise response management to manage events and responses as they occur and align results at the
point-of-action. (...)
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Supply chain planning vendors have moved beyond enterprise planning to solutions that encompass the whole supply chain. Companies
like Kinaxis are...
Published:
2005-12-09
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Technology has advanced supply chain visibility beyond mere track and trace functions. Visibility can be used to manage supply
chain uncertainty, thereby preemptively troubleshooting problematic areas and reallocating resources to better meet the demands
of an enterprise. (...)
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Technology has advanced supply chain visibility beyond mere track and trace functions. Visibility can be used to manage supply
chain uncertainty, ...
Published:
2005-11-09
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Advanced planning and optimization makes supply chain systems cost effective. It is the brain of the supply chain because
it works on top of all other software tools that plan, monitor, and control supply chain activities and control them. (...)
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Advanced planning and optimization makes supply chain systems cost effective. It is the brain of the supply chain because
it works on top of all o...
Published:
2005-08-20
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Abstract:
To conduct collaborative processes, businesses need embedded intelligence, and business intelligence (BI) or analytics applications
focused on structured data offer only a part of the total solution. In other words, businesses also need content management
for the unstructured data and content, which can (...)
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To conduct collaborative processes, businesses need embedded intelligence, and business intelligence (BI) or analytics applications
focused on str...
Published:
2004-11-13
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Software vendors strive to be leaders in their areas of expertise and Retalix seems to be no exception. But how do we recognize
a segment pack leader and what are the key elements that characterize a supply chain pack leader? (...)
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Software vendors strive to be leaders in their areas of expertise and Retalix seems to be no exception. But how do we recognize
a segment pack lea...
Published:
2005-10-18
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The supply chain planning market will top $2.5 billion in 2000, driven in large part by the needs of Internet customer fulfillment. (...)
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The supply chain planning market will top $2.5 billion in 2000, driven in large part by the needs of Internet customer fulfillment.
Published:
2000-04-04
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After 9/11, the analyst community optimistically predicted a sharp rise in the demand for global trade management (GTM) software.
While initially vendor shares rose, pre- and post-9/11 barriers have prevented the profitability and ubiquity of GTM software. (...)
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After 9/11, the analyst community optimistically predicted a sharp rise in the demand for global trade management (GTM) software.
While initially ...
Published:
2005-11-11
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Paragon Management Systems, now Adexa, is the latest niche supply chain management vendor to re-christen itself in the last
seven months. Since July, four small vendors have assumed new names and personas to better differentiate their offerings in
the marketplace. (...)
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Paragon Management Systems, now Adexa, is the latest niche supply chain management vendor to re-christen itself in the last
seven months. Since Ju...
Published:
2000-02-09
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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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Improved service management boosts revenue from both service offerings and new product sales, while improved customer service
and enhanced offerin...
Published:
2005-08-02
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The business remains challenging to even the most established vendors, since an intensifying product architecture rejuvenation
and functional enhancements cycle, the pressure from the ERP intruders, and continued market consolidation exert fiscal pressure
across the sector. (...)
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The business remains challenging to even the most established vendors, since an intensifying product architecture rejuvenation
and functional enha...
Published:
2005-08-31
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For every vendor, focus often results with more value to its targeted customers. Two highly focused vendors that also remain
profitable and growing even in these difficult economic times, Ross Systems and Prescient Systems, are thus seemingly poised
to offer enriched combined value proposition to their (...)
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For every vendor, focus often results with more value to its targeted customers. Two highly focused vendors that also remain
profitable and growi...
Published:
2002-08-05
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Managers weighing an investment in software for supply chain face pressure to be right. Looking for a precise calculation
of ROI often results in making an uninformed decision. Part four discusses the difficulty in predicting the future. (...)
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Managers weighing an investment in software for supply chain face pressure to be right. Looking for a precise calculation
of ROI often results in ...
Published:
2001-07-18
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Although Click Commerce is a thriving provider of on-demand supply chain management (SCM) solutions for a variety of worldwide
industries, it does have to face up to a variety of challenges, some of which are of its own making. (...)
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Although Click Commerce is a thriving provider of on-demand supply chain management (SCM) solutions for a variety of worldwide
industries, it does...
Published:
2006-11-16
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i2 Technologies is the largest and fastest growing vendor of supply chain management software with $456 million in revenue
over the last twelve months and a 48% average growth rate over the last five years. Fueled by a powerful sales and marketing
machine and corporate development strategy, i2 will maint (...)
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i2 Technologies is the largest and fastest growing vendor of supply chain management software with $456 million in revenue
over the last twelve mo...
Published:
1999-08-01
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In today's competitive engineer-to-order (ETO) manufacturing environment, procuring components on time and within budget
is crucial. With rising fuel costs and increased international trade, supply chain management software can help ETO organizations
get—and stay—ahead of the competition. (...)
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In today's competitive engineer-to-order (ETO) manufacturing environment, procuring components on time and within budget
is crucial. With rising f...
Published:
2008-07-18