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Inventory Planning & Optimization: Extending Your ERP System Part Three: Business Case for Inventory Optimization Solutions ( Pages)
by D Hooiman
Apr 7, 2003 Abstract : Inventory Optimization software recognizes that different industries have different inventory profiles and requirements. Research has indicated that solutions are priced in a large range from tens of thousands of Dollars to millions of Dollars. In this niche market sector, price is definitely not an indicator of the quality of solution. ROI and usability are paramount.
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Software Integration FAQ (1 Page)
by TEC Staff
Oct 9, 2007 Abstract : Software integration is critical to business success, especially if your business has been up and running for a few years. But what does software integration really mean? SOA? Web services? Find out with a comprehensive guide to software integration, including today's top software integration FAQs, as well as links to free articles to help you understand what steps you should take for software integration success.
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Provia Tackles RFID in a Twofold Manner Part Five: 3PL Support and SCE Optimization ( Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic
Aug 17, 2004 Abstract : FourSite 4.4 is an upgrade of its fulfillment solution oriented towards third party logistics (3PL) providers. ViaOptimize, is an advanced step for companies who have already automated their facilities with Provia's WMS and are now looking at optimization as a key area of improvement, efficiency and cost reduction.
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Inventory Planning & Optimization: Extending Your ERP System ( Pages)
by Dirk Hooiman
Apr 4, 2003 Abstract : SCM vendors are adding best of breed solutions to ERP product suites and are aggressively marketing this new functionality. The SCM market has been growing so strongly that where SCM was once viewed as a means to gain competitive advantage, companies now see it as a necessary extension of an ERP system, especially Inventory Management and Optimization solutions.
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Integrating All Information Assets Part Three: What Constitutes Integration? ( Pages)
by Cindy Jutras
Apr 16, 2004 Abstract : So, whether the need for integration arises from the proliferation of business applications within your own enterprise, the results of mergers and acquisitions, or from the demands of e-business, integration emerges as a significant challenge in responding to the demands of business today. What then constitutes integration and how do you go about meeting these challenges? This is an excerpt from the book ERP Optimization (Subtitle: Using Your Existing System to Support Profitable E-Business Initiatives).
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Advanced Planning and Optimization Software: Myths, Facts, and User Perceptions (7 Pages)
by Ashfaque Ahmed
Jul 6, 2004 Abstract : Advanced planning optimization (APO) or advanced planning and scheduling (APS), as it is sometimes called, has been creating a lot of confusion and skepticism, albeit for wrong reasons, because of its many publicized failures, especially in tactical and strategic use. The reasons for past failures included lack of training and complex user interfaces among other things. However there is a renewed interest in APO and many vendors are creating easy-to-use systems along with new awareness. This coupled with its profound success in mission critical tasks will result in more users using APO systems.
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Overcoming Chemicals Industry Challenges through Optimization of Distribution and Inventory ( Pages)
by Olin Thompson and PJ Jakovljevic
May 11, 2006 Abstract : For chemical companies, optimizing the distribution network and rationalizing inventories are the keys to an efficient supply chain and smoother operations. They must also resolve the challenges posed by environmental regulations and the need for seamless data integration.
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Integrating All Information Assets Part Two: Why is integration an issue? ( Pages)
by Cindy Jutras
Apr 15, 2004 Abstract : Successful e-businesses of the future will be those who treat e-business as the collection of processes, which allow multiple companies to work cooperatively and collaboratively to produce a seemingly seamless integration of businesses operating as a virtually vertical enterprise. And with this integration of business processes comes the requirement to integrate disparate business applications. This is an excerpt from the book ERP Optimization (Subtitle: Using Your Existing System to Support Profitable E-Business Initiatives).
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Integrating All Information Assets Part One: Why is integration an issue? ( Pages)
by Cindy Jutras
Apr 14, 2004 Abstract : More and more companies today face a significant challenge in integrating multiple business applications. This is the natural result of fewer companies running a single, all encompassing business application, either in a lone facility or across multiple sites of a multinational, multi-organizational enterprise. The inability to integrate leaves an incomplete or disjointed view of your enterprise. This is an excerpt from the book ERP Optimization (Subtitle: Using Your Existing System to Support Profitable E-Business Initiatives).
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