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SCM Evaluation Center

Nov 24, 2009
Today's usage of Decision Support Systems (DSS), combined with vetted SCM knowledge bases, allows organizations to save time and money, achieving better and more reliable/fully-documented decisions, a quantum improvement over the widely-used subjective process of selecting complex enterprise software...
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Can Webplan Reconcile Planning and Execution? Part Two: Market Impact ( Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic
Jul 1, 2004 Abstract : Increasingly, every user company's success is contingent upon its ability to make an almost immediate finished product or service delivery to customers. As supply chains become more dynamic and operate in near real-time, the lines between planning and execution continue to blur, which bodes well for their functional convergence. Thus, some supply chain execution (SCE) vendors have started to move beyond pure execution to offer some planning and optimization capabilities, often with the
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Oracle Applications - An Internet-Reinvented Feisty Challenger ( Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic
Sep 19, 2000 Abstract : It is startling how much has changed in Oracle’s applications business during the last two years. Oracle is indisputably the most reformed applications vendor, having achieved significant growth in total revenue, license revenue and net income. Oracle has a head start on most of its competition pertaining to Internet applications, and the Company still leads the ERP pack both on product technology vision and execution. However, the future will by no means be without serious challenges.
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Logility Collaborative Planning Solutions Offer Sound Proposition ( Pages)
by Steve McVey
Jul 17, 2000 Abstract : Collaborative planning for businesses carries great potential for reducing the hidden costs that inevitably result from poor planning and limited visibility among trading partners. With new OEM partner Great Plains, Logility has made a good move in targeting this growing area and organizing its applications around the collaborative aspects.
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Using Visibility to Manage Supply Chain Uncertainty ( Pages)
by Michael Bittner
Nov 9, 2005 Abstract : 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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Manhattan Associates Completes Second Quarter On Record Pace ( Pages)
by Steve McVey
Aug 15, 2000 Abstract : Atlanta-based supply chain execution (SCE) software vendor Manhattan Associates announces its second fiscal quarter results.
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Optum Unveils Tradestream For Collaborative Fulfillment ( Pages)
by Steve McVey
Jul 20, 2000 Abstract : Supply chain execution vendor, Optum, Inc., recently released Tradestream, a new Internet application that is intended to provide customers and suppliers with the means to eliminate excess inventory and increase working capital.
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Bridging the Reality Gap Between Planning and Execution Part One: The Problem ( Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic
Jun 16, 2004 Abstract : At sites where both planning and execution modules are stand-alone implementations, neither deliver enough benefit because there are almost always manual connections and processes between these two crucial supply chain management (SCM) areas. Yet, planning and execution in the supply chain are slowly but surely converging because no plan is useful if it cannot be executed.
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What Are Manufacturing Execution Systems? ( Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic
Mar 7, 2008 Abstract : A manufacturing execution system (MES) can be defined as a collection of business processes providing event-by-event, real-time execution of planned production requirements. However, market ambiguity and functional overlap with enterprise resource planning systems obscure what an MES can bring to an enterprise.
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What Are Manufacturing Execution Systems? ( Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic
Nov 29, 2005 Abstract : Manufacturing execution systems (MES) can be defined as a collection of business processes providing event-by-event, real time execution of planned production requirements. However, market ambiguity and functional overlap with enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems obscure what an MES can bring to an enterprise.
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