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Provia Gets Nod From BMG Distribution (3 Pages)
by Steve McVey
Jan 19, 2001 Abstract : With help from consulting partner PricewaterhouseCoopers, BMG plans to implement Provia to improve its fulfillment operations.
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An ERP Vendor, with its Powerful Parent Backing, Tackles Software as a Service (4 Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic
Jan 24, 2007 Abstract : Glovia hopes to become a manufacturing service platform that will connect and integrate various business systems that user companies currently use. The vendor's software-as-a-service offering is one of the routes it plans to take to get there.
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The Case Against Modifying Your Enterprise Software (3 Pages)
by Jeff Kugler
Nov 22, 2006 Abstract : The case against modifying enterprise software is a strong one. Standard software offerings are the products of millions of dollars of research, development, and extensive testing for consistent performance. For this and various other reasons, modifications almost never make sense.
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Sweet Spots and What-Nots: Enterprise Management Software Vendor Provides Notable Solutions (6 Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic
Jul 13, 2006 Abstract : Deltek uses a wealth of standalone and bundled modules to target various markets, including professional services firms both domestically and internationally, as well as the full range of federal contractors and project-focused enterprises.
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Lean Manufacturing: A Primer (3 Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic
Feb 13, 2006 Abstract : Lean manufacturing emphasizes the minimization of the amount of all the resources (including time) used in the various activities of the enterprise. The typical areas of hidden waste are over-production, waiting, transportation, over-processing, motion, excessive inventory, and defective units.
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SAP NetWeaver Background, Direction, and User Recommendations (4 Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic
Feb 2, 2006 Abstract : SAP is using NetWeaver to reach to the shop floor by aggregating and presenting information to users, thus empowering them to improve manufacturing performance. It is also addressing concerns about the lack of standards for interoperability between various systems.
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Demystifying the EPC Global Network: An explanation of ONS, EPC-IS, and EPC-DS (10 Pages)
by Bill McBeath
Jun 28, 2005 Abstract : As goods traverse the supply chain, various parties need to exchange information about these goods. This requires interoperability across the global network, creating the need for the EPCglobal Network.
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Application Erosion: More Causes and Cures (3 Pages)
by Olin Thompson
Mar 26, 2005 Abstract : Application erosion is real and it has a significant impact on the long-term value of technology. It can have various causes, but there is a possible solution to each one of them.
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RedPrairie to Spread Across Europe through LIS Acquisition Part One: Event Summary (4 Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic
Apr 28, 2004 Abstract : A consolidation within the warehouse management systems/ supply chain execution market, which many pundits had long been predicting, but had hardly taken place for various reasons, finally seems to be happening.
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