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PeopleSoft Takes Aim at Foods Industry ( Pages)
by Steve McVey
Feb 28, 2000 Abstract : PeopleSoft and Bradley Ward will integrate their products in an alliance aimed at the food processing industry. The completed solution will let companies' link real-time plant floor level data to ERP systems.
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Hershey's Halloween Nightmare All Too Common for Supply Chain Implementations ( Pages)
by Steve McVey
Nov 1, 1999 Abstract : On October 25, Hershey Foods Corporation announced a sharp decline in revenue and earnings for its third fiscal quarter ended September 30, 1999. Consolidated net sales were $1.07 billion compared with $1.22 billion for the third quarter of 1998. Net income for the third quarter was $87.6 million, or $ 0.62 per share-diluted, compared with $107.5 million, or $ 0.74 per share-diluted, for the third quarter of 1998. Hershey Chairman and CEO Kenneth L. Wolfe blamed the poor showing on problems encountered since July, when the company switched over to new systems for customer service, warehousing and order fulfillment.
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J.D. Edwards' QUEST To End Its String Of Pyrrhic Victories Part 2: The Implications ( Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic
Jul 5, 2001 Abstract : During this year's FOCUS conference for its QUEST User Group, J.D. Edwards demonstrated somewhat more galvanized strategy than the one it initiated and less successfully executed during the last year. With its renewed mid-enterprise focus and commitment to deliver customer-driven solutions, the company seems to be going back to its mid-market roots. The new initiatives and the profitability are steps in the right direction, but the market will have a close eye on new license sales
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J.D. Edwards' QUEST To End Its String Of Pyrrhic Victories Part 1: The News ( Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic
Jul 3, 2001 Abstract : J.D. Edwards has been trying hard to reverse a continuing decline of license revenue, which is in a sharp contrast to its direct competitors’ upbeat postures. During this year's FOCUS conference for its QUEST User Group, J.D. Edwards demonstrated somewhat more galvanized strategy than the one it initiated and less successfully executed during the last year. With its renewed mid-enterprise focus and commitment to deliver customer-driven solutions, the company seems to be going back to its mid-market roots.
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PeopleSoft: No More a Humble Kid From a Rough Neighborhood? ( Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic
Sep 5, 2000 Abstract : PeopleSoft has been on a quest to dramatically improve its customer service & support by weeding out its 3rd-party consulting partners. PeopleSoft also has a new platform, a new set of products and a new surprising attitude of lambasting competition. Further, its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2000 are upbeat.
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Intentia Has Been Bleeding For Its Platform Independence ( Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic
Sep 15, 2000 Abstract : Over the past few years, Intentia International AB, a Swedish provider of business applications, has been on the quest to meet the anticipated demands its customers would have during the new e-economy era. It has been successful in its endeavors, however, with the price of posting six consecutive quarterly losses.
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The Quest for the Right Self-service Model: Enterprise Content Management Suite or Integrated, Best-of-breed? (3 Pages)
by Hans Mercx
Mar 19, 2007 Abstract : Organizations are looking for self-service models to manage their internal and external content. Content management systems are the answer, but then the question becomes which to choose—an all-in-one enterprise content management suite, or an integrated, best-of-breed point solution?
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MAPICS To Leap Forward In A Frontstep Way Part 2: Market Impact ( Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic
Dec 30, 2002 Abstract : MAPICS has recently departed from its traditional practice of 'pushing' the sale of the plethora of its components onto customers. Going forward, it will rather try to solve challenges for its customers and/or prospects in their quest of becoming world-class manufacturers.
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The Quest for the Right Self-service Model: Enterprise Content Management Suite or Integrated Best-of-breed? ( Pages)
by Hans Mercx
Dec 12, 2007 Abstract : Organizations are looking for self-service models to manage their internal and external content. Content management systems are the answer, but then the question becomes which to choose—an all-in-one enterprise content management suite, or an integrated, best-of-breed point solution?
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