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Abstract:
This PLM research note provides insight on the importance of business objectives when adopting PLM. This article presents
research findings on business objectives to adopt PLM based on software selection projects and surveys conducted by TEC. Drawing
and product documentation management, product collabora (...)
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... PLM users have in mind prior to evaluating specific PLM
... used in a wider range of business processes including ... In other
words, PLM is expanding its coverage to ...
Published:
2010-02-04
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Third-party logistic (3PL) providers are under pressure to keep costs low, expand services and capitalize on evolving supply
chain management technology. As customers are becoming more discerning, 3PLs can leverage service oriented architecture to
meet customer needs. (...)
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Third-party logistic (3PL) providers are under pressure to keep costs low, expand services and capitalize on evolving supply
chain management tech...
Published:
2005-10-03
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Although the promise of reduced implementation risk and time, lower upfront costs, etc. justify the hosting/ASP model, this
brings an entire new set of issues for mid-market organizations to consider when seeking a vendor company using such an approach. (...)
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Although the promise of reduced implementation risk and time, lower upfront costs, etc. justify the hosting/ASP model, this
brings an entire new s...
Published:
2005-04-02
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Owing to learning from the past experiences and to the help of specialized selection service providers, selecting an enterprise
package has to a degree, become a routine occurrence in the life of an IT organization. Recently however, there has been much
noise created by some pundits and vendors belittlin (...)
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Owing to learning from the past experiences and to the help of specialized selection service providers, selecting an enterprise
package has to a d...
Published:
2003-10-25
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While the Microsoft Business Network (MBN) product is worth considering for a number of compelling reasons, it will take
some immense doing before it becomes a retailers' equivalent of what the Sabre reservation system means to airline agents. (...)
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... will eventually include connectivity options for trading partners of all sizes, a trustworthy Web services
network, a library of business process templates ...
Published:
2004-09-01
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Abstract:
While on the surface, there are few economic or strategic reasons for organizations to persist with electronic data interchange
(EDI), many seem reluctant to adopt the alternative at this stage. In fact, there has been almost negligible growth in the
number of organizations replacing their EDI-based sy (...)
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... to MBN might come from ACCPAC Exchange, the first EDI offering to integrate mid-market accounting applications
with IBM Business Exchange Services, aimed at ...
Published:
2004-09-03
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Microsoft Business Network (MBN) has the potential to deliver the never really (or hardly ever) realized benefits of early
dot-com era Internet trading exchanges or networks that could reasonably and effectively link customers to their trading partners. (...)
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... partners that are often off-line), digital certificate and public key infrastructure (PKI) services,
while MBS currently provides business process templates ...
Published:
2004-09-02
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There is certainly room to ask the fundamental question of whether the traditional practice of RFI/RFP-based selection processes
has been adequate for the task of selecting complex systems. The record indicates there is much room for improvement. In essence,
for complex selections like in the case of ent (...)
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There is certainly room to ask the fundamental question of whether the traditional practice of RFI/RFP-based selection processes
has been adequate...
Published:
2003-10-27
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The reality of today’s application environment is that no single application meets all of the needs of a business, or frequently
even the needs of a single business process, so multiple applications must work together to support business processes. (...)
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... enterprise suites such as CRM, SCM, PLM and others ... It's Not
Just About The Business Process Even ... the promised panacea of web services,
application integration ...
Published:
2003-02-27
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Abstract:
E-business has prompted a lot of vendors to move towards creating electronic product lifecycle management (e-PLM) suites.
However, enterprise resource planning vendors with extensive e-commerce initiatives, development staffs, and renewed interest
in PLM, are as likely to lead the way. (...)
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E-business has prompted a lot of vendors to move towards creating electronic product lifecycle management (e-PLM) suites.
However, enterprise reso...
Published:
2005-10-21
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Abstract:
As the final article in a three-part series on outsourcing security, the following article provides guidelines for selecting
a dependable managed security services provider. (...)
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... Properly identifying and evaluating the risks and benefits of outsourcing security ...
Years in business While outsourced security services are fairly ...
Published:
2002-04-11
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Abstract:
While fixed time and cost solutions delivered packaged from pristine laboratories do have their appeal, SMEs are becoming
increasingly savvy to ask for more than just these implementations perceived as cookie-cutter approach. (...)
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While fixed time and cost solutions delivered packaged from pristine laboratories do have their appeal, SMEs are becoming
increasingly savvy to as...
Published:
2003-06-10
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Business processes must be enabled across the artificial boundaries of disparate applications that must work together to
support these business processes. To that end, business process management (BPM) could assist in compliance issues, can reduce
training requirements, and increase the overall efficienc (...)
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... Well, as mentioned earlier on, the focus of Web services and composite applications
is on processes, as well as on data and transactions. A business process is ...
Published:
2004-05-18
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Abstract:
Even if Agile continues to deliver superior products, its competition against single-vendor, pre-integrated ERP suite products
will force Agile to aggressively differentiate the depth of their PLM expertise and further drive industry specialization. (...)
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Even if Agile continues to deliver superior products, its competition against single-vendor, pre-integrated ERP suite products
will force Agile to...
Published:
2003-10-24
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Business processes must be enabled across the artificial boundaries of disparate applications that must work together to
support these business processes. To that end, business process management (BPM) could assist in compliance issues, can reduce
training requirements, and increase the overall efficienc (...)
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evaluating plm for business services:
... Well, as mentioned earlier on, the focus of Web services and composite applications
is on processes, as well as on data and transactions. A business process is ...
Published:
2004-05-18
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Abstract:
Prepare yourself for B2B E-Business.What have you got to lose? Download our free whitepaper! IT groups aspire to standardize
on common integration platforms, but the pressure to integrate with business partners quickly often forces companies to favor
expediency over strategy. With so many technology choic (...)
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... in the Supply Chain: New Services and Technologies ... when building
an overall business-to-business (B2B) strategy ... you should consider
when evaluating vendors and ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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Abstract:
Trying to sell dumbed-down versions of mySAP Business Suite, Oracle E-Business Suite, without a serious re-engineering of
these products, has not worked for the lower-end of the market. To date, Oracle and SAP have responded by acquiring more suitable
genuine products for the segment, while it is not unl (...)
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Trying to sell dumbed-down versions of mySAP Business Suite, Oracle E-Business Suite, without a serious re-engineering of
these products, has not ...
Published:
2003-06-09
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Abstract:
All the recent management trends from Continuous Improvement to Business Process Re-engineering have had the same issue we
see with E-Business. They have enterprise-wide implications and tend to become part of the corporate department that started
the initiative. This article recommends a more strategi (...)
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Should E-Business Be Inside or Outside of IT? William ... Editor's note: I have tried
to distinguish e-business from E-Business. When ...
Published:
2003-07-05
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Abstract:
Prepare yourself for B2B E-Business.What have you got to lose? Download our free whitepaper! IT groups aspire to standardize
on common integration platforms, but the pressure to integrate with business partners quickly often forces companies to favor
expediency over strategy. With so many technology choic (...)
Excerpt related to
evaluating plm for business services:
... in the Supply Chain: New Services and Technologies ... when building
an overall business-to-business (B2B) strategy ... you should consider
when evaluating vendors and ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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Abstract:
Mid-market and the SMB segment are the next frontiers and a promised land for all the enterprise vendors, small and large
alike.Still, the willingness of smaller IT departments to go for more sophisticated technology beyond the all-too-common dispersed
islands of information on Excel spreadsheets, Access (...)
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Mid-market and the SMB segment are the next frontiers and a promised land for all the enterprise vendors, small and large
alike.Still, the willing...
Published:
2003-06-07