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We’ve all heard the same story time and again: the project that started with such high expectations has turned out to be—like
many others—mediocre at best. The product development team is asking questions—"Where did the project go wrong? Why didn’t
we see the problems earlier?" Many companies a (...)
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... wrong? Why didn’t we see the problems earlier?" Many companies are turning to product lifecycle
management (PLM) for help. Download ...
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2010-03-11
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Products may fail to meet expectations for many reasons—most of which are self-inflicted wounds (such as unclear product
definitions) by the company bringing them to market. What’s more, politics and inertia all too often win the day when it comes
to making difficult product portfolio decisions. What (...)
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The Product Portfolio Management Benchmark Report: Achieving Maximum Product Value. Source: SmartOrg. Document Type: White
Paper Description ...
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2010-03-11
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Research shows that companies implementing product portfolio management (PPM) solutions achieve greater success in profitability
because of their ability to monitor product value throughout the product selection and development processes. With the ability
to evaluate this information through PPM capabili (...)
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Product Value Assessment and Monitoring: Delivering a Substantial Margin Advantage. Source: SmartOrg. Document Type: White
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2010-03-11
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Manufacturing 2007 Executive Summary. Papers and Other Package to Use In Your System for Manufacturing. For a decade, IndustryWeek
and the Manufacturing Performance Institute (MPI) Census of Manufacturers have provided data to US manufacturers. This year,
MPI fielded a similar survey in Canada, offering a (...)
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Manufacturing 2007 Executive Summary. Papers and Other Package to Use In Your System for Manufacturing. For a decade, IndustryWeek
and the Manufact...
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2010-03-11
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This complete rating detail report covers the vendor or provider's responses to TEC's comprehensive research model. The report
answers your concerns about how your chosen vendors will support your requirements. (...)
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... if a company creates a requisition for metal rods 100 ... data vaulting
and management is a primary capability of ... product data management portion of a PLM
system. ...
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The Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) RFP Template for the Fashion Industry covers industry-standard functional criteria
of PLM for the Fashion Industry that can help you easily gather and prioritize your business needs in a simple and categorized
excel document. More than a RFP template, it is a working (...)
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... if a company creates a requisition for metal rods 100 ... data vaulting
and management is a primary capability of ... product data management portion of a PLM
system. ...
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Software Evaluation, Selection, and Contract Negotiation. Get Free Knowledge Associated with Software Evaluation, Selection,
and Contract Negotiation. Most articles about the pitfalls of software implementation projects highlight the mistakes made
during implementation. Examples include poor project manag (...)
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Software Evaluation, Selection, and Contract Negotiation. Get Free Knowledge Associated with Software Evaluation, Selection,
and Contract Negotiati...
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2010-03-11
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SYSPRO remains a stalwart vendor within the mid-market accounting, manufacturing, and distribution software markets. The
current market trend is towards vendors that can provide comprehensive solutions for small and medium-sized companies with
a justifiable return on investment (ROI), and SYSPRO seems to (...)
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SYSPRO remains a stalwart vendor within the mid-market accounting, manufacturing, and distribution software markets. The current
market trend is t...
Published:
2003-03-15
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While competitive costs (low and flexible software license pricing and implementation costs) and outstanding global service
(proven fast implementations and customer loyalty) will remain important requirements for success, particularly in the lower
end of the market, vertical focus will be the key factor (...)
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While competitive costs (low and flexible software license pricing and implementation costs) and outstanding global service
(proven fast implement...
Published:
2003-10-14
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Cooperative markets and clever strategies controlling internal developments and guiding marketing may help Parametric Technology
Corporation (PTC) reach revenues of $1 billion (USD) by 2008. However, more impressive is this may make PTC an innovator in
product lifecycle management. (...)
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Cooperative markets and clever strategies controlling internal developments and guiding marketing may help Parametric Technology
Corporation (PTC)...
Published:
2005-11-18
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While competitive costs (low and flexible software license pricing and implementation costs) and outstanding global service
(proven fast implementations and customer loyalty) will remain important requirements for success, particularly in the lower
end of the market, vertical focus will be the key factor (...)
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While competitive costs (low and flexible software license pricing and implementation costs) and outstanding global service
(proven fast implement...
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2003-10-14
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As the market shifts from sophisticated enterprise CRM implementations to the more competitive and overcrowded mid-market-large
enterprise vendors tend to step on mid-market vendor's toes. The real concern is to determine whether the mid-market cultural
and functional differences are well understood and (...)
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As the market shifts from sophisticated enterprise CRM implementations to the more competitive and overcrowded mid-market-large
enterprise vendors...
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2003-06-26
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When one company acquires another, who benefits? It seems PSI’s recent acquisition of AIS will benefit both—as well as their
clients and the steel industry as a whole. The combined solution offering will address APS, MES, SCM, and more. (...)
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When one company acquires another, who benefits? It seems PSI’s recent acquisition of AIS will benefit both—as well as their
clients and the steel...
Published:
2009-11-25
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SMEs have recently begun to seek integration platforms that address the end-to-end business process management (BPM) rather
than the traditional pesky point-to-point interconnectivity solutions. IBM's strategy of selling WebSphere Express through
local VARs and of letting smaller enterprises deploy only (...)
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SMEs have recently begun to seek integration platforms that address the end-to-end business process management (BPM) rather
than the traditional p...
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2003-08-05
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While the recent initiatives by Microsoft Business Solutions to piecemeal bolster its product lines' SCM capabilities should
benefit users, a lot more cohesive SCM strategy is needed for Microsoft to truly permeate the SCM mid-market. (...)
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While the recent initiatives by Microsoft Business Solutions to piecemeal bolster its product lines' SCM capabilities
should benefit users, a lot ...
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2003-12-01
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A recent survey of chief executive officers has found that growth is again the number one priority, overtaking cost-cutting
as their previous top concern. Can enterprise application providers to take advantage of this new focus? (...)
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A recent survey of chief executive officers has found that growth is again the number one priority, overtaking cost-cutting
as their previous top ...
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2005-04-21
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Although most vendors provide organizations with the project portfolio management tools to meet their objectives, few provide
strategies to implement an IT governance framework successfully. Pacific Edge offers a three-stage approach to implementing
IT governance, based on an organization's maturity. (...)
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Although most vendors provide organizations with the project portfolio management tools to meet their objectives, few provide
strategies to implem...
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2006-06-20
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SAP has a new marketing campaign. What does this mean for competitors, prospective buyers, and business-to-business marketing
professionals? This case study explains why it's important to dig deeper when a company of interest to you changes its marketing
campaign. (...)
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SAP has a new marketing campaign. What does this mean for competitors, prospective buyers, and business-to-business marketing
professionals? This ...
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2006-01-05
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This is an examination of Pronto Software's ERP solution. By looking at how areas where the Pronto product fulfills a large
portion of selection criteria, companies can determine if it is worthwhile to pursue a relationship with Pronto. We ask the
question, all things being equal, which modules contribut (...)
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This is an examination of Pronto Software's ERP solution. By looking at how areas where the Pronto product fulfills a
large portion of selection c...
Published:
2003-04-11
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With the acquisition of Collaxa, Oracle has quickly plugged a hole in its SOA/BPM message by providing new workflow capabilities
and monitoring tools to report on the progress of business processes, and by providing runtime support for BPEL. (...)
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With the acquisition of Collaxa, Oracle has quickly plugged a hole in its SOA/BPM message by providing new workflow capabilities
and monitoring to...
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2005-03-18