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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...
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2005-10-03
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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...
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2003-10-27
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Supply chain planning tools deliver potentially tremendous savings when well implemented, and wreak havoc when they fail.
A company considering an outsourcing strategy for their supply chain planning processes should first address some key aspects
of these tools. (...)
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... are a number of frameworks for evaluating outsourcing decisions. ...
the supply chain, transactional systems, organization issues, and business strategy, as
...
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2006-04-11
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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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... number of Enterprise Integration Architecture (EIA) vendors on the market today to realize that the typical
business is still running multiple systems, and a ...
Published:
2003-02-27
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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 ...
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2003-07-05
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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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... sending and receiving business documents, the flexibility of business
process template ... and CRM product lines, and deeper integration with multiple EDI systems.
...
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2004-09-02
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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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... able to model the application to how an organization does business with trading ...
that involve multiple companies and a diversity of existing enterprise systems. ...
Published:
2004-05-18
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Your Challenge: Get Decision Makers' Approval for Compliance Exposures in ERP Systems. Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant
and Time-Bound. This paper examines key issues for CFOs and CEOs in managing ERP systems in the new world of SOX, IFRS, Basle
II. While most IT management attention seems to be (...)
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Your Challenge: Get Decision Makers' Approval for Compliance Exposures in ERP Systems. Specific, Measurable, Achievable,
Relevant and Time-Bound. T...
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2010-03-11
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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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... which are a default for a vast majority of ERP systems that require ...
based on the Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) supply chain business practices, while ...
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2004-09-03
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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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... EDI emerged in the 1960s when the railroad industry sought a way to speed up and automate business
communications between remote computer systems, and to ...
Published:
2004-09-01
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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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... able to model the application to how an organization does business with trading ...
that involve multiple companies and a diversity of existing enterprise systems. ...
Published:
2004-05-18
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Welcome to the customer experience. We all have them. Some are good, others bad. A variety of factors - the user interface
(UI), customer support, marketing messages, etc. - shape these experiences. All of these things collectively create our view
of a product, service or provider. (...)
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... Rubin's job was to make these systems more user-friendly. ... Rubin's
group helps clients implement user-focused principles across their entire business. ...
Published:
2002-01-18
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Evaluating the cost of outsourcing can be challenging because most organizations cannot fully estimate the financial impact
of such a decision. (...)
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Evaluating the cost of outsourcing can be challenging because most organizations cannot fully estimate the financial impact
of such a decision.
Published:
2002-04-09
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"Agility", "real time enterprise", "zero latency" ... these are among the several buzzwords doing the rounds these days.
Some would characterize these present times as belonging to the "Real Time Decade." Are these words just hype or do they proffer
a vision of reality for the near future? This article a (...)
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... Every business event has a window of opportunity within which the users and systems
can react to the information contained within the context of the event. ...
Published:
2004-04-07
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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...
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2005-04-02
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Three minutes of labor from purchase requisition to invoice payment; fully executed due diligence; commitment authorization
and no delays. That is the promise of e-procurement and the potential is there for the taking - but not without risk. Extensive
preparation is necessary and full integration with r (...)
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E-Procurement Is Not Electronic Purchasing - Part II. J. Dowling - November 14, 2000. Comments: 0. Read Comments E-Procurement
Is Not Electronic Purchasi.
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2000-11-14
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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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... the risks and benefits of outsourcing security can ... with several
years in the security business offers valuable ... Companies evaluating
MSSPs should also consider: ...
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2002-04-11
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Without effective security, companies risk losing money and customer trust. With good security, companies have the power
to maintain stakeholder value, customer loyalty, and competitive advantage. Faced with the complexity of providing effective
security, many companies are turning to outsourcing. (...)
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Outsourcing Security Part 1: Noting the Benefits. Jim McLendon - April 5, 2002. Comments: 0. Read Comments
Introduction. Remember the carefree days of summer? ...
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2002-04-05
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Evaluating the cost of outsourcing can be challenging because most organizations cannot fully estimate the financial impact
of such a decision. (...)
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Evaluating the cost of outsourcing can be challenging because most organizations cannot fully estimate the financial impact
of such a decision.
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2002-04-09
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Enterprise Application Integration vendor Extricity announced a business-to-business alliance with Moai Technologies, Inc.,
to provide a full-range of automated e-commerce systems. Moai’s Dynamic Commerce Markup Language (DCML) is an XML-standard
compliant language for dynamic commerce markets, and co (...)
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Enterprise Application Integration vendor Extricity announced a business-to-business alliance with Moai Technologies, Inc.,
to provide a full-rang...
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2000-05-11