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Enterprise Resource Planning systems (ERPs) integrate (or attempt to integrate) all data and processes of an organization into a single unified system. A typical ERP system will use multiple components of computer software and hardware to achieve the integration. A key ingredient of most ERP systems is the use of a single, unified database to store data for the various system modules. |
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10 Questions to Ask When Choosing a Midmarket ERP Solution |
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With any technology, the vendor's job is to try to sell you their product, and they may rely on promises, superlative language and sparkling product demos to try to sway you. And with the midmarket ERP landscape crowded with players vying for your business's dollar, the prospect of choosing the right solution can seem even more daunting. But armed with these 10 questions, you'll be able to see through the hype and narrow down a few vendors that can really deliver what you need.
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5 Big Improvements In Just 5 Months |
| By :SAP |
Published Date: Aug 01, 2007 |
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Enterprise system implementations can be invasive, disruptive, and even counter-productive, causing considerable expense, possibilities of wrenching business-process change, and gnawing uncertainty in the minds of employees. But while no magic pill guarantees an implementation will be quick, painless, and successful, there are steps manufacturers can take to secure ERP value without risk of catastrophic failure.
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6 Keys to Smarter Cross Channel Integration |
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Need a retail intelligence system that doesn't require a significant up front investment, coordination of multiple software vendors and system integrators, or take months or years to implement? This guide will help you gain greater visibility of all your sales channels, products, distribution and suppliers to make timely and effective business decisions.
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Prevention of ERP Implementation Failure |
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Projects to implement ERP tend to be difficult, expensive and drawn-out. They are often full of painful surprises and overrun budgets and schedules that were extravagant in the first place. They fail entirely in an alarming number of cases. Why this should be so is not immediately apparent. If we list, at a fairly high level, the tasks required to implement an ERP system in a company that’s already familiar with ERP practices, what we see is a significant but not daunting amount of work.
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Plastic Product Manufacturers Need to Automate Lean Tools |
| By :SAP |
Published Date: Jul 09, 2007 |
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Results from the recent Aberdeen report, “Lean Scheduling and Execution,” indicate that plastics manufacturers - companies producing plastic products using a variety of molding and extrusion processes - are more than twice as likely to adopt Lean technology as Industry Average and Laggard manufacturers. However, it was surprising to find that plastics manufacturers are falling behind the curve in automating Lean tools.
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Productivity and Efficiency Enhancements in a Solution Provider Network |
| By :SAP |
Published Date: Mar 19, 2008 |
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Are your IT investments worth it? Does enterprise software really make a difference to productivity and efficiency? Nearly every manufacturer has considered these questions, and this SAP white paper reveals definitive and quantifiable answers to them. In addition, it presents a value-driven strategy to increase productivity and efficiency, together with the specific performance enhancement tools you need to up the bottom line.
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Paving the Way to a Successful ERP Upgrade |
| By :SAP |
Published Date: May 01, 2007 |
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Learn how you can leverage SAP expertise to for faster, more cost-effective upgrades. The SAP Upgrade Assessment for SAP ERP service helps you find the services and implementation options that are right for you and will ensure the success of your project.
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Releasing Resources to Support Growth: The Long-Term Benefits of Finance Transformation |
| By :Concur |
Published Date: Jan 26, 2008 |
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CFO Research Services and Concur developed the hypotheses for this research jointly. This study discovers how companies have deployed the savings they’ve realized so far through their transaction-processing improvement efforts. Our survey of senior finance executives in North America reveals that the finance function has freed time and resources to pursue high-value activities like decision support and financial planning and analysis as a result of transaction-processing automation.
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Reduce the Pain of ERP Upgrades With Better Planning |
| By :SAP |
Published Date: Jun 01, 2007 |
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As corporations become more dependent on their ERP systems, they struggle to strike the right balance between regularly updating the software and minimizing cost and disruption to the business. This Report from AMR Research offers advice on how to develop and communicate a practical upgrade strategy and then build an effective process for maintaining your ERP asset.
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SAP Paybacks and Chargebacks by Vistex |
| By :SAP |
Published Date: Aug 03, 2007 |
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Effective trade-spending and contract management are strategic levers for foodservice manufacturers to meet competitive pressures,stimulate demand, and reward distributors and operators for achieving volume and growth objectives. The SAP® Paybacks and Chargebacks application by Vistex is a comprehensive, integrated software solution designed for foodservice manufacturers.
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Supply Network Collaboration in a Solution Provider Network |
| By :SAP |
Published Date: Mar 19, 2008 |
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To add value to their product offerings, manufacturers are following a new business model. No longer are they just selling products to their customers; to provide value-added services, they are using their ecosystem to build a solution provider network. Evolving this network requires sophisticated collaboration with your suppliers, engineers, and financial services organizations.
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The Next Generation of Software Development |
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This whitepaper asserts that moving to the next generation of software development and sourcing requires moving from art to science. Given how dependent we are on software as a foundation for every product and service, anything less creates a climate of risk, uncertainty, and unjustifiable costs that undermines our ability to compete in a global marketplace.
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Taking the Real Quantum Leap in Speed To Market |
| By :SAP |
Published Date: Mar 23, 2008 |
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Around the world today, thousands of manufacturing companies are optimizing their manufacturing processes by implementing lean tools and principles within their factories. However, are they the right tools and principles? Are they part of a larger "long on lean" plan? Or are they just "random acts of lean" that provide temporary fixes? To make the real quantum leap in speed to market, you need to consider overall fulfillment, not just the factory.
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Warehouse Management Today: Balancing Financial Pressures and Growing Demand |
| By :SAP |
Published Date: Aug 26, 2007 |
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Traditional linear supply chains with sequential processes are evolving into complex global ecosystems that are highly responsive to customer requirements. This SAP white paper describes how an adaptive supply chain network allows all the stakeholders in the supply chain – both internal and external to the enterprise – to share knowledge, make collaborative decisions and immediately respond to changing conditions. Trading partners can avoid costly supply chain problems. Moreover, firms can enhance their financial position and improve their supply chain economics.
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White Paper: Are You Pushing Too Much Paper? |
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Whether you are an electrical supplies wholesaler or a manufacturer of oilfield equipment, the challenge is the same: Are you maximizing your margins by keeping your administrative processes as streamlined as possible? Or, are you wasting time and money by supporting paper-intensive processes to handle quotes, orders, ship notices, receipt documents and invoices?
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A Manufacturing Imperative: Enterprise SOA |
| By :SAP |
Published Date: Sep 05, 2007 |
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Read how Enterprise SOA goes beyond the fundamentals of a service-oriented architecture (SOA). SOA is a distributed software model that uses independent Web services to support business processes as defined by SAP and its partners and customers.
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Aberdeen Group: For Mid-Size Manufacturers the Issue is Visible |
| By :IBM |
Published Date: Aug 08, 2006 |
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As manufacturing goes global, initiatives to standardize processes and key performance measurements across the enterprise to unite the greater supply chain are emerging. The main catalyst? Driving down costs in response to customer and market pressures. However, mid-size companies in particular are driving performance improvements with a more proactive, strategic vision for improving performance than reactively responding to cost pressure.
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Using Virtualization to Maximize Your IT Environment
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The business of managing IT infrastructures has reached a crossroads. The number of global players is shrinking through mergers and acquisitions while the playing field, also known as the customer’s IT environment, has become exceedingly complex and difficult to manage. This working paper presents CA’s corporate and technology strategy behind appropriate virtualization management positioning and commitments as an important element in preparation for the move toward that model in your IT environment. |
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