General Planning Functionality

Enterprise Resource Planning for Services, and Professional ...

by Neil Stolovitsky ... In general, ERP vendors tend to be stronger on the financials and ... side, and weaker in providing core portfolio management and resource planning functionality. ... http:/.../ResearchHighlights/professionalServices/2006/04/research_notes/TU_SP_NS_04_13_06_1.asp - 19k - 2006-04-13 Summary: Since the late nineties, enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendors have developed functionality for vertical markets in the service industry. Simultaneously, professional services automation (PSA) became a viable software category. Consequently, deciphering the difference between ERP and PSA remains a c

SCM System/SCM Software Comparison and Evaluation

... pharmaceuticals, for example) Function for generating e-mail, based on HTML form input Functionality Gauges General Planning Functionality Generalized codes ... http://scm.technologyevaluation.com/ - 35k - 2009-03-09

FRx Poised to Permeate Many More General Ledgers Part Three ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... to over forty leading mid-market general ledgers (and ... and to add on increased functionality as their ... a Web-based budgeting and planning application, depending ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2003/12/research_notes/PN_ER_PJ_12_05_03_1.asp - 19k - 2003-12-05 Summary: While there is an opportunity for FRx to become a main pillar within the entire Microsoft BI product strategy, there is not yet an overall cohesive BI/CPM strategy or architecture to guide the product plans to an integrated BI solution set.

FRx Poised to Permeate Many More General Ledgers Part Four ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... market crashes, fuel price changes, general strikes, new ... involves more than business planning, with such ... Framework, which will combine functionality from all ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2003/12/research_notes/PN_ER_PJ_12_06_03_1.asp - 21k - 2003-12-06 Summary: With Integration Designer and Forecaster, FRx has taken critical steps forward in creating value for its customers and resellers. FRx should expend the marketing effort required to insure all its customers, prospects, and affiliates fully understand the value proposition of its products.

Fatal Flaws in ERP Software Create Opportunity for Niche Software ...

by Bill Friend ... vendors need to have both promotional planning and deduction management functionality. ... General ERP vendors all provide pricing management functionality but ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2004/04/research_notes/MI_ER_XBF_04_24_04_1.asp - 12k - 2004-04-24 Summary: ERP software may fail to meet critical business requirements. When companies find that their ERP doesn't meet all of their business requirements, they should investigate niche software vendors who are focused on fixing fatal flaws. This paper discusses one of the potential fatal flaw areas in the CPG ind

Encompix--Thriving on Encompassing Complexity Part One: Event ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... in the three-day event with over thirty-five general and breakout ... spare parts business, Encompix has developed new material planning functionality and multi ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2004/05/research_notes/PN_ER_PJ_05_24_04_1.asp - 20k - 2004-05-24 Summary: If Encompix has for any reason deliberately maintained its ETO-oriented (engineer-to-order) enterprise resource planning system as one of the best-kept secrets in the complex manufacturing mid-market, it has certainly succeeded so far. However, given a certain number of viable solutions from more renowne

Logility Collaborative Planning Solutions Offer Sound Proposition

by Steve McVey ... Integration of collaborative planning products lags behind rest of functionality. ... Company (TSC) for CPFR-specific as well as general supply chain ... http:/.../ResearchHighlights/BusinessApplications/2000/07/research_notes/PN_BA_SRM_07_17_00_1.asp - 19k - 2000-07-17 Summary: Collaborative planning for businesses carries great potential for reducing the hidden costs that inevitably result from poor planning and limited visibility among trading partners. With new OEM partner Great Plains, Logility has made a good move in targeting this growing area and organizing its applicat

ERP: Origins, Developments, and Trends

by TEC staff writer ... The general assumption was that delays in the system would mean the ... Furthermore, planning functionality will have to extend from the shop floor to distribution ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2005/05/research_notes/TU_ER_STF_05_17_05_1.asp - 18k - 2005-05-17 Summary: ERP first developed as a form of inventory control and later grew to link disparate bodies of information together from across the enterprise. Now, ERP enhancements include SCM, CRM, and e-commerce features, just to name a few. However, where is this technology going? What does it mean now?

JD Edwards Touts Leadership in Collaboration and Flexibility ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... leading providers of enterprise applications, announced the general availability of ... the above-mentioned native supply chain planning functionality will suffice ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/BusinessApplications/2000/10/news_analysis/NA_BA_PJ_10_19_00_1.asp - 17k - 2000-10-19 Summary: In its major comeback attempt J.D. Edwards has been playing the card of system openness and interconnectivity, some of the key principles of the Internet economy. On October 2, the usually laid back vendor hosted a glitzy show in New York City for the official launch of the highly publicized Xe version o

The Challenges of Integrating Enterprise Resource Planning and ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... of these systems is a general concern about ... macro issues, including financial planning and consolidation ... broadly applied because their functionality is highly ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2008/03/research_notes/TU_ER_PJ_03_28_08_1.asp - 16k - 2008-03-28 Summary: While enterprise applications solutions are moving closer to the plant floor, and plant-level systems are moving closer to enterprise planning application functionality, these systems will not likely converge anytime soon, because they use different technologies and have different user requirements.