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Gartner acquires AMR Research

Gartner said Tuesday that it has acquired AMR Research for $64 million in cash in the latest consolidation move in the IT research business. AMR is expected to have revenue of roughly $40 million in 2009. With the deal, Gartner gets some heft in...

Tags: AMR Research, Gartner Inc., Financial Accounting, Outsourcing, Supply Chain Management (SCM), GAAP, Enterprise Software, Finance, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-12-01

The business value of Web 2.0 technology.

Benefits of enterprise mobility span the business-to-employee (B2E), business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) spectrums. Enterprise mobil-ity can improve an organization's productivity, optimizelogistics operations, enhance customer relationships and streamline supply chain management.

Tags: Web, IBM Corp., B2C, B2B, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Web 2.0, E-business/E-Commerce, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software

White papers 2009-11-09

Enterprise mobility: connecting to a world of opportunity

Benefits of enterprise mobility span the business-to-employee (B2E), business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) spectrums. Enterprise mobil-ity can improve an organization's productivity, optimizelogistics operations, enhance customer relationships and streamline supply chain management.

Tags: Mobility, B2C, B2B, Supply Chain Management (SCM), E-business/E-Commerce, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software

White papers 2009-11-09

Harris County Hospital District Cuts Overhead Costs by Millions With Integrated IT Solution

Located in Houston, Texas, Harris County Hospital District HCHD operates in the densest population of high-end healthcare systems in the United States. To compete effectively, HCHD knew that it not only needed to provide top-notch care delivered through talented professionals, but also had to focus on optimizing its operational efficiency....

Tags: Oracle Corp., Information Technology, Overhead Cost, Health Care, Enterprise Application, Human Resource Management (HRM), Financial Management, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Hardware Upgrade, Vertical Industries, Enterprise Software, Benefits, Healthcare, Financial Planning, Finance, Software, Hardware, Human Resources

Case studies 2009-11-01

Manufacturing Company Upgrades E-Mail, Strengthens Ties With Supply Chain Partners

Lifetime Products was founded as a manufacturer of portable basketball systems. Its offerings have expanded to include other residential playground equipment, folding tables and chairs, sheds, utility trailers, and outdoor furniture. The company's 1,400 employees are located in the United States, Mexico, and China, and work with supply chain partners...

Tags: Supply Chain, Employee, Microsoft Exchange Server, Messaging, Microsoft Corp., Supply Chain Management (SCM), Groupware, E-mail, Instant Messaging, E-mail Servers, Manufacturing, Enterprise Software, Software, Online Communications, Internet

Case studies 2009-11-01

Defense Contractor Helps Save Lives and Sees 100 Percent ROI With ERP Solution

BMI Defense Systems designs and manufactures protective equipment with patented energy-absorbing designs for the U.S. military. In 2008, the company won a multimillion-dollar contract to ship a gunner platform and restraint system in direct support of the military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan under the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle...

Tags: ROI, ERP, Microsoft Corp., Government, Roi/Tco, Aerospace & Defense, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Finance, Managerial Accounting, Manufacturing, Enterprise Software, Software

Case studies 2009-10-27

IBM adds to green consulting services

The business consulting division for IBM has come out with a new sustainability consulting service that focuses on helping companies measure and address the energy efficiency and environmental impact of their supply chain partners. The IBM Sustainable Supplier Information Management service is focused on helping businesses define...

Tags: Sustainability, Supply Chain, Consulting Service, Supplier, Consulting, IBM Corp., IBM Sustainable Supplier Information Management Service, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Business Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-10-21

The SaaS-ification of IT asset disposal

Hey there are Web services for just about every other part of your supply chain process, so why not responsible IT asset disposal? That's the pitch from ServoTerra.com, which essentially is a business-to-business exchange platform that lets businesses connect directly to technology recycling companies. The service was built on...

Tags: Asset, Information Technology, Consideration, Wagner, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Asset Management, Security, Enterprise Software, Software, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-10-14

Nonprofit Agencies Respond Faster to Emergencies, Coordinate Activities

From the aftermath of the 2004 tsunami came the idea for a software solution that would speed relief efforts at the local, regional, or global levels. The Fritz Institute, working with Microsoft Gold Certified Partner IrisLogic/BlueStar, chose the Microsoft .NET Framework, over Java and Linux, for HELIOS, which standardizes and...

Tags: Helios D.d., Agency, Microsoft Corp., Advertising & Promotion, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software

Case studies 2009-10-06

Asian Paints enables growth through improved planning

Asian Paints is India's largest paint company and is ranked among the top 10 decorative coatings companies in the world. When the company needed a competitive edge in the challenging Indian marketplace, it found a clear advantage in establishing a leaner, more agile and cost-efficient supply chain. Its management chose...

Tags: Supply Chain, I2 Technologies Inc., Asian Paint, Asian Paints, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Change Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Tools & Techniques, Management

Case studies 2009-10-01

Supply Chain Planning 4.2.4.6 (Windows)

SCP 4.0 has been helping companies reduce capital tied up in inventory, accurately forecast procurement needs, and enhance vendor managed inventory VMI relationships for more than 10 years. Using SCP, businesses are also saving money using full-container shipments through optimized manufacturing planning. Businesses in 15 countries have been reaping the...

Tags: Supply Chain, Microsoft Windows, Procurement, Forecasting, Jada Management Systems, SCP 4.0, Sales Force Management, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Purchasing & Procurement, Sales, Enterprise Software, Software, Business Operations

Software downloads 2009-09-27

Is your supply chain gonna kill you?

Jason Busch has an excellent post: Friday Rant: Beyond SarbOx -- Waiting for the Big One to Hit . I'm betting few people want to talk about this particular hot potato. Please don't choke on your early morning coffee. He says: Then as now [when SarbOx was enacted], companies...

Tags: Supply Chain, International Financial Reporting Standards, Audit, Jason Busch, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Enterprise Software, Software, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-09-04

SPS Commerce Implements Business Intelligence Platform to Streamline Supply Chains for Customers

SPS Commerce wanted to implement internet-based business intelligence to deliver supply chain and point-of-sale information to its customers and harness high volume of data traveling among trading partners - retailers and suppliers - to provide customers with information that will help them optimize their supply chains. The challenge was to...

Tags: Business Intelligence, SPS Commerce, Supply Chain, Oracle Corp., Streamline, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Enterprise Software, Software

Case studies 2009-09-01

Kiraca Holding Group's Companies Accelerate Supply Chain Management Processes by 100%

Kýraca Holding Group wanted to establish a process-based application infrastructure to enable groupwide institutional operations and standards, and to allow the group to monitor and coordinate all of its production, logistics, and financial operations and balance assembly line production to increase throughput while satisfying the demand for various product models...

Tags: Oracle Corp., SCM, Supply Chain, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Financial Accounting, Enterprise Software, Business Operations, Software, Finance

Case studies 2009-09-01

Dunham-Bush Yantai Increases Speed of Cost and Profitability Analysis by 30%

Dunham-Bush Yantai wanted to replace outdated manufacturing and finance applications with an integrated enterprise resource planning system and gain centralized control of enterprise resources and standardize business processes. The challenge was to allow various departments to share information easily to better control production planning and obtain production cost data in...

Tags: Supply Chain, ERP, Manufacturing, Analysis, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Personal Finance, Financial Accounting, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance

Case studies 2009-09-01

Report: Tech component inventory lean (perhaps too lean)

Inventory levels of key items in the technology industry's supply chain are very lean, according to a report by Goldman Sachs. Is the tech supply chain ready for demand to snap back? by Larry Dignan

Tags: Supply Chain, Inventory, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Enterprise Software, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-08-31

Barres 2.5.0 (Mac)

A simple barcode generation application. It can generate the following type of barcodes: EAN13 (13 digits), UPC (12 digits) and SCC14 (14 digits). UPC and EAN codes are used globally for commerce, and make up an important part of the automated supply chain. If you have a product that you...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Barcode, Antilog, UPC, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Retail, Desktops, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-08-30

Cloud computing uniquely enables product and food recall processes across supply chains

In conjunction with GS1 Canada, HP announced a product recall process Monday that straddles many participants across global supply chains. The pressures in such multi-player process ecologies can mount past the breaking point for such change management nightmares as rapid food or product recalls. by Dana Gardner

Tags: Supply Chain, Food, Cloud Computing, Change Management, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Food & Beverage, Leadership, Tools & Techniques, Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Manufacturing, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2009-08-25

Winsami 6.0 (Windows)

Winsami is a business resource management product and includes the following features. Manufacturing: Engineering, bills of material, scheduling, capacity, workflow management, quality control, cost management, manufacturing process, manufacturing projects, manufacturing flow . Supply chain management: Order to cash, inventory, order entry, purchasing, product configurator, supply chain planning, supplier scheduling, inspection...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Winsami, Manufacturing, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Enterprise Software, Software

Software downloads 2009-08-10

Guiffy 9.0 build 268 (Windows)

Guiffy features include the Trustworthy 3-way auto-merge--"SureMerge", In-Line difference highlighting, integrated folder and filetree comparisons, command line interface and API for automation. Guiffy produces reports as HTML with support for color printing. File comparing options include folded views for support of large files. Supports over 150 file encoding formats such...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Guiffy Software, Guiffy SureMerge, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Keyboards, Development Tools, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware, Peripherals, Software Development, Software/Web Development

Software downloads 2009-08-05