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- Why social software won't dethrone the incumbents
- It's not often I find myself fundamentally disagreeing with Sam Lawrence. He's a smart guy with a great marketing head. But on this post he's over-reaching in my opinion. His basic argument says this: The big IT vendors aren't taking social software seriously. They can't. Not even if they...
- Tags: Software, Oracle Corp., Value Chain, Vendor, SAP AG, IBM Corp., Sam, Austin Ventures, Dan, Web 2.0, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-04-30
- Natech NSV AS Increases Delivery Accuracy and Efficiency With Standardized Data Infrastructure
- Natech NSV AS wanted to implement a planning system designed to provide optimization throughout the value chain - from planning and procurement to production, deliveries, and human resources administration - to ensure profitably. The challenge was to streamline the planning process and revitalize the planning system to achieve better precision...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Optimization, Value Chain, Channel Management, Marketing
- Case studies 2008-01-01
- The Business Value of Web 2.0 Technology - IBM's vision for tapping the collective knowledge of the extended value chain
- Ideas and collaboration are the fuel for innovation, and organizations that can tap into their collective creativity have greater potential to leapfrog the competition. This IBM whitepaper examines the Business Value of Web 2.0 Technology, and details IBM's vision for tapping the collective knowledge of the extended...
- Tags: Web, Knowledge, Value Chain, Vision, IBM Corp., Web 2.0, Channel Management, Strategy, Internet, Marketing, Management
- White papers 2007-09-01
- European Seafood Brand Replaces ERP and B2B Infrastructure With Integrated value chain
- MW Brands is one of Europe's leading seafood brands, and a growing force in the global seafood business. Spun out of the H.J. Heinz Company, MW Brands inherited a dated and expensive IT infrastructure that could not adequately support their supply chain network or plans for expansion. Recognizing the need...
- Tags: Brand, Value Chain, ERP, Microsoft Corp., MW Brands, B2B, Branding, Enterprise Software, E-business/E-Commerce, Internet, Marketing, Software
- Case studies 2007-06-12
- Going Beyond CRM to Strengthen Customer Loyalty and Improve Revenue: Ensure That the value chain Is Working Efficiently
- CRM is essential for managing the transactional aspects of the customer relationship, but it is no longer enough. Executives seeking to build customer loyalty, improve market agility, and manage their brands across global markets are finding that customer experience management offers both a solution to address the challenges of today...
- Tags: Revenue, Value Chain, CRM, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software
- White papers 2006-07-01
- RFID From Production to Consumption - Risks and Opportunities From RFID-Technology in the value chain
- This paper presents results from a project on the opportunities and risks associated with RFID technology prepared by the Danish Board of Technology. The Danish Board of Technology DBT is an independent body established by the Danish Parliament. It aims to further the technology debate, assess technological impacts and options...
- Tags: Value Chain, RFID, Wireless, Security, Biometrics
- White papers 2006-06-21
- mySAP Business Suite: Managing Your Entire value chain
- In this Webcast, we'll explore how the mySAP Business Suite family of solutions can help your enterprise respond more quickly to changing customer needs and market conditions, so you can continually perform at your best and create new competitive advantages.
- Tags: Enterprise software, Customer relationship management (CRM), mySAP Business Suite, mySAP, SAP AG, value chain, Webcast
- Webcasts 2006-05-04
- Improving Your Company's Business Flexibility Could Be Key to Survival!
- Across every industry, today's business environment is becoming more complex, fast paced and unpredictable. These market dynamics give rise to the need for business flexibility to cope with constant change and to get ahead of the competition. How can you achieve business flexibility? By aligning your business models, processes, and...
- Tags: business flexibility, integration, value chain, IBM Corp., IT infrastructure, business process, information technology
- Webcasts 2004-10-30
- Managing Economic Profit Across the value chain
- A recent report reveals that the two most pressing issues for companies are to reduce overall supply chain costs and to collaborate more effectively with trading partners. With so many steps across the supply chain, it is challenging enough to quantify the costs and profitability of one's own supply chain...
- Tags: Supply Chain, Partnership, Value Chain, SAS Institute, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Channel Management, Business Structures, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing, Finance
- White papers 2003-06-01
- SAS value chain Analytics: At Last, Financial Transparency - The Evolution of Financial Analysis in the Retail/CPG Industry
- The ongoing debate about the differences between activity-based costing and value chain analysis has diluted many important issues and prevented many companies from implementing these costing methods effectively. As this paper demonstrates, both activity-based costing and value chain analysis have their proper places in the retail/consumer packaged goods CPG industry....
- Tags: Financial Analysis, Financial, Analytics, Value Chain, SAS Institute, Activity Based Costing, Value Chain Analysis, Financial Accounting, Managerial Accounting, Channel Management, Finance, Marketing
- White papers 2003-06-01
- Mobilising the value chain With Mobile Supply Chain Management
- Schenker AG, based in Essen, Germany, is one of the world's leading logistics and shipping service providers. Schenker turns new technological developments into concrete advantages for its customers fast as possible. This is why the organisation is using the Mobile SCM solution mobile data integrated into mySAP SCM to develop...
- Tags: Mobile, Value Chain, SCM, SCM Mobile Data Entry, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Enterprise Software, Software
- Case studies
- Enabling the Mobile Enterprise for Field Force and Sales Force Automation
- Enabling The Mobile Enterprise EME is an end-to-end integrated solution for companies wanting to deploy mobility projects, enhancing employee productivity, improving value chain efficiency with customers & suppliers. The solution combines Sun Java Enterprise System software and Java 2 Micro Edition (J2METM) to allow a real-time, transparent and unified access...
- Tags: Mobile, Sales Force, Sun Microsystems Inc., Value Chain, Mobility, Sales, SFA, Channel Management, Sales Force Automation (SFA), Tools & Techniques, Java, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Case studies
- Integrated Business Ecosystem: The Key to Margin Advantage
- Business Process Outsourcing, outsourced contract manufacturing and the proliferation of RFID technology is fueling the need for companies to engage in "real-time" information sharing across enterprise boundaries. Through information sharing, companies are able to respond to market demand, eliminate value chain misalignments, decrease costs and improve operational efficiencies. Companies that...
- Tags: Value Chain, Business Ecosystem, Business Structures, Channel Management, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Outsourcing, Finance, Marketing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting
- Webcasts
- A Leading Oil and Gas Company Implements a Service Oriented Architecture Solution for Use in LNG Supply Trading and Marketing
- The customer is the gas division of a leading oil & gas major, involved globally in the entire petroleum value chain. The primary business need is to design and develop a quality database for LNG for use in storing information about global LNG sources, markets and facilities to review the...
- Tags: Wipro Technologies, Value Chain, Customer, SOA, Channel Management, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Telecom & Utilities, Marketing Research, Marketing, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software
- Case studies
- ChangingInc's value chain Solution Streamlines Business Forms Industry
- ChangingInc, a specialty paper supplier, wanted to improve channel management capabilities to maximize revenue and strengthen relationships with value chain. The solution to this was gained by implementing WebSphere Commerce solution which optimizes the flow of products, goods, services and information through the value chain, while streamlining management and administrative...
- Tags: Value Chain, Industry, ChangingInc, Channel Management, Pricing, Sales Channel, Marketing, Sales
- Case studies
- MSDN Webcast: Service Orientation and Connected Systems Architecture (Level 300)
- This webcast explores the promise of service orientation as a means for developing more effective line-of-business applications. The presenter presents a model that places point solutions in the context of the organizational value chains they support, and uses a set of interaction patterns to offer insight into how to design...
- Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, System Architecture, Webcast, Value Chain, Microsoft Corp., Connected Corp., Business Structures, Channel Management, Digital Media, Finance, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Webcasts
- Microsoft Executive Circle Webcast: Industrial-Strength IT: Moving IT Up the value chain
- The job of Chief Information Officer CIO might be the toughest one in America. It is not a technology challenge, but a management challenge. Issues that a CIO faces include span of control, accountability, performance measurement, and peer review. This webcast is led by the founder and former president of...
- Tags: Webcast, Information Technology, Value Chain, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, Microsoft Corp., Chief Information Officer, Entrepreneurship, Recruitment & Selection, Digital Media, Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Webcasts
Additional Resources
- Facebook flap: Google's side
- Amid the Facebook move to block Google's Friend Connect, the search giant has responded. As expected, Google had a few issues with Facebook's privacy assessment of Google Friend Connect. There's a lot of debate on Techmeme about the issue and it's a big one as all of...
- Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Google Friend Connect, User Privacy, Third Party App, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-16
- Workday: a tipping point?
- Larry Dignan is enthusiastic about Workday's 200,000 person deal it won to supply Flextronics with HR functionality, adding in the Chiquita 26,000 person deal as validation for what he suggests is a 'tipping point' for Workday. I'm a little more cautious. Next week, Workday will release update...
- Tags: Workday, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-05-14
- Putting Workday on SAP's radar
- Now that SAP's SaaS project Business ByDesign has gone on the back burner, I've been wondering how I'm going to pass the time next week at SAPPHIRE Berlin. One thing I'll be asking the enterprise software giant is how it feels about losing out to SaaS startup Workday for a...
- Tags: Software-as-a-service, SAP AG, Radar, Workday, Flextronics International Ltd., Software As A Service (SaaS), Human Capital, Emerging Technologies, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Phil Wainewright
- Blog posts 2008-05-14
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