SmartBiz IT Research Library

WHITE PAPER - Shop Floor Execution (SFX) systems interface to ERP/MRP systems to provide that set of functionality, SFX automates and streamlines factory operations by combining three popular applications around a core of Shop Floor Data Collection.
Posted: July 9, 2008 | Published: January 1, 2005


Topics:  Business Process Management | Data Collection | Data Quality | Enterprise Systems | ERP | ERP Software | Manufacturing | MRP Software | Software Implementation

WHITE PAPER - Lean manufacturing espouses many common sense manufacturing practices that have been around for years.
Posted: July 9, 2008 | Published: July 9, 2008


Topics:  Business Logistics | Database Management | ERP | ERP Software | Manufacturing | Manufacturing Systems | MRP Software | Quality Control

VIDEOCAST - View this videocast and gain exclusive insight into the launch of a major new release of Oracle's Enterprise Performance Management System (EPM).
Posted: July 7, 2008 | Premiered: July 16, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence Software | Business Performance Management | Business Process Management | CRM | Database Management | ERP | ERP Software | Oracle (Product)

WEBCAST - Many organizations today are considering an outsourcing model for managing the lifecycle of their ERP environment. View this Webcast and discover the key challenges typically faced in managing ERP environments as well as the benefits outsourcing.
Posted: July 2, 2008 | Premiered: July 15, 2008


Topics:  Application Life-Cycle Management | Application Outsourcing | Business Process Management | Business Process Management Software | eBusiness Software | ERP | ERP Software | Outsourcing | Risk Assessment

PRODUCT LITERATURE - This paper examines how IT companies can better align their marketing efforts. It highlights a framework that allows IT vendors to deliver the right products to the most lucrative markets and communicating value propositions in plain English.
Posted: July 1, 2008 | Published: June 1, 2007


Topics:  B2B | B2B Integration | ERP | ERP Software | IT Spending | Market Segments | Marketing | Marketing Information Systems | Product Development

WHITE PAPER - In this eGuide from SearchCIO-Midmarket.com read about the five tips that could change your data center including computer recycling, virtualization, SaaS-based ERP, choosing a disaster recovery service provider and server consolida...
Posted: June 30, 2008 | Published: June 27, 2008


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Data Centers | Disaster Recovery | ERP | ERP Software | Server Consolidation | Server Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - An EMM application can lead marketers through a process of translating a creative/business strategy into a concrete set of marketing outputs.
Posted: June 20, 2008 | Published: October 1, 2007


Topics:  Campaign Management | CRM | CRM Software | ERP | ERP Software | Financial Management | Sales | Sales and Marketing Software

WHITE PAPER - EMM delivers to a future vision where marketing has one platform like the operational backbone of a company which uses ERP or a sales/services organization which uses CRM.
Posted: June 20, 2008 | Published: December 1, 2007


Topics:  B2B | Campaign Management | Campaign Management Software | Content Management | CRM | CRM Software | Databases | ERP | ERP Software | Financial Management | Lead Generation | SOA

WHITE PAPER - In regards to Enterprise Resource Planning, customer-supplier relationships are more important for small-to-medium manufacturers than large ones, because small-to-medium manufacturers tend to have few IT resources, and rely more on the software supplier.
Posted: June 19, 2008 | Published: May 30, 2006


Topics:  CRM | ERP Software | Marketing | Sales | Supply Chain Management

WHITE PAPER - Workday applications' functionality models the way that businesses operate, with the flexibility to adapt the technology to fit your unique business requirements today, but perhaps more importantly, as they change over time.
Posted: June 10, 2008 | Published: June 1, 2008


Topics:  Accounting | Business Intelligence | eCommerce | ERP Software | Financial Management | Financial Systems

WHITE PAPER - This Report offers guidance on developing an overall corporate strategy for maintaining an ERP system by providing practical advice for planning and managing an ERP upgrade project.
Posted: June 9, 2008 | Published: June 1, 2007


Topics:  Business Processes | Business Systems | ERP | ERP Software | ROI

WEBCAST - This Webcast will examine those tools and explore the myriad of BI options available to CIOs.
Posted: June 9, 2008 | Premiered: June 9, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | CIOs | CRM Software | Data Visualization | ERP Software | Real-time Analytical Software | SMBs

CASE STUDY - Excaliber found M1 by B&G™, an ERP software system designed for small to medium manufacturers.
Posted: May 19, 2008 | Published: May 19, 2008


Topics:  Data Migration | ERP Software | Quality Control

CASE STUDY - As Glidepath grew, its ERP system didn't keep pace and the system lacked important functionality like the ability to disclose manufacturing variances, and was no longer supported by the vendor.
Posted: May 19, 2008 | Published: May 19, 2008


Topics:  ERP Software | Inventory Management | Security | Systems Software | VPN

CASE STUDY - As demand for Robinson Fin's fins grew, the company needed to streamline its internal processes to maintain efficiency, lead times and the strong customer service for which it is known.
Posted: May 19, 2008 | Published: May 19, 2008


Topics:  Customer Service | Data Migration | ERP Software