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Technology Vendor - Can You Afford Credibility?

by Olin Thompson ... Your own people have the lowest credibility. Your sales rep is the lowest credibility person you have (your weakest credibility link). ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ExecutiveView/2002/10/research_notes/MI_EV_XOT_10_08_02_1.asp - 12k - 2002-10-08 Summary: For Technology vendors, credibility is the ability to sell. Credibility is vital, is hard to build, and easy to lose. Building credibility doesn't have to be costly. This article touches on the concepts you can employ to build your credibility. These concepts are the basis for a seminar presented by Th

Technology Vendor--Can You Afford Credibility?

by Olin Thompson ... Your own people have the lowest credibility. Your sales rep is the lowest credibility person you have (your weakest credibility link). ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ExecutiveView/2004/04/research_notes/MI_EV_XOT_04_10_04_1.asp - 12k - 2004-04-10 Summary: For Technology vendors, credibility is the ability to sell. Credibility is vital, is hard to build, and easy to lose. Building credibility doesn't have to be costly. This article touches on the concepts you can employ to build your credibility. These concepts are the basis for a seminar presented by Th

Federal Procurement Essentials: Sealed Bidding

by Pascal Perry ... overall value. Sealed bidding is aiming at simply selecting the offer with the lowest evaluated price. Sealed Bidding. Sealed bidding ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ExecutiveView/2006/06/research_notes/TU_EV_PP_06_22_06_1.asp - 24k - 2006-06-22 Summary: Selling to the government can bring new life to contract winners, particularly small and medium businesses. In fact, organizations that understand and leverage federal acquisition methods and processes can grow from scratch to a profitable bottom line, whatever their size.

Merger Mania At Its Extremes Part 2: Challenges & User ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... to coordinate the flow of materials from several thousand suppliers to arrive at just the right time for manufacturing or assembly, and at the lowest cost. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Scm/2002/10/news_analysis/NA_SC_PJ_10_10_02_1.asp - 17k - 2002-10-10 Summary: While the merger is justifiable it does not provide the new entity with much room for mistakes. SynQuest also needs to quickly figure out the best combination of its disparate products and technologies and articulate a clear and assuring message to the market that it can deliver a strategy for the planni

Competuition: Teach Competition to Your Procurement Process

by Pascal Perry ... Sealed bidding is a procurement method used when the best value is expected to result from a selection of the lowest evaluated priced offer. ... http:/.../ResearchHighlights/TechnologySelections/2006/06/research_notes/MI_TS_PP_06_14_06_1.asp - 19k - 2006-06-14 Summary: High-profile corporate scandal has resulted in laws such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, to monitor business practices. To help safeguard against unethical practices during procurement, entities are also adopting elements from the US Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR).

Provia Tackles RFID in a Twofold Manner Part Five: 3PL Support and ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... Thus, the Scheduler would determine the optimal order flow for things such as, maximum throughput, lowest cost, or service level, and is based on the possible ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Scm/2004/08/research_notes/EN_SC_PJ_08_17_04_1.asp - 18k - 2004-08-17 Summary: FourSite 4.4 is an upgrade of its fulfillment solution oriented towards third party logistics (3PL) providers. ViaOptimize, is an advanced step for companies who have already automated their facilities with Provia's WMS and are now looking at optimization as a key area of improvement, efficiency and cost

The Hidden Gems of the Enterprise Application Space

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... business allocation, etc.), they are forced to make new purchasing decisions based mainly on inexact notions of which suppliers offer the lowest prices, or the ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Scm/2003/10/research_notes/TU_SC_PJ_10_29_03_1.asp - 17k - 2003-10-29 Summary: Given ever-shorter product life cycles and companies' ever-increasing reliance on third parties to increase customer satisfaction, the need for some form of supplier relationship management (SRM) category of software should not be questioned.

HighJump Grows in a Period of Low Growth Through Adaptable, Broad ...

by Olin Thompson & P.J. Jakovljevic ... Delivering the right part, at the right time & place, and at the lowest possible cost has become an imperative, particularly in a wobbly economy. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Scm/2003/04/research_notes/EN_SC_XOT_04_15_03_1.asp - 21k - 2003-04-15 Summary: Although a combination of factors bodes well for HighJump's success, a key differentiating word at its camp is 'adaptability'. HighJump's approach to adaptability starts with an application platform designed to manage change. The combination of a set of adaptability tools and the ability to embed busines

Understanding the True Cost of Sourcing

by Bill McBeath and Colin Kessinger ... The report groups results into the lowest 25 percent, the middle 50 percent, and the highest 25 precent demand scenarios (note this grouping of hundreds of ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Scm/2004/04/research_notes/TN_SC_XBM_04_23_04_1.asp - 20k - 2004-04-23 Summary: In today's twenty-first century, global outsourced business world, the traditional and somewhat simplistic approaches used to measure cost for sourcing decisions of direct materials fall short.

Order Promising: Pre-Condition Your Enterprise for Operational ...

by Dave Strothmann ... For example, the business objective for maximizing customer service may search through alternatives based on meeting the delivery date at the lowest cost by ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/WhitePapers/2001/11/research_notes/TU_WP_DST_11_24_01_1.asp - 19k - 2001-11-24 Summary: Simple questions often have complex answers. Whether they are speaking with you on the phone or placing an order on a Web storefront, your customers expect immediate gratification. They want to know when their order will ship the moment it is placed. How do you respond?