Styles

The Demand-Driven Supply Chain and Demantra

by Olin Thompson ... The objective of this process was to determine what styles would continue to be made and how many, as well as what styles would become obsolete. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Scm/2003/04/research_notes/VN_SC_XOT_04_27_03_1.asp - 12k - 2003-04-27 Summary: Demand-driven supply chains focus on pulling demand and maximizing effectiveness and profitability while traditional supply chains push products and create efficiencies. This difference is the key to improving all supply chain processes and generating significant cost savings and growth.

Flexible Customer Data Integration Solution Adapts to Your ...

by Lyndsay Wise ... Different hub styles, coupled with vendor product offerings, provide organizations with the ability to build and structure their customer information to ... http:/.../ResearchHighlights/BusinessApplications/2007/03/research_notes/PN_BI_LW_03_23_07_1.asp - 17k - 2007-03-23 Summary: Siperian's master data management and customer data integration (CDI) solutions allow organizations to consolidate, manage, and customize customer-related data. The type of CDI hub implemented depends on the CDI environment's maturity, requirements, and alignment with an organization's internal processes

Epicor Reaches Better Vista From This Vantage Point Part Three ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... Still, while the Avant product suite addresses many discrete manufacturing styles, including ETO, ATO, MTS and Repetitive, these are still served through its ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2003/06/research_notes/EN_ER_PJ_06_14_03_1.asp - 30k - 2003-06-14 Summary: Epicor competes in multiple enterprise business applications markets. Epicor may mean different things to different people, which does not really help mind share creation in particular segments of interest.

The Fashion and Apparel Retailers' Conundrum

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... market is buzzing about the examples of European retailers Zara and H&M, which are known for their ability to design, produce, and deliver new styles to stores ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/SCM/2006/06/research_notes/TU_SC_PJ_06_29_06_1.asp - 22k - 2006-06-29 Summary: Retail remains a very tactile industry, focused on the hand, drape, and durability of fabrics and trim—besides which, designs are still being sketched on paper and pinned on size models or mannequins.

Intentia: Stepping Out With Fashion and Style Part One ...

by Joseph J. Strub ... Introduction. So your software vendor says that they can do fashion. You better make sure that the software features go far beyond styles, colors, and sizes. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ExecutiveView/2004/10/research_notes/MI_EV_XJS_10_04_04_1.asp - 15k - 2004-10-04 Summary: So your software vendor says that they can do fashion. You better make sure that the software features go far beyond styles, colors, and sizes. The requirements for the fashion industry are some of the most demanding and unforgiving in the world of manufacturing. If you're not careful, you may find your

Zooming into the Clothing Retailer Conundrum

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... market is buzzing about the examples of European retailers Zara and H&M, which are known for their ability to design, produce, and deliver new styles to stores ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/SCM/2007/08/research_notes/TU_SC_PJ_08_20_07_1.asp - 29k - 2007-08-20 Summary: If retailers in the vertical market of fashion apparel do not constantly refresh their presentation and assortment for consumers, they run the risk of being overtaken by their competition, regardless of how competitively they source and deliver.

IBM PC Line Redrawn

by R. Krause ... The new models offer software stability, with common designs deployed among several different design styles - including desktop, micro-tower and mini-tower. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/HardwareOS/2000/09/news_analysis/NA_HW_RAK_09_27_00_1.asp - 11k - 2000-09-27 Summary: IBM has decided to combine its entire desktop PC line under one name. The NetVista brand, until last week the name for IBM’s thin clients and appliance desktops, will now cover the whole range, including newly-released models for home and business.

Will Glovia Glow Again Through Its Hub And VARs? Part 2 ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... due to established local sales and support organization and delivery of product enhancements that support Japanese manufacturing styles (Fujitsu runs the glovia ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2002/09/news_analysis/NA_ER_PJ_09_10_02_1.asp - 15k - 2002-09-10 Summary: While the Fujitsu/Glovia relationship has worked well in Japan, a difficult market for many other ERP vendors to penetrate, it may prove to be quite a different case in other markets. Further, until recently, Glovia’s middle and top management team had long been in a state of flux and often poached by

Epicor Conducts Its Own ROI Acquisition Rationale Part Two: Market ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... Still, the Avant product suite comes with a caveat of addressing many discrete manufacturing styles, including engineer-to-order (ETO), assemble-to-order (ATO ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2003/08/news_analysis/NA_ER_PJ_08_23_03_1.asp - 26k - 2003-08-23 Summary: Given Epicor's ordeal of the past and the fact that divesting several lateral products in 2001 will have greatly helped it achieve some much needed stability nowadays, one could wonder about the wisdom of the renewed Epicor’s appetite for acquisitions.

Architecture-Centered Information Systems In The Manufacturing ...

by Glen B. Alleman ... be enhanced. Architectural Styles. Architectural style in software is analogous to an architectural style in buildings. An architectural ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ExecutiveView/2002/09/research_notes/GA_EV_GBA_09_04_02_1.asp - 53k - 2002-09-04 Summary: Architecture bridges the semantic gap between the requirements and software. Application software systems must be architected in order to deal with the current and future needs of the business organization. Managing software projects using architecture-centered methodologies must be an intentional step