Software Selection

WHITE PAPER: In this resource, HR and business leaders will find a comparison of the strengths and weaknesses of purpose-specific software and bundled software suites, providing you with key information to help you more strategically meet your organization's talent recruitment goals.

Posted: 19 Apr 2013 | Published: 19 Apr 2013

WHITE PAPER: Many software vendors are using the term 'SOA' in a misleading sense. Read this white paper to learn what to look for when evaluating enterprise applications to ensure that deploying them will actually help your organization achieve the agility that SOA promises.

Posted: 29 Jan 2013 | Published: 31 Dec 2012

WHITE PAPER: Planning, budgeting and forecasting always will be crucial components to your organization. But choosing the right performance management software can be a tough task. This paper from IBM outlines the business challenges and drivers, as well as organizational and technological best practices to follow, and includes a software selection matrix.

Posted: 10 May 2012 | Published: 06 Mar 2012

WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn how to quit paper and effectively automate your sales order management process. Find tips for selecting a system that best meets your business needs and learn how to eliminate non-value-added tasks and human errors that drive up costs and customer dissatisfaction.

Posted: 13 Apr 2012 | Published: 13 Apr 2012

WHITE PAPER: Access this resource to uncover potential concealed costs of manufacturing ERP software and the right questions you should ask to avoid ending up with a shoddy system.

Posted: 16 Mar 2012 | Published: 16 Mar 2012

WHITE PAPER: In the rush to fulfill rising demand, some cloud application (Software as a Service, or SaaS) providers cut corners on requirements that are essential for delivering promised benefits like elasticity and reduced costs and complexity. Read this paper to learn 10 critical requirements of effective cloud applications.

Posted: 14 Mar 2012 | Published: 31 Dec 2011

WHITE PAPER: Software as a Service (SaaS) is a term that many business people misunderstand. Read this white paper to learn what SaaS is, how it can help your organization, and what's important when evaluating your options.

Posted: 14 Mar 2012 | Published: 31 Dec 2010

WHITE PAPER: Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems designed before the days of global competition are poorly integrated, expensive to maintain, and fail to provide enterprise-wide visibility, even with add-on functionality. Read this white paper to learn what functionality is needed to support today's requirements and how cloud-based ERP meets these needs.

Posted: 14 Mar 2012 | Published: 31 Dec 2010

WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, learn why enterprise resouce planning (ERP) systems are emerging as an alternative to project-based solutions (PBSs).

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 | Published: 11 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: Enterprise resource planning (ERP) software can be one of the best tools in your IT arsenal, but only if you have a system in place that is right for your particular business needs. Read this white paper to learn how a fully integrated ERP suite can help ease your product launch by giving you visibility into all of critical business data.

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 | Published: 21 Jun 2012

WHITE PAPER: With the acquisition of Sun, Oracle now provides Oracle Optimized Solutions: a complete applications to disk solution engineered, tested, and certified to work together as a single system. Read this white paper to learn more about Oracle Optimized Solutions and how they can be used to improve Oracle E-Business Suite operations.

Posted: 17 May 2012 | Published: 17 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn how medical manufacturers are using enterprise resource planning (ERP) software to reduce the costs of their operations as well as justify current prices to insurers based on success rates and patient value.

Posted: 10 May 2012 | Published: 10 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn how when deployed as a virtual application over the cloud and streamlined by mobile and social technologies, next-generation enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems create an integrated decision-making environment that will enable manufacturers to operate in real time over an intelligent value chain.

Posted: 20 Mar 2012 | Published: 16 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: Read this paper to identify exactly what to look for in an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system to satisfy your business needs and how an implementation can dramatically effect your efficiency.

Posted: 15 Mar 2012 | Published: 01 Jan 2011

WHITE PAPER: A recent IDC Manufacturing Insight survey of equipment and machinery manufacturers found that since the economic downturn the biggest priority for organizations is profit growth. This white paper summarizes the results of the survey and explains how next-gen enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems can help manufacturers turn a profit again.

Posted: 14 Mar 2012 | Published: 14 Mar 2012

WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper and learn a five step plan for choosing the right enterprise resource planning (ERP) software for the specific business challenges you want your system to address, thus ensuring implementation success.

Posted: 08 Mar 2012 | Published: 08 Mar 2012

WHITE PAPER: Read this paper to learn how next-gen enterprise resource planning (ERP) software is faster than ever and can give your business a competitive edge when it comes to responding to customer requests, process speeds, and decision making.

Posted: 06 Mar 2012 | Published: 06 Mar 2012

WHITE PAPER: Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems are essential to companies in all industries and the food and beverage industry is no exception. This white paper highlights eight features food and beverage processors must have in their ERP platform. Read more to discover if your company's system meets the requirements or falls below par.

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 | Published: 01 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: This white paper examines not only the technologies, but the organizational dynamics necessary to successfully implement an environmental footprint management program that can encompass all organizational impacts on the environment.

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 | Published: 11 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: This paper discusses several key differences between closed and open source software vendor management, providing advice for managing your deployments and investments in open source technologies.

Posted: 01 Dec 2011 | Published: 14 Nov 2007

WHITE PAPER: This paper profiles three leading manufacturing execution system (MES) software solution providers and discusses the important features and capabilities that manufacturers should consider if they want to obtain the best possible competitive advantage.

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 | Published: 18 Nov 2011

WHITE PAPER: In this paper, discover the reasons why you should be considering an SAP upgrade to improve enterprise resource planning (ERP) and how to get started. Learn about new features of the latest SAP release as well as the technical advances and new technologies available to you.

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 | Published: 27 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: This white paper analyzes NetSuite's key strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, with particular respect to ERP in the wholesale distribution industry.

Posted: 14 Oct 2011 | Published: 11 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: This white paper takes a look at the factors and trends driving the shift from cost-saving to business expansion. In particular, see how custom-development services are allowing enterprises to meet specialized customer needs to increase satisfaction, loyalty and profits.

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 | Published: 29 Jul 2011

WHITE PAPER: This paper delves into the trend of aquiring and integrating a human capital management (HCM) application in order to aid in global growth. Continue reading to discover the advantages application integration can provide growing companies, as well as impressive cost-cutting results of HCM.

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 | Published: 19 Jul 2011