Product Management

WHITE PAPER: Service productization can be a huge benefit to service organizations, as it offers predictable outcomes that have previously been inconsistent.  Check out this informative resource to examine the trend in productizing services, discover a framework that could help your business benefit, and learn how to avoid productization pitfalls.

Posted: 25 Mar 2013 | Published: 31 Dec 2011

WHITE PAPER: View this white paper to gain a better understanding of product lifecycle management (PLM.) I'ts more than just a generic buzzword, and it encompasses more than merely managing your program and project processes. Gain a better understanding on the road to successful PLM by reading this white paper now.

Posted: 18 Feb 2013 | Published: 18 Feb 2013

WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn how your company can streamline order fulfillment, billing, credit management, and more as well as reduce your order processing time.

Posted: 09 Nov 2012 | Published: 09 Nov 2012

WHITE PAPER: Leveraging multiple enterprise resource planning (ERP) products is costing your organization valuable budget dollars. Discover four reasons to consolidate to a single ERP product, the typical obstacles holding organizations back and how to get around them, and much more.

Posted: 09 Jul 2012 | Published: 01 Jul 2012

WHITE PAPER: This report from the Economist Intelligence Unit examines how their practices are evolving and offers examples of data use at some highly successful companies.

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 | Published: 31 Aug 2011

WHITE PAPER: The use of project and portfolio management (PPM) can help organizations see the big picture – and effectively plan ahead to achieve strategic results.  Learn how your organization can benefit from a PPM approach that provides visibility into project decisions for greater success.

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 | Published: 30 Jun 2011

EGUIDE: In this product lifecycle managment (PLM) e-guide, discover an overview of the basics of PLM tools, software selection and implementation tips from industry experts, the value of cloud PLM, 3D CAD imagery, and social media add-ons, and why− and how− PLM is branching out from discrete manufacturing into process manufacturing.

Posted: 16 Jan 2013 | Published: 08 Jan 2013

EBOOK: Utilizing the latest procurement technologies can help improve your supplier performance, produce better products and improve resource allocation. Read this editorial e-book to get expert advice on the latest procurement technologies for today’s manufacturers.

Posted: 23 May 2012 | Published: 23 May 2012

VIDEO: Watch this short video and learn how leading retailers, distributors and manufacturers leverage IBM InfoSphere Product Information Management solutions to boost supply chain productivity and deliver an optimal customer purchase experience.

Posted: 15 Nov 2011 | Premiered: 15 Nov 2011

WHITE PAPER: Organizations that can continually deliver innovative products and services often garner majority marketplace share, premium profit margins and an industry-leading status. This white paper focuses on controlling that innovation with a portfolio management solution that will support sourcing, prioritization, process support, and more.

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 | Published: 31 Dec 2010

ANALYST REPORT: This Aberdeen Business Review found that over one half of manufacturers are focused on profitability and margin growth.  The review offers insight into how leading companies are approaching the task to excel in innovation and new product development despite lean organizations budgets.

Posted: 10 Nov 2011 | Published: 31 Oct 2010

WHITE PAPER: Different managers have different philosophies for project planning and scheduling, especially when it comes to meeting deadlines. But what if there was a way to improve risk management in relation to corporate projects? Learn how capacity planning provides the foresight necessary to complete projects on time and boost customer satisfaction.

Posted: 12 Oct 2011 | Published: 12 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: Ensure your organisation is able to align IT project decisions with financial, marketplace and business needs. Learn how portfolio management helps business and It leaders make informed, objective decisions via scenario, statistical and financial analyses.

Posted: 19 Sep 2011 | Published: 18 Sep 2011

WHITE PAPER: This white paper explains how Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) can provide the supply chain and asset visibility required for business success through automated identification, location and tracking of your products and assets.

Posted: 01 Sep 2011 | Published: 31 Jul 2011

EZINE: SQL Server Insider set out to explore the new trends, including basic suggestions and a virtualization checklist by Gartner analyst, Chris Wolf.

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 | Published: 22 Jul 2011

TRIAL SOFTWARE: IBM Lotus Notes and Domino Administrator clients nurture communication and real-time connections to form the backbone of a simplified, security-rich, and real-time work environment designed to foster an increase in knowledge sharing, business insight and productivity.

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 | Premiered: 09 Jun 2011

WHITE PAPER: This Magic Quadrant compares 18 vendors and the strengths and cautions they each bring to the table with marketing resource management. This provides means each company based on constant criteria, allowing you to choose a vendor that meets your needs.

Posted: 06 May 2011 | Published: 11 Feb 2011

WHITE PAPER: Five tips for improving the ROI of your software investments.

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 | Published: 22 Apr 2011

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: In this webcast transcript, Joe Barkai, practice director at IDC Manufacturing Insights, presents IDC's vision of a "global plant floor" that standardizes production and supply chains by using integrated ERP, product lifecycle management (PLM), manufacturing execution systems (MES), and other tools to reduce complexity and increase standardization.

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 | Published: 22 Mar 2011

WHITE PAPER: This article challenges the value of traditional metrics for managing product development schedules and presents an alternative compatible with Agile approaches such as Scrum and XP. It is written for development managers or Scrum Product Owners who want to make decisions based on empirically derived schedule forecasts instead of shots in the dark.

Posted: 17 Jan 2011 | Published: 17 Jan 2011

CASE STUDY: Experian needed to enhance its consumer insight and market analysis tool, Micromarketer, to give customers a more powerful and flexible engine. Experian leveraged Alteryx data- and country-neutral core technology to redevelop its Micromarketer product. The result was a new release named Micromarketer Generation 3 (G3).

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 | Published: 11 Jan 2011

WHITE PAPER: Interstage BPM's superior architecture lets business users and IT professionals collaborate on defining and refining business processes. It empowers knowledge workers to stretch processes to fit to the business needs and it provides developers with the ability to easily create and deploy high performance process-based applications.

Posted: 03 Jan 2011 | Published: 03 Jan 2011

WHITE PAPER: Many manufacturers are already using Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) technology to design products, test them and automate their production. This same technology can be integrated with Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) solutions, like IBM’s Maximo® Asset Management to manage manufacturing assets involved in production.

Posted: 07 Dec 2010 | Published: 07 Dec 2010

WHITE PAPER: Forecasts never seem to be as accurate as you would like them, or need them, to be. This white paper explores why forecasting is often poorly done and provides some ways to improve it. Continue reading to learn what management must know about forecasting.

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 | Published: 04 Oct 2010

PODCAST: Listen to this podcast to hear Tony Velcich, from Oracle’s Communications Product Management team, discuss the benefits of this solution.

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 | Premiered: Oct 1, 2010