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1. Regions: Americas - Intel announces plant closures

Subjects
Intel Corp. -- Facility closures, Intel Corp. -- Downsizing, Intel Corp. -- Production management, Semiconductor industry -- Facility closures, Semiconductor industry -- Downsizing, Semiconductor industry -- Production management, Computer software industry -- Facility closures, Computer software industry -- Downsizing, Computer software industry -- Production management, Foreign investments, Semiconductor industry, Banking, finance and accounting industries
Abstract

US US technology firm Intel is to close its last existing Silicon Valley manufacturing facility in a cost- cutting measure which has prompted fears for investment in the US technology [...]

Published
2009

2. Inventec's Chongqing plant to begin mass production in Nov

Subjects
Inventec Corp. -- Production management, Microsoft Corp. -- Production management, Quanta Corp. -- Production management, Computer industry -- Production management, Computer software industry -- Production management, Computer industry, Microcomputer industry, Business, Business, international, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Inventec Corp., a major Taiwan notebook contract maker, will begin mass production at its plant in Chongqing, Sichuan Province, in November, said the company's chairman, Lee Shih-chin, [...]

Published
2010

3. Sage rides wave of small business IT upgrading

Author

Pesola, Maija

Subjects
Small business -- United Kingdom, Computer software industry -- Production management, Small business, SOHO, Banking, finance and accounting industries, Business, Business, international
Abstract

Sage, the UK's largest listed software company, reported a 16 per cent increase in interim pre-tax profit, boosted by a string of acquisitions and a return to IT spending by [...]

Published
2005

4. THE AMERICAS: Oracle plans to refocus on 'middleware'

Author

Foremski, Tom

Subjects
Oracle Corp. -- Production management, Computer software industry -- Production management, Banking, finance and accounting industries, Business, Business, international
Abstract

Oracle, the world's second largest software group, will today launch an initiative designed to reduce its reliance on revenues from its core business - database software. It is putting a [...]

Published
2000

5. Fresh focus for familiar debate about the benefits: OUTSOURCING by Geoffrey Nairn: ERP outsourcing is a relatively new concept, but until the user base grows sufficiently, companies should try to exercise caution

Author

Nairn, Geoff

Subjects
J.D. Edwards and Co. -- Production management, Oracle Corp. -- Production management, Computer software industry -- Production management, Banking, finance and accounting industries, Business, Business, international
Abstract

The spectacular growth of the enterprise software industry has brought enterprise resource planning to a much wider market and refocused the familiar debate about the benefits of outsourcing. The first [...]

Published
1999

6. The aim is to respond rapidly to consumer demands: ERP AND THE SUPPLY CHAIN by Rod Newing: Research estimates that the supply chain market which the ERP vendors are entering is growing rapidly - from Dollars 2.8bn in 1998 to Dollars 19bn in 2003 in software sales alone

Author

Newing, Rod

Subjects
Computer software industry -- Production management, Banking, finance and accounting industries, Business, Business, international
Abstract

The average investment in an ERP solution is more than Pounds 17m, according to recent research by PeopleSoft, the US ERP software company. The investors' aim is to increase their [...]

Published
1999

7. Leaders target CRM in attempt to boost revenues: CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT by Tom Foremski: For companies considering adding CRM capabilities, the choice is to go with a specialist company such as Siebel, or CRM applicatons from their ERP vendor

Author

Foremski, Tom

Subjects
Siebel Systems Inc. -- Production management, Computer software industry -- Production management, Banking, finance and accounting industries, Business, Business, international
Abstract

Leading enterprise resource planning companies are targeting the rapidly growing customer relationship management (CRM) market in an attempt to boost revenues. But some are struggling to provide the functions needed [...]

Published
1999

8. Industry is about to reinvent itself: ERP packages will be transformed to create virtual supply chains across the internet, says Rod Newing

Author

Newing, Rod

Subjects
Computer software industry -- Production management, Banking, finance and accounting industries, Business, Business, international
Abstract

Amid the clamour of profit warnings and volatile share prices, it might seem that the enterprise resource planning (ERP) juggernaut has reached the end of the road. However, rather than [...]

Published
1999

9. How many decisions should you automate?

Author

Lovejoy, William S

Subjects
Computer software industry -- Production management, Banking, finance and accounting industries, Business, Business, international
Abstract

Summary Enterprise resource planning (ERP) and similar integrating business software systems can undoubtedly add value to companies. But the false promises of MRP II systems a generation ago should serve [...]

Published
1999

10. Enhancing links to the customer: WORKFLOW by Mark Vernon: To gain the full benefits of knowledge management, companies need to integrate workflow with other applications

Author

Vernon, Mark

Subjects
Computer software industry -- Production management, Banking, finance and accounting industries, Business, Business, international
Abstract

Workflow - the automation of information flows around the organisation, based on business processes - is changing. It is increasingly being integrated with other applications for a wide range of [...]

Published
1999

11. How to uncover knowledge and make it available: APPLICATIONS by Philip Manchester: The nature of KM as an application - one which embraces the whole enterprise and can cope with a broad range of tasks means that software tools must be flexible

Author

Manchester, Philip

Subjects
Computer software industry -- Production management, Banking, finance and accounting industries, Business, Business, international
Abstract

Although the concept of knowledge management is not new, the idea of supporting it with purpose-built IT applications is. The growth of a standard communications infrastructure on the back of [...]

Published
1999

12. Why Lotus is wary of job titles involving 'knowledge' CASE STUDY: LOTUS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

Author

Newing, Rod

Subjects
Lotus Development Corp. -- Production management, Computer software industry -- Production management, Banking, finance and accounting industries, Business, Business, international
Abstract

Because its customers tend to operate on a regional basis, Lotus Development Corporation does not have a chief knowledge officer responsible for knowledge management worldwide. Instead, the company has set [...]

Published
1999

13. A fundamental pillar of knowledge - and of wisdom: BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE by Rod Newing: Identifying the place of structured, problem-driven tools is a key to creating integrated information that changes as fast as the opposition

Author

Newing, Rod

Subjects
Computer software industry -- Production management, Banking, finance and accounting industries, Business, Business, international
Abstract

Business intelligence is a term coined by independent analysts Gartner Group in the late 1980s. It was defined then as 'the class of applications and tools by which end -users [...]

Published
1999

14. New Y2K bugs on the way - but old ones may perish: VIRUS ATTACKS by Mark Vernon: Experts expect an epidemic of new viruses with the New Year - but the good news is that the date change could k

Author

Vernon, Mark

Subjects
Computer software industry -- Production management, Banking, finance and accounting industries, Business, Business, international
Abstract

When is a millennium bug not a millennium bug? This question could be on the lips of unwary IT managers puzzling over an apparent date problem at the turn of [...]

Published
1999

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