Does your Company have Documentum? by Mike Nielsen
Are you lost in the mess of documents that get passed around your company, never knowing what the latest version is and which one you should work on without worrying if someone else has already made the same editions that you are making? Perhaps you have heard of collaboration software solutions... The major advantages to using NextPage’s collaboration software include the following: • Do NOT need a centralized server • Do NOT need an IT infrastructure • Installation can be done in a matter of minutes • Will work with associates who are NOT NextPage subscribers • Solves...

Causes of ERP Failures by Bruce Zhang
ERP is the acronym of Enterprise Resource Planning. Multi-module ERP software integrates business activities across various functional departments, from product planning, parts purchasing, inventory control, product distribution, to order tracking. ERP has transformed the way multi-billion... A, business processes fall into three levels - strategic planning, management control and operational control. ... The failures of a ERP project is often the result of the failures in one or more of those four components.

Material Handling Software Guide by Mansi Aggarwal
Material handling software is a designed to take care of storage, retrieval and transportation of products within an automated warehouse. It may even control certain crucial issues in material handling such as key picking, putaway and routing instructions. ... With Macola ES you can manage accounting, distribution and manufacturing activities along with tasks such as workflow, document management, human resource management, customer relationship management and project management. ... Broadly the software can be categorized into four groups: the distribution management software, warehouse...

Groove Network. Are you in it? by Mike Nielsen
If you are in a business that passes documents around to be reviewed and edited over and over before they are ready to be posted for advertising or for a client, then you have probably already heard of a software solution to help keep your “floating” documents organized from Groove Network. ... The major advantages to using NextPage’s collaboration software include the following: • Do NOT need a centralized server • Do NOT need an IT infrastructure • Installation can be done in a matter of minutes • Will work with associates who are NOT NextPage subscribers • Solves document...

Corporate ERP of the Next decade: Microsoft/Unix/Java – Coexistence & Harmony? by Andrew Karasev
While in 1990th we saw very fierce fighting between Microsoft Windows and Apple Computer PowerMac for the workstations market, when two systems were practically not compatible and didn’t have plans to understand each other, plus all the blends of Unix/Linux were trying to step in and take... In the USA we will be mostly dealing with project management and specifications writing, plus physical hardware support. ... So – you, as IT manager or director has limited resources to revolutionize the company, so you follow the step-by-step evolution • The sunset of proprietary languages.

Ten Steps To Selecting The Right Business Software by Don Fornes
If you are like most small business owners, you don't view yourself as a software technology expert. In fact, you probably approach new information technology (IT) projects with trepidation and hand it off to the back-office staff or third-party consultants. ... The project schedule itself can be as simple as an Excel spreadsheet to track the various tasks or as sophisticated as using project management software to manage the project with Gantt charts and a Critical Path Method network diagram. ... Start with identifying an executive-level project sponsor who will ensure the project gets...

Estimating Software For Contractors by Dermot Fitzpatrick
Bob Smith, a small landscape contractor, takes a good deal of care with his job estimates and quotations. This particular estimate, for a residential landscaping job, wasn't too complicated, was competitively priced, and was accepted by the client. Work began on schedule, the weather held, and... Unfortunately for Bob's company, the authorized change order for the pavers was still sitting on the dashboard of his truck, lost amongst other paperwork, and was never charged out to the project. ... Some of these programs include project management and job costing.

Seven Reasons Why a Hosted Inventory Management Solution Might Be Right For Your Organization by Ash Seha
Upgrading. Downtime. Maintenance. Hardware obsolescence. Implementation issues. The litany of headaches related to the implementation and on-going care-and-feeding of enterprise based applications is enough make the savviest of companies want to engage in anything but another software... The longer the elapsed time from project kick-off to go-live, the higher the likelihood that the project will lose momentum and management and staff support. ... Anything… If your organization is evaluating inventory management systems, consider that a hosted solution inventory management solution may be...

Great Payoffs from Workflow Software by John Morris
When it comes to the terms, “Streamline Operations” or “Reduce Operating Expenses” and “Cut Labor Costs”, do you really have any idea what these terms actually mean? How much money does the company actually want to save? And how does workflow software help the company to achieve this seemingly... Also, through the workflow software, once certain tasks are completed by the assigned company employees, the workflow software will actually automatically send off other to-do tasks to the appropriate company employees.

Regression Test by Uzi Shuri
The main purpose of this article is to list all aspects of implementing and executing an optimal set of software regression test cases. What is regression test activity? Well, the answer is not straight forward and should be detailed explained. The common opinion of regression test definition is... The risks are being handled separately in Project Risk Management activity, but regression scope and planned scheduling can be directly affected from these risks. ... In a project life cycle which performing upgrades to an existing software version, the regression test activity is critical and...