Infor Partners with Whole Foods on Retail-Specific Cloud ERP
Last year Infor began rolling out cloud ERP software targeted to specific industry verticals, including solutions for the…
Supply Chain Management
Internet of Things Adds Intelligence to Supply Chain
The supply chain is getting a lot smarter, thanks to the Internet of Things (IoT). This added intelligence…
ERP Buyer’s Guide for Small Businesses
ERP systems were once used almost exclusively by large companies. In recent years, though, an increasing number of…
Cloud ERP Software: What ERP Market Leaders Are Doing
Cloud ERP software was the poor relation of the ERP market not so long ago. Yet it has…
Infor Acquiring GT Nexus to Further Cloud Ambitions
Infor looks serious about its plans to become a leading cloud services company. Today the ERP supplier announced…
Cutting through Internet of Things Hype
The early buzz around the Internet of Things (IoT) included breathless accounts of refrigerators that could alert you…
10 Supply Chain Gotchas, and How to Avoid Them
The larger an industry grows, the easier it is for participants to make mistakes, and the supply chain…
Channel Data Management Sheds Light on Supply Chain
Channel data management is a relatively new discipline that is starting to catch on in tech and some…
4 Data Analytics Success Stories
There is a lot of hype out there about Big Data’s ability to transform your business and how…
8 Trends Boosting Supply Chain Efficiency
As the supply chain becomes more complex with suppliers, their customers and consumers interacting with each other across…
Anaplan Rolls out Supply Chain Apps
Supply chain management is an area of the enterprise that is ripe for the disruption of cloud-based software,…
FinancialForce.com Tackles Rebate Revenue Management
Closed-loop business processes, even ones that directly impact the bottom line, are relatively rare in supply chain management.…
IoT Driving New Business Models
The Internet of Things is a misnomer. While both the Internet and “things” are involved, IoT is not…
Savi’s Sensor Analytics Software Gets Predictive Capabilities
One of the promises of the Internet of Things (IoT) is its ability to help companies improve their…
Forget Omni-channel; Retailers Move to Unified Commerce Model
In Macy’s latest annual report, the company refers to itself as an “omni-channel retail organization operating stores and…
Top ERP Trend? Usability, Says Nucleus Research
When Enterprise Apps Today asked experts to pick their top ERP trends for 2014, cloud and mobile not…
IBM Aims SmartCloud Analytics at the C-Suite
High-level executives aren’t only bigwigs around the office, they are also emerging as VIPs in IBM’s efforts to drive adoption…
RedPrairie Snags JDA Software in $1.9B SCM Deal
Supply chain software makers JDA Software and RedPrairie announced today that they are merging in a deal valued at an estimated $1.9…
Rootstock Software, FinancialForce.com Partner on Supply Chain Solution
Rootstock Software, a provider of cloud manufacturing and supply chain applications, has teamed with FinancialForce.com, a company that…
SAP Bolsters Cloud Business with $4.3B Ariba Buy
SAP made quite a splash when it poured billions into acquiring cloud human capital management (HCM) provider SuccessFactors in December.…
Six Ways BPM Can Improve Supply Chain Management
As supply chains continue to expand and become more complex, organizations need better ways to manage their network…
Infor Gearing Up for Growth in 2012
In a recent interview with EnterpriseAppsToday, Computer Economics President Frank Scavo said much of the current ERP investment…
IBM Buys Supply Chain Analytics Firm Emptoris
IBM is on a roll. After announcing it would acquire cloud-based commerce analytics software firm DemandTec last week,…
SAP Unveils In-Memory Data Warehouse, Mobile Apps
SAP (NYSE: SAP) today unveiled a range of new solutions spanning business intelligence, in-memory analytics, data warehousing and…
13 Ways to Improve Your Supply Chain Management
Whether you are looking for help in choosing the right supply chain management solution or advice on how…
SAP Wrestles with ERP Complexity
SAP (NYSE: SAP) is the 800-pound gorilla in the enterprise resource planning (ERP) space, with a quarter of…
Oracle Speeds Up Business Intelligence, CRM and ERP
The 45,000 attendees at this week’s Oracle OpenWorld event in San Francisco were served up a program rich…
SAP Acquires Crossgate for Business Social Networking
Looking to provide customers with options to connect with their business partners, SAP (NYSE: SAP) has announced plans…
What is Odoo Open Source ERP?
Belgium-based Odoo made a name for itself under its previous name of OpenERP, with an open source ERP…
Salesforce.com Invests in ERP, Supply Chain
Partner announcements at this week’s Dreamforce conference show that cloud CRM leader Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM) is keenly aware…
Business Intelligence and Mobile Devices Will Change Supply Chain Management
The intersection of business intelligence (BI) with mobile devices and fast wireless connections will likely revolutionize the supply…
NetSuite Adds Demand Planning Features to ERP
Cloud ERP vendor NetSuite (NYSE: N) has extended its cloud-based business management suite with new demand planning features…
Yammer Adds Social Layer to CRM, HR and Supply Chain Apps
Enterprise social networking provider Yammer has unveiled a number of new integration products that add a “social layer”…
SAP, Oracle Lead Supply Chain Management Software Market
The worldwide supply chain management software market rebounded strongly last year, according to research and advisory company Gartner…
Oracle Adds Supply Chain Management, Financials to PeopleSoft
Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) this week released its PeopleSoft Enterprise Financials and Supply Chain Management (FSCM) 9.1 Feature Pack…
SAP Unveils Rapid Deployment Applications for Quick Gains
SAP (NYSE: SAP) is now offerings its Rapid Deployment solutions worldwide and has announced 15 new offerings as…
Six Ways Business Intelligence Software Can Help Your Business
In an effort to pin down specific ways business intelligence software can help businesses work smarter, we recently…
Boost Supply Chain Management (SCM) With Collaboration
Supply Chain Management (SCM) is the fundamental underlying technology used to manage the flow of materials and services…
Oracle and ATG Combine CRM, Retail, Supply Chain and ERP
Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) completed its $1 billion acquisition of e-commerce software vendor ATG this week and outlined ambitious…
Supply Chain Management Job Growth
When you think of fields where there just aren’t enough skilled candidates to go around, one that probably…
Top Supply Chain Management Trends of 2010
Supply Chain Management (SCM) has received more mainstream attention this year than ever before. As noted in this…
Manufacturer Boosts Sales with Oracle CRM and Business Intelligence
Pella is a manufacturer and distributor of windows and doors. It runs a lean manufacturing operation, keeping little…
Data Virtualization Links CRM, ERP and SCM
Data virtualization could be the next big thing in the customer relationship management (CRM) and enterprise applications space.…
OpenERP Makes Open Source Business Software Work
OpenERP seems to be a rarity among open source business software companies. There are no special enterprise editions…
SAP Unveils Business Analytics for Industries
SAP (NYSE: SAP) today unveiled 10 business analytics applications aimed at key industries and verticals such as retail,…
AT&T to Boost Wireless Device Business Applications
According to this wireless business app report on Dallas Business Journal, AT&T is growing its efforts to build…
Leveraging Performance Management for Supply Chain Improvement
A new article on Supply & Demand Chain Executive suggests that sharing performance measures with suppliers will align…
Kinaxis Announces ‘No Risk’ Supply Chain Deployment
Kinaxis has announced a new No Risk Deployment offering, which gives customers the option to try the RapidResponse…
Fujitsu Expands Application Services in Manufacturing Sector
Fujitsu has announced a broader set of capabilities in its recently expanded its manufacturing market portfolio. The new…
Optimized Offers One-Stop Supply Chain Management
Optimized Transportation Management says it has designed an all-inclusive “One-Stop-Shop” business strategy that acts as a total solution…