E Business RFQ

Glovia On B2B Reinventing Trail

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... to shipment; e-Buying, to manage supplier relationships from RFQ to purchase ... improved product interconnectivity, and quick and inexpensive e-business enablement ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2001/11/news_analysis/NA_ER_PJ_11_13_01_1.asp - 18k - 2001-11-13 Summary: If Glovia successfully continues its reinvention as a B2B e-business transformation provider for manufacturers and service companies that want more than core ERP, the market may witness the positive reincarnation of Glovia.

American Software - A Tacit Avant-Garde?

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... automatically notifies the user when an RFQ has been ... "By giving e-intelliprise wireless ... even more responsive to rapidly changing business conditions," said ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/BusinessApplications/2000/07/news_analysis/NA_BA_PJ_07_24_00_1.asp - 14k - 2000-07-24 Summary: Throughout June, American Software, Inc. continued to announce additional functions that broaden the scope of its e-intelliprise application suite. It also announced financial results for fiscal 2000.

Is Fourth Shift Succeeding in Providing 'Complete Customer Care'?

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... seamlessly link Request-for-Quotation (RFQ) data and ... the Internet into our core business strategies, Fourth ... Vincent, Fourth Shift's VP of 'e'. "It's staggering ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/BusinessApplications/2000/08/news_analysis/NA_BA_PJ_08_14_00_1.asp - 14k - 2000-08-14 Summary: On July 25, Fourth Shift Corporation and SupplierMarket.com announced a partnership that will enable purchasing professionals to locate ideal trading partners, submit RFQs for new contracts, and receive the results of reverse auctions, all from their familiar Fourth Shift vendor operations, manufacturing

Symix Systems Front-Steps Into Greener e-Commerce Pastures

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... Center module are: product search, request for quote (RFQ), catalogues with ... automates and streamlines work processes between the Frontstep E-business Suite and ... http:/.../ResearchHighlights/BusinessApplications/2000/10/research_notes/EN_BA_PJ_10_25_00_1.asp - 36k - 2000-10-25 Summary: Like many of its peers, Symix Systems, one of the leading mid-market enterprise applications vendors, has been making a big push into the e-commerce market. A new Symix subsidiary called Frontstep, which was formed in January 2000, has been actively rounding out its e-business product and strategic consu

Where Is ERP Headed (Or Better, Where Should It Be Headed)? Part 3 ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... look to these business-to-business (B2B) communities ... E-commerce vendors introduced concepts of putting supplier ... automate the Request for Quotes (RFQ) process. ... http:/.../ResearchHighlights/BusinessApplications/2001/04/research_notes/TN_BA_PJ_04_25_01_1.asp - 27k - 2001-04-25 Summary: This note discusses how ERP-driven e-business will have to extend well beyond providing business partners self-service portlets. It will have to allow trading partners not only order status tracking but also the enterprise plans and conditions down to plant level for more efficient two-way interaction an

Exact Software--Working Diligently Towards the "One Exact" Synergy ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... based product e-Synergy was the overarching umbrella for e-business front-to ... data collection for distribution, and request for quotation [RFQ]) and progression ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2004/02/research_notes/EN_ER_PJ_02_28_04_1.asp - 18k - 2004-02-28 Summary: While not really a household name in North America before the Macola acquisition, Exact has always been a force to reckon with in the lower end of the ERP mid-market in Europe, and occasionally, to a degree, elsewhere in the world.

The Benefits of Focusing on a Niche and Serving it Well: EcFood ...

by Olin Thompson ... by ecFood include demand aggregation, specification management, auctions, RFP and RFQ. ... 17 in process industry related ERP, SCP, and e-business related segments ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ECommerce/2002/04/news_analysis/NA_EC_XOT_04_02_02_1.asp - 10k - 2002-04-02 Summary: ecFood is a strategic sourcing vendor focused on the industrial food market. Its recent financial results prove that being highly focused can bring value to the target market and success to a

Epicor Picks Clarus' Bargain At The Software Flea Market

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... a complete auctioning, bidding and weighed RFQ solution, becomes ... Clarus applications, like a business intelligence (BI) module and an e-learning application ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/eCommerce/2002/12/news_analysis/NA_EC_PJ_12_04_02_1.asp - 22k - 2002-12-04 Summary: Taking advantage of its rival Microsoft’s either reticence or satiation, Epicor recently acquired its long-term partner Clarus for an almost next to nothing price to provide mid-market with a solid add-on e-procurement and, eventually, SRM value proposition too.

INFIMACS Becoming Ever More RELEVANT For Project-Based Industries. ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... Dynamic Commerce Network (DCN), Viquity's e-business platform for ... in real-time between business partners through the ... to receive and process RFQ information via ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2001/10/research_notes/EN_ER_PJ_10_30_01_1.asp - 17k - 2001-10-30 Summary: If Relevant Business Systems has for any reason deliberately maintained its INFIMACS II ERP system as one of the best-kept secrets in the complex manufacturing market, it has certainly succeeded so far. However, given a bevy of viable solutions from more renowned vendors, the company will have to spread

Microsoft Keeps on Rounding up Its Business Solutions Part Two ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... with the CRM leader Siebel Systems, e-procurement vendor ... when it came to MBN and Business Portal, given that ... requests for quotes and proposals (RFQ/P), conduct ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Scm/2003/12/news_analysis/NA_SC_PJ_12_02_03_1.asp - 22k - 2003-12-02 Summary: While smaller businesses must be attuned to what their larger customers and trading partners require, and thus consider the Microsoft Business Network (MBN) as a relatively simple and inexpensive way to support those customers' demands, MBN is only a small part of the trading relationship equation.