SAP has released a third "enhancement package" for its ERP product. The package is a free software upgrade which allows customers to download modules to access new features without overhauling their core systems.
Three-quarters of the way through a massive consolidation and overhaul of its core business applications, dairy and juice giant National Foods has found that the most difficult parts of the project aren't related to technology, but to processes and the simple challenge of keeping skilled people on track.
Fertiliser specialist Hi Fert will have its SAP environment supported by Unisys for the next five years, in a deal signed in June worth AU$7.5 million.
Oracle announced on Wednesday the general release of E-Business Suite Release 12, a financial-information suite designed for global deployment, and unveiled postmerger applications for users of PeopleSoft, JD Edwards and Siebel products.
Oracle plans to announce Monday in the US the release of PeopleSoft Enterprise 9, as the software titan seeks to solidify its promise to continue supporting and enhancing its former rival's products post merger.
A major enterprise resource planning implementation has sped reporting, added flexibility and supported rapid growth at beer maker J. Boag & Son. But with success came myriad challenges with employees keen to hold onto the old way of doing things -- pen and paper versus the computer. We examine Boag's ERP turnaround.
The construction giant's AU$15 million, JD Edwards OneWorld implementation was initially intended as an upgrade to a struggling decade-old internal system but Thiess has found more than one reason to embrace a future version of the product.
Best-of-breed vendors pioneered the market for execution tools such as warehouse management software. Yet today those markets are in the sights of giant ERP players. When is it a mistake to go for one-size fits all?
Phase two of government ERP implementations is set to take off. What can you expect? Also: Find out why one local city council had to ditch Oracle.
Facing a major upgrade of its core SAP environment, Victorian electricity distributor Powercor last year found itself facing a mountain of issues -- and riding a steep learning curve to testing management.
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