E-Business and ERP: Transforming the Enterprise

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Is Your Company Getting the Most from Its Investment in Change?

Many companies have already invested heavily in infrastructure change, some are making that investment now, and all are contemplating the costs of becoming or evolving as an e-business. Is your company a "greenfield" organization with no back-end systems, or one whose infrastructure support systems are integrated across the enterprise? Are you just beginning to think about e-business capabilities, or are you on the leading edge of convergence? Whatever your company's position on the ERP/E-Business Matrix, E-Business and ERP: Transforming the Enterprise provides the proven techniques you need to know to meld enterprise resource planning capabilities with the communications power of the Internet.

Is Your Company Positioned for E-Business Success?

The Internet has revolutionized twenty-first century business. Organizations today can communicate with customers, suppliers, and sellers at e-speed with the click of a mouse. Yet, with all of the excitement about the external possibilities of the Internet, companies still need efficient internal processes to make and move products, manage finances, recruit and motivate employees, and excel.

E-Business and ERP: Transforming the Enterprise covers the skills and tools you will need to combine existing ERP software and capabilities with emerging Web-based technologies. In this forward-thinking outline for a new business structure, executives and managers will discover:
* Strategies for established companies to penetrate the Internet marketplace
* Procedures that lower costs across the supply and demand chain
* Techniques that help you meet-and master-the dot.com challenge

The companies best positioned to succeed in the near future are those that can balance existing ERP-based infrastructures and capabilities with exciting new e-business innovations. E-Business and ERP: Transforming the Enterprise examines the changing but essential role of ERP, places it in the context of the Web-based technologies defining today's e-business environment, and reveals how to blend the best aspects of both to create a strong and flexible twenty-first century business enterprise.

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Project Management ....He gets it!!.......2002-03-05

He fully understands the relationship between collaborative technology as it relates to project management in a large enterprise environment.

As he so well points out... "the speed which one implements technology relating to process management in order to accomplish large tasks" will differentiate success from failure. This is a "must read" for senior management if they wish to survive in a complex "project management", collaboration /Internet environment. How to utilize technology to accomplish this is the key!!

A great resource for management.

Project Management ....He gets it!!.......2001-08-06

Mr. Shield clearly gets it!!".

He fully understands the relationship between collaborative technology as it relates to project management in a large enterprise environment.

A great resource for management.

Both/And -- Not Either/Or.......2001-05-06

An excellent overview of a very complex and timely subject. I especially liked the ERP/E-Business Matrix and the discussion of regions, companies and assumptions underlying it. I found the discussion of "adaptive" vs. "disruptive" changes helpful and insightful. Very concise and to-the-point, a quick & easy read, but one which should be internalized over a longer period of time. Covered a lot of ground in less than 200 pages. Overall, an excellent addition to my bookshelf.

Would, however, have liked to see a bibliography & some footnotes for the statistics cited

ERP moving into e-Business.......2000-10-26

If you are coming from an APICS viewpoint on ERP, this book is consultant-speak only. It is however a prime mover on a very important issue, how will those 1996-1999 implemented ERP systems move forward now that Y2k spending has been digested in Fortune 2000 companies?

Tulane University Review.......2000-08-07

E-mail below received July 26, 2000. Posted with permission. I thought that potential buyers might find it helpful. Grant Norris --------------------------------------

Hello Grant, James, Kenneth, John Dunleavy and John D. Balls,

I wanted to write this e-mail to let you know that your book titled "E-Business and ERP" is well written and the subject matter most appropriate in depicting the state of the technology and e-business at this point. I found your depiction and representations very good.

I am a faculty member at the Freeman School of Business, Tulane University in New Orleans. I teach two courses that are pertinent to the content of your book. The courses are titled "Enterprise Integration I and II". These are courses taught to the MBA students, who find the course very interesting and fascinating.

I plan to ask the students to read your book as part of additional reading material for the course.

Sincerely

Raj Sharman

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Timely, authoritative, prescriptiveâ an essential tool of survival in today's complex lending environment. . .

"The subject matter of this book is important and topical. The authors combine a balance of scholarly and practitioner approaches to banking."âEdward Altman author of Handbook of Corporate Finance Leonard Stern School of Business, New York University

"There is a market for this book. The industry has undergone significant changes over the past five years and we anticipate continued evolution in the foreseeable future. I recommend it."â Roger Tully Senior Vice President, United Jersey Bank

In today's increasingly complex, fiercely competitive lending environment, Strategic Credit Management offers a balanced mix of scholarly analysis and practical hands-on advice and guidance. the authors:

Review and analyze, in depth, the entire field of credit management in light of the changes occurring since deregulation began in the early 1980s
Clearly identify the deep-rooted systemic problems that contribute to most credit management failures
Offer a set of clear-cut guidelines for strategically reengineering your organization's credit management process
Provide proven strategies and cutting-edge quantitative techniques for successful credit analysis, credit management, loan structuring, loan workouts, and more
Outline a detailed, easy-to-implement program for management training and retraining

Successive waves of deregulation/regulation occurring since the early 1980s. . . the rapid emergence of new, highly aggressive domestic and foreign competitors. . .the continuing erosion of the banking/S&L wholesale loan portfolio. . .these are just some of the major forces that have conspired to reshape the face of banking in America radically over the past several years. But no matter how different today's banks are from a generation ago, and no matter how many new products and services they now offer, their number one source of capital assets continues to be making loans. If they are to survive and thrive in the turbulent banking environment of the 1990s, commercial banking institutions must adopt a more versatile, far-reaching strategic approach to credit management suitable to today's increasingly complex, fiercely competitive lending environment. This book addresses these issues and provides a framework around which a modern credit management process can be built.

Written by Sam N. Basu, a distinguished academic and banking professional, and Harold L. Rolfes, Jr., a banking and investment professional who has held executive positions at one of North America's most prestigious financial institutions, Strategic Credit Management provides commercial banking executives with a blueprint for strategic change in managing credit risk in the 1990s.

The authors begin with an in-depth review and analysis of the entire field of credit management in light of the many changes that have swept the industry since deregulation began in the early 1980s. They then clearly identify the deep-rooted systemic problems that contribute to most commercial banks' lending failures. Working from the first principle that the objective of the credit management process isn't avoiding bad loans, but making good ones, they next offer a set of clear-cut guidelines and action steps that readers can take to strategically reengineer their organizations' credit management process. The authors provide proven strategies and cutting-edge techniques for successful credit analysis, credit management, loan structuring, and loan workouts. And they even outline a detailed, easy-to-implement program for management training with an emphasis on fostering the ability to adapt quickly to the ever-changing legal, regulatory, and market conditions surrounding credit management.

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Business firms have employed strategic alliances with other firms to effectively manage costs, overcome resource and technology constraints, and enhance competitive position. The principle and practice of strategic alliances can be applied as well for productive and beneficial institutional collaborations in rural financial markets to expand the array of financial products and to scale up access of rural households and micro-businesses to financial services. Strategic alliances comprise a new theme in rural finance. The institutions in the study used strategic alliances to tap new capital resources, manage transaction costs, access banking technology and infrastructure and acquire new skills to provide an expanding array of financial services to wider markets. The authors carefully examine the experiences of selected rural finance institutions and their strategic allies or development partners in Guatemala, the Philippines, Ghana and India to draw out the main findings and share the lessons that may be gainfully applied in other country settings. The study addressed a number of key questions: X What motivated the rural finance institution to structure its alliance or partnership with a bank, commercial or development organization? X How are gains from and costs of alliances and partnerships shared between collaborating institutions? X What are the key elements that make partnerships or alliances successful, and which conditions lead to unproductive ones? X Which financial products and services are best introduced through strategic alliances?

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Strategic Credit Risk Management
John E. McKinley , and John R. Barrickman
Manufacturer: Robert Morris Associates
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An analysis of strategic intervention policy in Namibia.: An article from: Journal of Small Business Management

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An analysis of strategic intervention policy in Namibia.: An article from: Journal of Small Business Management
Leo Paul Dana
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This digital document is an article from Journal of Small Business Management, published by International Council of Small Business on July 1, 1993. The length of the article is 2870 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: Namibia's strategic intervention policy which employs intervention in the marketplace to promote business ventures has been analyzed. The government formed the First National Development Corporation of SWA Ltd. (ENOK), a public corporation that ensures growth and development of small businesses. ENOK is involved in agriculture and industry and provides services ranging from business consultation to financing. However, due to the entrepreneural culture of Namibia, a hands-off policy may be more cost-effective.

Citation Details
Title: An analysis of strategic intervention policy in Namibia.
Author: Leo Paul Dana
Publication: Journal of Small Business Management (Refereed)
Date: July 1, 1993
Publisher: International Council of Small Business
Volume: v31 Issue: n3 Page: p90(6)

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Are you having a credit crisis? Consider asset-based lending. (Financial Management).: An article from: Strategic Finance

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Are you having a credit crisis? Consider asset-based lending. (Financial Management).: An article from: Strategic Finance
Walter Einhorn
Manufacturer: Institute of Management Accountants
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This digital document is an article from Strategic Finance, published by Institute of Management Accountants on July 1, 2002. The length of the article is 1242 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Are you having a credit crisis? Consider asset-based lending. (Financial Management).
Author: Walter Einhorn
Publication: Strategic Finance (Refereed)
Date: July 1, 2002
Publisher: Institute of Management Accountants
Volume: 84 Issue: 1 Page: 28(3)

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Beating the Odds.(University of California Livermore Employees Credit Union (UNCLE)): An article from: Strategic Finance

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Beating the Odds.(University of California Livermore Employees Credit Union (UNCLE)): An article from: Strategic Finance
Chung Bothwell
Manufacturer: Institute of Management Accountants
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This digital document is an article from Strategic Finance, published by Institute of Management Accountants on February 1, 2001. The length of the article is 2072 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Beating the Odds.(University of California Livermore Employees Credit Union (UNCLE))
Author: Chung Bothwell
Publication: Strategic Finance (Refereed)
Date: February 1, 2001
Publisher: Institute of Management Accountants
Volume: 82 Issue: 8 Page: 47

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The big tent. (impact of Mortgage Bankers Association of America's strategic planning initiative on the real estate finance industry): An article from: Mortgage Banking

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The big tent. (impact of Mortgage Bankers Association of America's strategic planning initiative on the real estate finance industry): An article from: Mortgage Banking

Manufacturer: Mortgage Bankers Association of America
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This digital document is an article from Mortgage Banking, published by Mortgage Bankers Association of America on September 1, 1998. The length of the article is 1688 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: The big tent. (impact of Mortgage Bankers Association of America's strategic planning initiative on the real estate finance industry)
Publication: Mortgage Banking (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 1998
Publisher: Mortgage Bankers Association of America
Volume: v58 Issue: n12 Page: p88(2)

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Can strategic planning help mortgage bankers? Strategic planning has not been a staple in the mortgage business. Maybe now's the time to change that.(Strategic ... Planning): An article from: Mortgage Banking

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Can strategic planning help mortgage bankers? Strategic planning has not been a staple in the mortgage business. Maybe now's the time to change that.(Strategic ... Planning): An article from: Mortgage Banking
Mark Fairbank , and Larry Bonifant
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This digital document is an article from Mortgage Banking, published by Thomson Gale on November 1, 2006. The length of the article is 3685 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Can strategic planning help mortgage bankers? Strategic planning has not been a staple in the mortgage business. Maybe now's the time to change that.(Strategic Planning)
Author: Mark Fairbank
Publication: Mortgage Banking (Magazine/Journal)
Date: November 1, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 67 Issue: 2 Page: 90(6)

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Charting a course with strategic marketing. (bank marketing)(includes related article on multi-branding in the financial services industry)(Cover Story): An article from: Bank Marketing

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Charting a course with strategic marketing. (bank marketing)(includes related article on multi-branding in the financial services industry)(Cover Story): An article from: Bank Marketing
Barry I. Deutsch
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This digital document is an article from Bank Marketing, published by Bank Marketing Assn. on September 1, 1998. The length of the article is 3416 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: There are three interrelated areas most critical to sales success that are contained within a broad range of the marketing tools and techniques which marketing executives must master. Each of these three, namely, strategy development, target market establishment and positioning in terms of those targets, present the marketer with choices. Wrong choices regarding any of the three can exert significant and negative impacts on sales efforts. The three also form the cornerstones of integrated marketing, which is the fusion of sales and marketing. Integrated marketing is essential to addressing and guiding each of the six phases of a typical sale.

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Title: Charting a course with strategic marketing. (bank marketing)(includes related article on multi-branding in the financial services industry)(Cover Story)
Author: Barry I. Deutsch
Publication: Bank Marketing (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 1998
Publisher: Bank Marketing Assn.
Volume: v30 Issue: n9 Page: p28(7)

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Credit Risk Management.(Review) (book review): An article from: Strategic Finance

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Credit Risk Management.(Review) (book review): An article from: Strategic Finance
J. Tim Query
Manufacturer: Institute of Management Accountants
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This digital document is an article from Strategic Finance, published by Institute of Management Accountants on May 1, 2000. The length of the article is 501 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Credit Risk Management.(Review) (book review)
Author: J. Tim Query
Publication: Strategic Finance (Refereed)
Date: May 1, 2000
Publisher: Institute of Management Accountants
Volume: 81 Issue: 11 Page: 27

Article Type: Book Review

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