Telecom assets are a special class of IT assets that require an accurate inventory for effective financial management. Enterprises should consider the benefits of establishing a "single version of the truth" that comes from linking management of IT and telecom assets with their other systems and processes. An accurate inventory is critical for effective financial management. Managers need accurate information that supports their business decisions.

An Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system is a series of software applications or modules that collects data from your sales, purchasing, finance, inventory, supply chain, manufacturing and quality functions into a common database so that your company can share the information, coordinate activities and collaborate. If you’re looking for your first ERP system or looking to upgrade from an existing system, the evaluation, selection and implementation process is a long-term strategic decision for your organization.

To compete in today’s fast-paced business climate, enterprises need accurate and frequent sales and customer reports to make real-time operational decisions about pricing, merchandising and inventory management. They also require greater agility to respond to business events as they happen, and more visibility into business activities so information and systems are optimized for peak efficiency and performance. By making use of data capture and business intelligence to integrate and apply data across the enterprise, organizations can capitalize on emerging opportunities and build a competitive advantage.

To compete in today’s fast-paced business climate, enterprises need accurate and frequent sales and customer reports to make real-time operational decisions about pricing, merchandising and inventory management. They also require greater agility to respond to business events as they happen, and more visibility into business activities so information and systems are optimized for peak efficiency and performance. By making use of data capture and business intelligence to integrate and apply data across the enterprise, organizations can capitalize on emerging opportunities and build a competitive advantage. The IBM® data replication portfolio is designed to address these issues through a highly flexible one-stop shop for high-volume, robust, secure information replication across heterogeneous data stores. The portfolio leverages real-time data replication to support high availability, database migration, application consolidation, dynamic warehousing, master data management (MDM), service

In today’s tough economic times, more and more companies are looking to Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) on-demand business intelligence (BI) solutions to assess how they can quickly reduce inventory levels, assemble information, analyze operations and gain new insights in how to improve performance. 

When a recall occurs, every second counts. Without being able to quickly access all records of inventory movement, tracking information becomes expensive, laborious and time-consuming. Read the Minimizing the Cost and Impact of a Recall and learn which cloud ERP features, such as data management, full traceability and active compliance you might be missing in your current ERP system.

Turn management data into actionable business information that helps create operational efficiencies and demonstrate value.

Discover software inventory data and compare it to what has been purchased as well as what is actually in use, providing concrete information about what software to include before you start migrating to Windows 7.

The proliferation of consumer touch points has created a significant operational challenge for retailers, making it difficult to achieve consistency in product content, pricing, promotions, and inventory availability across multiple sales channel. This white paper from Oracle Retail discusses how the consolidation of omni-channel merchandising and inventory information, combined with the support of efficient transaction systems to move products in alignment with consumer demand, is no longer optional, but rather a modern retailing necessity.