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Do You Need On-the-Fly Product Configurations and Pricing to Inspire More Consumption by Customers? The digital economy has demonstrated how quickly businesses can thrive or collapse depending on their agility to keep up with the ever-changing dynamics of people. The C-level executives once responsible for just managing expenses and generating and assuring revenue are now also expected to conduct on-the-fly financial modeling to fuel sustainable business models. For this reason, they should strive to move their businesses away from one-size-fits-all approaches toward models that maximize each customer's lifetime value through personalization. This is particularly true in industries where a social-media-type mindset of "I want it now and I want it my way" means executives tasked with empowering marketing and product development have to use technologies capable of con... (more)

OpenXava 4.3: Desarrollo Rápido Java para aplicaciones Web

OpenXava es una herramienta para el Desarrollo Rápido de aplicaciones Web, apropiada para aplicaciones de gestión y orientadas a bases de datos. OpenXava permite desarrollar aplicaciones simplemente escribiendo clases del dominio con Java o Groovy. La interfaz de usuario se genera automáticamente en tiempo de ejecución, sin generación de código. OpenXava 4.3 añade soporte para propiedades totales en las colecciones, tiene un nuevo editor para el esterotipo TEXTO_HTML, añade mensaje de información y advertencia y muchas otras nuevas características. Propiedades totales en coleccione... (more)

The Cloud ERP Shortlist for Manufacturers

Manufacturing software vendors are making aggressive moves to the cloud. In the past year alone, four vendors rolled out a full suite Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) offerings for the industry. That brings the current tally of SaaS players in the manufacturing arena to five: Epicor Express, Infor SyteLine, NetSuite, Plex, and SAP Business ByDesign. The buzz around the cloud has manufacturers asking if a cloud solution is right for them. To help answer that question, I'll explore the features and functionality each vendor offers, and the ideal target market for each. Many more vendo... (more)

OpenXava 4.2: Aplicaciones Web para iPad con Java o Groovy

OpenXava es una herramienta para el Desarrollo Rápido de aplicaciones Web, apropiada para aplicaciones de gestión y orientadas a bases de datos. A partir de v4.2 OpenXava también produce aplicaciones web para iPad que tienen la apariencia y comportamiento de las aplicaciones nativas de iPad. OpenXava permite desarrollar aplicaciones simplemente escribiendo clases del dominio con Java o Groovy. La interfaz de usuario se genera automáticamente en tiempo de ejecución, sin generación de código. Cuando el usuario accede a una aplicación OpenXava desde un iPad se genera una interfaz gráf... (more)

SAP Business One Landed Cost Video

Here is a video on Landed Costs in SAP Business One.  The Landed Cost document allows you to associate shipping and freight costs with the cost of an item upon receipt into inventory. The Landed Cost document in SAP Business One is a straightforward and efficient way of allocating costs, especially for those small and mid-size companies still forced to do it in Excel. While this primarily applies to companies that import goods from overseas, landed costs can be used to allocate freight cost for any transaction. Check back soon for another post on allocating freight costs in a mo... (more)