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IT Applications

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John Harney, Business Writer

This SMB manufacturer replaced its legacy applications with one hosted ERP suite for dramatic cost savings and vastly improved operational efficiencies.

Outsourcing Serves Reduced Labor and Food Costs with Increased Restaurant Management

Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer

Labor and food costs comprise 60 percent of a fast-food restaurant’s overall costs. Software solutions can efficiently manage the business, but they’re often not cost-effective for small to mid-size businesses and franchisees. Here’s how many restaurant owners benefit from a restaurant-management solution in an outsourced hosted ASP model.

Outsourcing’s Impact on Corporate Archiving and Library Functions

Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer

Most corporate, law firms, and hospital libraries are cost centers and must justify their existence and continually reduce or contain costs. Many libaries are nearly dead or need to transform to digital assets. And more companies–like Toyota Motor Sales USA–find they need to create an information archive. Read this story to learn what outsourcing can achieve.

Infocrossing Introduces Managed Application Services, Providing Four Key Business Benefits to Buyers

Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer

After repeated requests from its clients, Infocrossing expanded its Enterprise Application Services to include Managed Application Services (MAS), a cross-platform suite that includes all aspects of ERP application outsourcing. We married best practices around infrastructure capabilities with our PeopleSoft and JD Edwards ERP expertise, explains Jim Turner, Director of Managed Application Services.

How Leading Retailers Achieve Vendor Performance Management and Compliance Optimization

Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer

Most retailers lack the ability to efficiently process their vendor-performance information into knowledge that allows them to avoid or recover unnecessary costs from inaccurate shipments. However, there’s an outsourced solution that brings visibility into vendor operations, creating huge competitive advantage. Read what it did for Gottschalks and other retailers.

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