Executive Summary The enterprise software market for research has some curious features. We will cover the issue of selling competitive intelligence. Introduction With Brightwork’s high readership in vendors, competitive intelligence is the potential natural area to provide research. Some research can be focused on buyers, but this is more speculative. Buyers are more diffuse, and…
Executive Summary This article is designed to gauge interest in new research into SAP and Oracle 3rd party support. We outline the research and questions that have yet to be answered around SAP and Oracle 3rd party support. Introduction Before undertaking research, we are increasingly obtaining input for potential new research. This article will describe…
Executive Summary This article is for vendors who reach out to us to give us demos or who see Brightwork as a possible way to promote their software. Introduction We cover in the article The Brightwork Research & Analysis Rating of IT Analysts Like Gartner, Forrester, and More that nearly all of the IT analysts…
Executive Summary The 3rd party support category for SAP and Oracle is an important and growing area for customers of these vendors. This research study covers the background on 3rd party support and the major providers. The Study This is our study into the current state of 3rd party SAP and Oracle support. Introduction There…
Executive Summary Brightwork Research & Analysis produces research which we license to various entities for a one-time payment for unlimited, but non-exclusive use. We cover what those who purchase a license to specific research can expect. Introduction We license access to specific high-value research articles. These articles can be either pre-existing research — or is…
Executive Summary We have been dealing with many entities in the enterprise software space for over a decade. This article covers what we have learned. Introduction What we have learned is listed under each observation below. Observation #1: Vendors are Useless to Us As a research entity, we thought we could develop some type of…
Executive Summary Package vendors and consulting companies overstate the degree to which package software can meet requirements. We cover an assumption of the percentage of requirements that are covered by package software. Introduction Vendors and consulting companies present a false assumption. This assumption is that package software meets most to nearly all of the business…
Executive Summary What SAP said about its acquisition of Qualtrics. What actually happened with the Qualtrics acquisition? Introduction & Update This article (mostly the latter part of the article) was published on the 1st of May in 2020. At that point, we had enough information to declare that we had predicted the Qualtrics acquisition as…
Executive Summary The question of when to use Lean versus MRP is what sets part of the planning strategy. We cover when to use reorder points versus MRP planning. Video Introduction: When to Use Lean or Reorder Point Planning Versus MRP Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video) The question of when to use…
Executive Summary SAP IBP is SAP’s replacement for APO…so does SAP IBP replace APO? We provide our feedback on IBP. Introduction SAP IBP is SAP’s attempt to replace APO. For whatever reason, SAP decided that it needed a new solution — and this was supposedly an incremental solution, which began with S&OP. So why use…