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Exforsys Editorial Team at Exforsys is a team of IT Consulting and Training team led by Chandra Vennapoosa.

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OOPS Tutorials

Object-oriented programming (OOP) is a computer science term used to characterize a programming language that began development in the 1960’s. The term ‘object-oriented programming’ was originally coined by Xerox PARC to designate a computer application that describes the methodology of using objects as the foundation for computation. By the 1980’s, OOP rose to prominence as the programming language of choice, exemplified by the success of C++. Currently, OOPs such as Java, J2EE, C++, C#, Visual Basic.NET, Python and JavaScript are popular OOP programming languages that any career-oriented Software Engineer or developer should be familiar with. Object Oriented Programming Concepts Object…
December 24, 2007 - - Comments:

Attitude Development : Comparing Yourself to Others

Comparing Yourself to Others Where is Your Career Going? This is a question that most professionals will ask themselves at one point or another in their lives. Once you have determined what your goals in life are, the next thing you will want to do is take action. You can begin by doing something that might sound highly unusual. You should do everything that most people would never dare do. Let us look at the facts. Many individuals do not plan for the long term. Most people do not have goals that they set themselves in life. Most people do…
December 20, 2007 - - Comments:

How to begin an Online Virtual Business Network?

What is Virtual Business Network? Business and commerce, right from the ancient days, depended a lot on the physical representation of the business and the physical identity of the customers and other collaborators. Most of the business dealings were done person to person, face to face. After the invention of telephony, the dependence on physical identity fro business transactions came down to some extent. However, the technological revolution in the field of Internet in this era has lead to the coining of a new term Virtual Business Network. Virtual Business Network can be defined as a business that does not…
December 18, 2007 - - Comments:

Adjusting Your Attitude for Success

Adjusting Your Attitude for Success Does the people around you affect your attitude? Let’s face the facts here. Each individual has a choice in life. It is possible to allow outside factors to have an influence on our goals in life. They can have an impact in a negative way, by letting people with bad attitudes play a dominant role in our lives; or we can eliminate those people altogether and focus on surrounding ourselves with positive influences. Everyone is the master of his or her own atmosphere. Nobody else should be allowed to influence that. If you have a…
December 17, 2007 - - Comments:

Listening Skills – Types of Bad Listeners

Who are the main types of bad listeners? You might find in your work environment that some individuals are simply not very good at listening. This can create a myriad of problems and make the performance of the most mundane day to day tasks nearly impossible to accomplish. But there are ways of helping these people improve their listening skills. But first, we need to take a look at what kind of “bad listeners” are out there. There are essentially three types of bad listeners. They are self absorbed individuals, unfocused individuals, and rules driven individuals. Self absorbed people will…
December 14, 2007 - - Comments:

Business Networks and International Business

Internationalizing a Business Network Traditionally, only big enterprises and companies had the financial strength to become multinational firms. In the present era of information technology, small businesses and medium scale businesses have joined together to form small business networks. The internet and the Word Wide Web have brought the extremes of the earth closer through its rapid communication features. The small business networks have taken full advantage of these technological innovations and are now able to compete with the multinational firms in the global market. Some of these business networks come fro economically backward countries, come from the developing economies…
December 12, 2007 - - Comments:

Listening Skills – Master Listener

Master Listener What is Active Listening? Every expert communicator already knows the importance of active listening. Active listening includes the ability to perform such skills as paraphrasing, mirroring, and clarifying. If you are already good at active listening, then you realize that it is good to vary these skills when you are in the process of conversing with someone. But chances are you feel insecure with your listening abilities – otherwise you would not be reading this article! Let us go over some of the things you need to know in order to make the transition from being a poor…
December 10, 2007 - - Comments:

Exploring Business Networking

Exploring Business Networking Introduction to Business Networking With the dawn of globalization and international business opportunities, “Business Networking” is the latest buzz word among the business communities. The “Business Networking” relies on the principle of sharing expertise, knowledge, skills, services and profits by forming a group of interrelated and dependant commercial group. This strategy involves joining affiliate programs or forming collaborations with other related businesses, potential customers and reliable customers. Different members of this group will have different core business domains but they share their opportunities and expand their business opportunities as a joint business venture. This strategy does not…
December 8, 2007 - - Comments:

Developing Your Attitude Among Mentors

Developing Your Attitude Among Mentors How do I become like those I admire? In the book The Master Key to Riches, author Napoleon Hill interviewed over five hundred of the most successful men of his era – including Henry Ford, John D. Rockefeller, Alexander Graham Bell, and Thomas Edison – to get some insight in to how these geniuses and high achievers had attained their high degree of success in life. The results of this study were published in the form of The Law of Success, an encyclopedia of seventeen principles that were common in the thinking of all these…
December 5, 2007 - - Comments:

Listening Skills – Become a Better Listener

Listening Skills: Become a Better Listener What does it mean to listen? The vast majority of us will spend our lives relying on our listening skills. No matter what our profession happens to be, listening plays a key role in any communicative environment. Like all other skills, listening requires a lot of practice – it is not necessarily something you are just born with. Everyone has the capability of listening – but can you listen well? Indeed, listening well is more important than just merely allowing the information to flow in one ear and out the other. When we listen…
December 4, 2007 - - Comments:

N-Tier Architecture: Data Access Layer

In an N-Tier architecture, the data access layer consists of components that aid one in the process of accessing the database. When it is used correctly, the data access layer serves as an abstract level for the structures of the database. Simple changes that are made to the database and to tables and other components will not effect the rest of the application – the data access layer will not allow this to happen! The various layers of the application send their data requests to this layer, and this layer responds. Only the data access layer may access the database….
December 3, 2007 - - Comments:

Washing Your Brain

Washing Your Brain Is Brainwashing good? Common consensus has it that brainwashing is a bad thing. When people think of brainwashing, they think of the Cold War or the movie A Clockwork Orange. When you think about it on a deeper level, however, we find that it is healthy to wash everything else in our lives. So why not our brains, also? We wash our clothes, our cars, our bodies, and our dishes on a regular basis. But the most important thing in life, however, is our brain. So why should we keep everything around us impeccably clean while neglecting…
December 3, 2007 - - Comments:

Improving Listening Skills of Children

Improving the Listening Skills of Children Do you find yourself repeating things? Getting a child to listen can be one of the greatest challenges that a parent has to face early on. Indeed, one method that parents tend to employ is to simply repeat the same instruction over and over again. You might find yourself saying, “How many times do I have to tell you…?” This rarely, if ever, helps the child to learn what they have done wrong, because the answer to the question is a number! It has nothing to do with what you wish to communicate to…
November 30, 2007 - - Comments:

The Psychology of Attitude

The Psychology of Attitude What is attitude? Attitude is, in a word, how you express your likes and dislikes towards particular people, things, and occurrences. Attitudes can be positive, negative, or neutral. It is also common to have more than one of these feelings towards something – when that happens, for example, in the case of a person both likes and dislikes something at once, we say that that person’s attitude is “ambivalent”. Attitudes are typically derived from judgments, which everyone makes. In psychology, it is believed that attitudes are rooted in an ABC approach: that is, affect, behavioral change,…
November 29, 2007 - - Comments:

Listening Better in School

Listening Better in School Is Listening Important for My Studies? Listening is one of the key strategies for assimilating knowledge in to one’s brain for long term use. On average, college students spend around fourteen hours each week listening to lectures in classrooms across the nation. But are they really listening? You have to realize that there is a major difference between merely hearing and actively listening. Hearing can be thought of as “passive listening.” You might hear the sounds of someone’s voice and are thus aware that a person is speaking, but you are not actively processing what is…
November 27, 2007 - - Comments:

N-Tier Architecture: The Business Rules Layer

The Business Rules Layer in an N-Tier architecture is that layer that contains the Business logic and / or Business rules of the application. Reserving a separate layer strictly for Business logic in an N-Tier architecture is a major advantage, in that any changes that need to be made to Business rules can be made here without having any effect on other applications. Assuming that the interface among the different layers stays the same, changes that are made to the functionality / processing logic in the Business Rules Layer can be readily made without having any affect on the others….
November 26, 2007 - - Comments:

How to Adjust Your Attitude

How to Adjust Your Attitude Do you pay attention to your attitude with an eye on improving it? If the answer to this question is no, then you have a lot of work to do. Let us be honest with ourselves for a minute – nobody is perfect. Each and every one of us has bad days. This is why it is vital to always keep “one eye peeled” on your attitude to make sure it does not have a negative impact on your environment and thus make everything a whole lot worse than it already is. Anger management is…
November 24, 2007 - - Comments:

Listening Skills – Listening in Relationships

Can Communication Save My Relationship? The answer to this question is a resounding yes. But communication, it must be kept in mind, is a two way street. When most people hear the word “communication,” they automatically think of talking. But listening is of equal importance. Some experts even say it is of prime importance. Whatever the situation you find yourself in in your love life, you can improve it greatly by focusing on this core component of one’s interpersonal skills. All relationships need communication in order to survive. Chances are, if your relationship is failing because you are arguing all…
November 23, 2007 - - Comments:

N-Tier Architecture Presentation Logic Layer

The Presentation Layer in an N-Tier structure is commonly referred to as the “client” layer. It consists of parts that are used to present data to an end user. Examples of components on the Presentation Layer might include edit boxes, labels, text boxes, grids, buttons, Windows or Web forms, or more. The Presentation Layer can be either Windows based or Internet based. What an Internet Based Presentation Layer Looks Like Let us take a look of a correctly formatted Presentation Layer. This one consists of a Web server (IIS, in this instance), Web Pages, and Web Components.   All of…
November 22, 2007 - - Comments:

Application Development in .NET

Application development in .NET Client Side Application Development Client applications are applications that run on the client system-or the desktop of the user. They are closest to the traditional windows based applications and they display forms or windows on the desktop enabling the user perform predefined tasks. Word processors and spread sheets are examples of client applications that employ menus, GUI elements and access local resources such as printers and scanners.    A different kind of Client application is the ActiveX component (now deployed as Windows Forms control) that is displayed as an Internet web page. These applications are executed…
November 21, 2007 - - Comments:

Listening Skills – The Key to Effective Listening

What are the main types of effective listening? There are essentially three types of careful listening that you will want to follow. They are paraphrasing, open questioning, and feeling reflection. The first of these, paraphrasing, is mainly just re-stating what someone has said in your own words. To use an example, someone might say something along the lines of, “I can’t believe he just quit his job. What a mistake he has made!” In response, you might say, “So you seem to think he quitting his job was a bad idea.” This is an example of paraphrasing. You have just…
November 19, 2007 - - Comments:

N-Tier Application Partitioning

Application partitioning is a vital process, as it provides one with the opportunity to clearly define an even distribution of an application’s presentation, process, and key data components – without which, you may find yourself feeling quite lost. The components may be distributed over several different physical machines, or across a vast array of memory address spaces.  Application partitioning serves to maximize the inherent benefits of a multi tiered computer model, in that it distributes application processing across all spectrums of the system’s resources. For those who wish to achieve quality N-Tier distributed computing throughout their Business, application partitioning is…
November 17, 2007 - - Comments:

Listening Skills : Why listening is important

Why do you need to have good listening skills? You might recall that several years ago on TV there was a public service announcement that talked about the importance of listening skills. The PSA differentiated between hearing, which is merely a physical ability, and listening, which is actually a skill. By being able to listen, we are able to effectively make sense of what another person is saying. It greatly enhances our understanding and our overall abilities in life. It can also be vital in determining such vital perks as career promotion and generally opening doors that might otherwise not…
November 16, 2007 - - Comments:

Listening Skills – Classroom Listening as key to a Bright Future

Classroom Listening as key to a Bright Future A lot of people confuse listening with hearing. The truth is, the two are very distinct. Most of us can hear, but not all of us are effective when it comes to listening. Listening is a skill that has to be developed over time. Below, we will review some of the questions that every student should ask himself or herself at some point when attending a class. This helps them become better listeners – and more successful in life outside the classroom. What does the lecture consist of? If you are in…
November 15, 2007 - - Comments:

N-Tier Application Manageability

While it is a fact that N-Tier applications tend to provide almost limitless scalability, the desire to change or add new forms of functionality can present a challenge in more than one arena. Growth on a large scale can make capacity planning quite hard. When available resources have been exhausted by applications, then there must be some sort of provision made to borrow resources in order to support unexpected workloads. This is where manageability becomes key.  Manageability entails the sharing of resources, simplicity, and centralized management. Organizations are forced by complexity to maintain competitive levels of service via a flexible…
November 14, 2007 - - Comments:

Attitude Development : Practice Makes Perfect

Practice Makes Perfect Can Practicing Help Improve My Attitude? You bet it does. But it is not as simple as merely “practicing” whatever it is that you want to get good at. You have to learn how to practice the right way. Indeed, practicing can be used in virtually every profession as a way of getting good at something. But instead of practicing to make perfect, we should first practice in a perfect way in order to realize perfection. Sound confusing? Let us take a look at the differences between merely practicing and perfectly practicing. This is the key towards…
November 13, 2007 - - Comments:

Listening Skills – Become a Better Listener in the Classroom

Become a Better Listener in the Classroom What are the most common obstacles to classroom listening? Let us face the facts here: In order to be a good student, you have to become a good listener. There is no way around it. You cannot take notes unless you are really listening to what is being said. The difference between merely hearing what your instructor is saying and actually listening to them is engagement. Once you become engaged with what the speaker is saying, you will be able to latch on to the important points and thus make good notes –…
November 12, 2007 - - Comments:

Use Your Assets for Attitude Development

Use Your Assets What are Assets? The dictionary defines an asset as a valuable or useful thing or quality. The fact of the matter is, whether we are rich or poor, we all have assets. On the flipside of that coin, we all have liabilities as well. The trick is to learn how to use the former by discarding the latter. In order to make use of one’s assets, one needs to have one thing: that is, guts. If you have not already defined your direction in life, you need to do so – on paper – immediately. Once you…
November 11, 2007 - - Comments:

Listening Skills – Become an Active Listener

Become an Active Listener Can you hear what people are really saying? If you feel that you are lacking in the communication skills department, this can be detrimental in the long run in terms of your career. It is simply not possible to influence, negotiate, and persuade people – all tools that you need to be a success in the work place – when your listening and communication skills are sub par. Every one relies on other people to accomplish tasks, and if the lines of communication among people are blocked, then that makes accomplishing these tasks all the more…
November 10, 2007 - - Comments:

Service Autonomy

Service Autonomy As Businesses continue to step up the process of constructing enterprise automation logic in the service format, there is also an increasing need to step up both the efficiency and reliability that the services are intended to take on at run time. This dire need is increased when it comes time to assemble a service inventory with a vast quantity of reusable services. Reusable Services and Concurrency Service Oriented Architecture entails reuse to the extent that many strategic goals that are associated with enterprise wide Service Oriented Architecture transitions are linked directly to the success of achieving repeated…
November 9, 2007 - - Comments:

Listening Skills – Improving Listening Skills on the Phone

Improving Listening Skills on the Phone How can I become a better listener on the phone? While listening well can be quite a challenge to most of us, even more of us tend to tune out when we are on the telephone. Indeed, in this day and age, when the Internet seems to be everywhere, we tend to forget the importance of the “old fashioned” telephone call when it comes to making business transactions. Listening well on the phone can be key for succeeding in business – and in life. The fact is, listening well is not a science –…
November 8, 2007 - - Comments:

Listening Skills – How to be a better listener

How to be a better listener Is listening a problem for you? There is a reason why human beings only have one mouth but two ears – that is because listening is twice as difficult as talking is. This is why it is often necessary for people to actually practice listening before they acquire the skill known as listening well. Communication is a two way street; if a speaker is merely sending out signals that are not being absorbed by the passive participant – the listener – in this case, you – then he is wasting his time. In order…
November 8, 2007 - - Comments:

Active Listening Skills

What is Active Listening? In a word, active listening is the key to success in life. It means the difference in listening, processing, and using information to one’s advantage, and merely “hearing” what a person is saying (i.e. letting it go “in one ear and out the other”) – effectively letting important opportunities pass us by. Indeed, active listening entails listening with the entire body – while also observing the other person’s entire body. It means being aware of the other person’s tone of voice, body language, eye signals, and verbal responses to non verbal stimuli. It also means using…
November 7, 2007 - - Comments:

Effective Listening Skills

Are you an effective listener? A lot of times, when someone at work makes a mistake, it is generally agreed that a communication error has occurred. But whose fault was it? Was it the fault of the person giving instructions? Or was it the fault of the individual who did not understand – or failed to properly listen to – the instructions? Let us take a look at an example. Bill is a manager at a technology company. For an individual with a high executive position, he has all the skills one might expect. Whenever anyone talks to Bill, he…
November 7, 2007 - - Comments:

ERP and DSS Implementation

ERP : Implementation of DSS With the birth of electronic commerce and supply chains, the call centers and other business initiatives supported by the information technologies had been worried about finding applications that join to decode, interpret and take the opportunity to make good use of the risks that allows an organization to make decisions, or at least, feel accompanied in the making of decisions. Information is a priceless tool for organizations. Therefore, their resources should be orientated to provide the managers with all the information required for the proper strategic decision making in business. Through this perspective, it is…
November 7, 2007 - - Comments:

Agility in Virtual Business Networks

Agility in Virtual Business Networks Agility means responding to rapid changes and continuous change management. With the rapid economic changes and unexpected market behavior, the virtual business networks have to adapt themselves to be able to respond in a timely and fast manner. Therefore agility provides the virtual business networks the ability to minimize losses and also as a risk deterrent. Agility can also be thought of as flexibility. The traditional businesses are more rigid in formulating a project flow and sticking to the plan till its completion. Agility in the view point of business networks means the flexibility in…
November 6, 2007 - - Comments:

ERP and the Future Mobile

ERP and the Future Mobile In the near future, we can expect to have a huge increase in the investment of information technologies by the enterprises, which will be motivated by the new requirements of the market and will focus their attention especially on the mobile devices, which will experience a notorious explosion. Since this is becoming more common every day, the premise “to be present at any time in any place” reflects a latent tendency. The mobility is expressed by the possibility of accessing a Tablet PC to check the stock of a certain product, and having the chance…
November 5, 2007 - - Comments:

ERP and Business Intelligence

ERP and Business Intelligence The management of the corporate development starts with a simple inquiry of their partners about the present status of the company. Unless there is a specific answer to show the real status of the same, it will also finish there. Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) appeared with the purpose to help to find a primary answer to that question. The Business intelligence solutions offer personalized control panels including graphics, drawings and diverse explanations that will be useful for managers to monitor the metrics that really are important. The KPIs are key performance indicators that will make real…
November 5, 2007 - - Comments:

ERP Operation and Control

ERP Operation and Control The selection of the most suitable management system is it a difficult decision to make, but once it is decided, the next step is the operation and maintenance of ERP. It is necessary to know well all the capacities and abilities in order to exploit the system to its fullest extent. The very first decision that should be made is whether the system will be operated by the employees or by third parties. The outsourcing means hiring an associate to administrate a technology environment, which is becoming most common nowadays. Many enterprises have been attracted by…
November 4, 2007 - - Comments:

Smart Business Networks

Smart Business Networks Smart Business network is a creative way of doing business establishing a strong link to achieve effective results better than the conventional business. The word smart has been coined to the terminology not only referring to the literal meaning of smartness but also indicates doing business with a technological approach to produce different and better outcomes. This business methodology adopts strategy to enhance the utilization of communication technology and network systems. Smart Business network can be considered as the linking nodes comprising of organizational. These nodes are linked to each other using a latest communication technology creating…
November 3, 2007 - - Comments:

Information Strategy for Business Networks

Information Strategy for Business Networks The world is changing towards better communication setup, state of the art information technology with a wide variety of options for small, medium and large scale business vendors. These business models have sidelined the conventional business methodologies and it is time for the government to adopt a framework to provide guidance, monitor the growing business and control them with business policies. Businesses which could follow the guidelines and accept these policies have flourished and the others went into problems. Economic reconstruction has been possible with the advent of information world comprising of software and hardware…
November 2, 2007 - - Comments:

ERP and Logistics

Values of the Integrated Management in the Logistic Chain The logistics management area covers the activities related to the physical flow of materials, semi-elaborated products, raw materials, and the acquisition by the initial providers from the sale to the consumers. This includes the storage, production and distribution of the products. The conception of the logistic environment in an integrated way is reached through the integration of all, and each of the activities that constitute it. The vision of the logistic environment could be structured in three related layers: internal integration, external integration and total integration. Each of these layers should…
November 2, 2007 - - Comments:

Creating Virtual Business Network

Requirements of Virtual Business Network The sudden expansion of electronic commerce has resulted in many changes in the way business is done globally. The virtual business network is the buzz word among the business communities, internet community and freelance work seekers. Traditional business strategies relied on limitations such as location, manual process control systems, organization limit, restricted long-term associations, language barrier, and regional boundaries. With the advent of internet technology and advancements in field of e-commerce all traditional limitations and barriers are no more a concern. Businesses whether small or medium scale, can now compete in international markets. These small…
November 1, 2007 - - Comments:

Assessing Business Networks

The widely popular business networks have different names and are growing in numbers everyday though the internet. Names such as Virtual Enterprise Networks, Virtual Collaborative Networks, Virtual Cluster Networks, Virtual Collaborative Supply Chains and Virtual Networked Enterprises are a few examples among many such names. The most common type is the Collaborative Supply Chain Network which acts as the supply chain for a major organization or company and is prominent in the government sector and defense sectors. The second most common type of network is the Joint Supplier Network and it represents a group of business suppliers operating under a…
October 31, 2007 - - Comments:

Freelancer Opportunities in Business Networks

Freelancer Opportunities in Business Networks Definition of Freelancer Freelancing means the process through which individual work from home. The freelancers earn money by providing expertise and skills to customers in the virtual Business networks and internet. The unique requirement of a freelancer to be successful in the virtual word it the freelancer’s innovative talent, expertise, creativity and special skill. Mostly the jobs are paid on per project basis and payment depends on the type and extent of services and work required. Several small Businesses have also adopted the concept of employing virtual employees on the internet because of shortage of…
October 31, 2007 - - Comments:

ERP and E-Commerce

ERP and E-Commerce Over the last few years, e-commerce has become a common activity for many companies. Some of them dived into this challenge without taking into account the cultural changes that the situation involved, as well as the infrastructure necessary to continue with the initial project. In order to begin to develop a Business in the electronic jungle, there are some points that need to be covered. It is necessary to establish a marketing strategy , to create a catalogue of products, define the costs and the sale prices, the target market, and shipping and handling. Nowadays, most enterprises…
October 30, 2007 - - Comments:

ERP for Cash Management

ERP for Cash Management Cash management is a fundamental application that allows you to manage your accounts. It includes banks, savings institutions and charge cards. All the appropriate functions are conveniently centralized in one location. The application provides facilities for accounting staff to receive payments, make deposits, print checks, record manual checks, record funds transfer and card charges, pay off charges and reconcile your cash accounts. Cash management with ERP offers two options for making payments. First, the quick check feature allows you to print a check for a vendor immediately, but not against a specific bill, which is comparable…
October 30, 2007 - - Comments:

Business Network Virtual Communication Tools

Business Network Virtual Communication Tools Since ages, the Business community heavily relied on face to face communication for building Business relationships. Face to face communications formed the basis for trust in a relationship. An individual’s appearance or the physical appearance of a Business mattered a lot and the face to face interaction established the norms for judging the reputation and trust. In face to face communications, language, culture, religion and understanding were the main barriers. With the advent of technological advances in the field of internet and the World Wide Web, face to face communication is no longer a mandatory…
October 29, 2007 - - Comments:

ERP for Manufacturers

ERP for Manufacturers The management of the information is the key in any company. The manufacturing industry experienced the first systems created with the objective to integrate the details and information, and to organize the different productive processes with MRP (Materials Requirement Planning), which have developed what is now known as ERP, or Enterprise Resource Planning. These resources are fundamental to understanding how information technology has contributed to the competitive advantages of the industrial sector. ERP was created for the big industries, and the cost was usually not an obstacle to reaching the objective of productivity. Traditionally, ERP was expensive…
October 29, 2007 - - Comments:

Virtual Business Networks

Virtual Business Networks Classification of Virtual Business Networks Virtual Business Network is the most discussed topic among the Business Communities nowadays. The basic definition of a Virtual Business Network means a group of small Businesses joining together to collaborate and co-operate to accomplish common Business objectives and goal by creating networks that facilitate communication using technology based on the internet. The main difference of a Virtual Business Network from a Social Network is that the members represent Businesses or Companies and not individuals as in Social Networks. The Virtual Business Networks have different names and are growing popular over the…
October 28, 2007 - - Comments:

Understanding ERP and WMS

Understanding ERP and WMS Understanding the differences between Warehouse Management System (WMS) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system is really important, since some of the ERP solutions have added storage functionality to their offers. It is relevant to make the appropriate decisions at the execution of the distribution chain area of a business. The distribution centre is considered the last step of a client order, and this is where all the orders are collected, assembled, documented, notified and dispatched. Many companies are handling additional value services at their distribution centres, from elaborating packages or core promotions, labeled, assembled, light manufacturing…
October 27, 2007 - - Comments:

ERP Systems as Quality Control Support

ERP Systems as Quality Control Support For the past few years, ERP systems have became one of the most powerful tools for quality control management. But ERP is just an informatics system that provides support to the integrated business management. Goals of the Quality Control Module included in ERP The main objectives of the quality control module are the construction and maintenance of the filing of the quality control. The control of reception, internal rejections, clients, claims, providers and evaluations of the same corrective actions are related to their follow-up, and are also some of the goals that this module…
October 26, 2007 - - Comments:

Building Relationships through Business Network

Most Business entrepreneurs and company owners meet their counterpart everyday in special gatherings and see the opportunity for joining their Businesses to work in collaboration. The Business people follow up their communications through telephone calls, Business letters and even face to face meetings. With the advent of technology and growth of internet, it is now possible for the Business men to have email, chat and even live meetings on the internet. These features of internet have greatly enhanced the communication capabilities of the Businesses. Also, it is now possible to have Business ties with people without having a face to…
October 24, 2007 - - Comments:

Collaboration in Virtual Business Networks

Collaboration in Virtual Business Networks Most common businesses are small and majority of them are home based businesses. The small businesses have different common fields ranging from the traditional consumer business to technological trading. Mostly, these small businesses have been responsible for development of local or regional economies only. With the advent of e-commerce and virtual business networks, these small businesses have the opportunity to involve and succeed in the global economy. The virtual business networks enable the small business to access vital Research and Development knowledge which they cannot afford otherwise. This latest technology information helps the small businesses…
October 24, 2007 - - Comments:

How ERP Improves General Ledger Capacity

How ERP Improves General Ledger Capacity Flexibility, quickness, and efficiency are the pillars and needs of the modern organization. In order to fulfill all the requirements that the market imposes, ERP has become an useful utility. The general ledger tasks are nowadays one of the most important activities on the daily basis reports, and this system is the most effective in helping to provide a solid structure where the cost of sales, profit centre accounting and general ledger are unified. Many enterprises find it difficult to combine the reporting applications, and some companies spend considerable amounts of money to ensure…
October 24, 2007 - - Comments:

Knowledge Management in Business Networks

What is Knowledge Management (KM)? The basic definition of knowledge management from the business perspective states that it is the vital set of methods that manage the conception, distribution, and exploitation of knowledge. In today’s Information Age era, with the technological advancements in communication, Knowledge management techniques have an intense effect on each and every decisions made by a business and the actions taken in response to market situations. Knowledge management in business networks aids in recognizing and understanding the methods that affect decision making and protective actions. Also, knowledge management tools help to improve the quality of the decision…
October 23, 2007 - - Comments:

Information Sharing in Business Network

Information Sharing in Business Network Need for information sharing With the advent of e-commerce and business networking, most businesses rely on the information they receive through internet. The businesses are now part of a distributed production chain wherein their products need to be supplied within specified deadlines to the customer. The businesses themselves may rely on many local or international suppliers themselves to provide items needed for manufacturing of their products. Moreover, when customers are hunting for products to suit their requirements, the information provided by the business about their products becomes very vital and decisive. With the advent of…
October 22, 2007 - - Comments:

Service Oriented Infrastructure

Service Oriented Infrastructure Service Oriented Infrastructure is a systematic means for describing Information Technology infrastructures in the terms of a service. The underlying principles of Service Oriented Infrastructure revert back to LDAP and Mainframe technologies, among others. Where Service Oriented Infrastructure manages to distinguish itself is the way in which it provides a mindset or framework for making Business benefits measurable. Service Oriented Infrastructure tends to provide the foundation for Information Technology services. Intel initially developed the concept that had three different domains for Service Orientation; they were the Enterprise, the Infrastructure, and the application architecture. For now, we will…
October 21, 2007 - - Comments:

Service Reusability

Service Reusability One of the most vital principles of Service Oriented Architecture is that of service reusability. And in today’s day and age, it can be said that we have been making a lot of progress towards improving both this central tenet and Service Oriented Architecture in general. One sign that a significant degree of progress in the field has been made is the fact that more and more questions regarding Service Oriented Architecture these days are aimed at the architecture itself, rather than infrastructure and implementation. One question that has come up in recent years is: Should all services…
October 20, 2007 - - Comments:

Standardized Service Contract

Standardized Service Contract Standardized service contracts are one of the key Service Oriented Architecture principles. They ensure that services that are in the same inventory of services are kept in compliance with contract design standards. The services in a Service Oriented Architecture are able to delineate their capabilities and overall purpose in the form of a service contract. The standardized service contract principle basically requires that specific considerations be taken in to account when a service’s public technical interface is being designed. It simultaneously assesses the nature and quantity of content that shall be published as part of the service’s…
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Service Discoverability

Service Discoverability Service discovery protocols can be thought of as network protocols that allow for the automatic detection of both services and devices that are offered by a computer network’s various devices. There are a lot of service discovery protocols available. In this article, we will take a look at the attributes of three of the more popular ones – Service Location Protocol, Simple Service Discovery Protocol, and UDDI for Web Services. Before we proceed, we should point out that a Service Discovery Protocol should not be confused with a Session Description Protocol. The latter is used to describe multimedia…
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Service Loose Coupling

Service Loose Coupling Loose coupling can be thought of as the resilient relationship that exists among two or more systems or companies that have some sort of relationship based on exchange. Each transactional end should make its requirements explicit somehow and make very few, if any, assumptions about the other end. While the notion of loose coupling originated in computer systems, Karl Weick later brought it in to organizational studies. Loose Coupling in Computing Loosely coupled computers systems are regarded as being useful in the event that either the destination or the source computing systems are subject to changes on…
October 17, 2007 - - Comments:

Service Encapsulation

Service Encapsulation What is Encapsulation? In the realm of computer networking, the term encapsulation is utilized to include data from an upper layer protocol in to a protocol on a lower layer. Such a method of abstraction through networking allows many different layers to add on functionality and features. The World Wide Web, for instance, is based on the Internet Protocol. The vast majority of applications utilize either the Transmission Control Protocol or the User Datagram Protocol. Thus, a lot of user data is then encapsulated in to the form of a UDP datagram, which is subsequently encapsulated in to…
October 17, 2007 - - Comments:

Service Abstraction

Service Abstraction One aspect of service orientation that is connected directly to loose coupling and service contracts is abstraction. Through abstraction, we are able to control the parts of the underlying service logic that are to be exposed to the external world. Through ensuring that such parts have been designed in a generic fashion as a means of accommodating numerous potential service requestors, the service may be positioned as a reusable Information Technology asset. In this article, we will take a look at different levels of abstraction before moving on to a discussion about how reuse may support Service Oriented…
October 15, 2007 - - Comments:

Service Composability

Service Composability The principle of Service Oriented Architecture known as Service Composability can be broken up into two basic principles: Service Discoverability and Service Composition. When it comes to the realm of Service Design, a lot of attention is paid to the enabling of those characteristics that are so commonly associated with Service Oriented Architecture marketing – reuse and loose coupling. While these two aspects are undoubtedly vital, indeed critical to the attainment of long term Service Oriented Architecture transition projects, there is a lot more that should be taken into consideration. Though abstraction can be utilized to support the…
October 15, 2007 - - Comments:

Service Orientation and Interoperability

Service Orientation and Interoperability In this article, we will take a look at the Service Oriented Architecture principles of service orientation and interoperability. Let’s start with service orientation first. Service orientation can be thought of as a design paradigm that is used to specify the creation of automation logic in the form of services. Service orientation is applied as a strategic goal in the development of Service Oriented Architecture. Like a lot of other design paradigms, service orientation should successfully provide a means of attaining a separation of concerns. The History of Service Orientation Principles The definition of service orientation…
October 11, 2007 - - Comments:

SOA and Business Architecture

SOA and Business Architecture Businesses are now having to think a lot more seriously about how to best assemble their systems out of common parts. Service Oriented Architecture has caused this change in the way such systems are thought of. It requires a lot more planning and investment at the outset, but it also enables Businesses to build faster systems in the long run as the inventory of reusable parts grows at a frantic pace. In such architectural programs, systems tend to be composed of reusable elements, which are referred to as services. A services can be thought of as…
October 11, 2007 - - Comments:

SOA and Network Management Architecture

SOA and Network Management Architecture In recent years, the field of Network Management has been absorbing the principles of Service Oriented Architecture. Examples of service oriented Network Management architectures include the TS 188 001 NGN Management OSS Architecture from ETSA, as well as the more recent M.3060 Principles for the Management of Next Generation Networks, which was a recommendation of the ITU-T Service Oriented Architecture. Some of the tools for the management of Service Oriented Architecture infrastructure include the HyPerformix IPS Performance Optimizer, the Total Software Intersperse, the HP Management Software / Mercury Service Oriented Architecture Manager, and the IBM…
October 10, 2007 - - Comments:

Service Oriented Design and Development

Service Oriented Design and Development SOAD – Service Oriented Analysis and Design The term Service Oriented Analysis and Design was first used in the publication Elements of Service Oriented Analysis and Design. Service Oriented Analysis and Design is also covered in the publication Service Oriented Architecture Compass. Service Oriented Analysis and Design is a strategy that IBM created especially for Service Oriented Architecture. SOAD added innovations for service orchestration, the enterprise service bus, as well as service repositories. Moreover, it helps the construction, design, aggregation, and deployment of applications as web services based on UDDI, SOAP, and WSDL technology. Service Modeling…
October 10, 2007 - - Comments:

ERPAdvantages for Management Functions

ERP Advantages for Management Functions ERP management systems provide a technology platform in which organizations can integrate and coordinate their main internal business processes. They use this to fight against the problem of the organizational inefficiency brought on by the use of different systems in every department to store information. Generally, large organizations manage many software systems at the same time depending on the activity to be performed. Most of these systems have the objective of storing and providing information about several processes that do not communicate between each other. Managers could spend a lot of time collecting the information…
October 9, 2007 - - Comments:

SOA and Web Services

SOA and Web Services A lot of individuals tend to associate Service Oriented Architecture with World Wide Web based services. The two, however, are not one and the same, and thus must be distinguished from one another. We will first begin by elucidating the concept of Service Oriented Architecture before moving on to Web services. For the moment, we are going to focus on Service Oriented Architecture in order to understand how it is distinct from Web based services. Then we will show how the two are in fact connected. When Object Oriented programming first began to get popular, C++…
October 8, 2007 - - Comments:

SOA Job Opportunities

SOA Job Opportunities New Jobs in SOA SOA need data center architect who is dedicated to overseeing computing, management, facilities, networking, and security, who is on the look out, thinking always at least ten years in advance of current trends and considering how modern day Service Oriented Architecture will affect power requirements in the future. Moving to a more centralized data center that utilize service oriented architecture; virtualization, as well as other new technologies should get Businesses to start thinking more in terms of extended job definitions for its Information Technology employees as well. One of the reasons why an…
October 7, 2007 - - Comments:

SOA for Developers

SOA for Developers Service Oriented Architecture is a structure that requires a number of specialized employees working in positions such as Object Librarian, Configuration Management, and Information Architect. Junior developers or individuals who prefer dealing with web development, focus exclusively on the presentation tier. Such individuals are very productive, as the vast majority of the business services and rules will be available to be assembled into the UI’s. Individuals who enjoy writing code can dwell in the business rules tier, where important services and components may be developed. More experienced developers will be able to construct enterprise wide services and…
October 5, 2007 - - Comments:

SOA for Project Managers

SOA for Project Managers The idea of handling exceptions manually unveils major significance of individuals involved in Service Oriented Architecture based projects as well as various roles they take on. Service Oriented Architecture projects tends to involve a number of familiar project roles, including project management, Business analysis, architecture, development, security, and administration of systems and databases. At the same time, such roles were generally created for different purposes. A lot of these roles might have different meanings, depending on the views of the Business in question. In order to structure a Service Oriented Architecture project in the correct fashion,…
October 4, 2007 - - Comments:

SOA Definitions and Certification

SOA Definitions and Certification Service Oriented Architecture is a design that enables Business and computational resources to be linked together on demand as a means of achieving the results desired for service consumers – which may be end users or other services. Service Oriented Architecture has been defined by the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards as a paradigmatic approach for the utilization and organization of distributed capabilities that might be under the control of conflicting ownership domains. Service Oriented Architecture provides a single means of offering, interacting, discovering and using different capabilities to produce the effects that…
October 4, 2007 - - Comments:

SOA Best Practices

SOA Best Practices Service Oriented Architecture is regarded as the key to improve efficiency of Information Technology. But in order to implement Service Oriented Architecture at a Business, one needs to have a lot more than just technical expertise. It is essential to hone skills in management practices. In this article, we will focus on the governance principles that have become widely regarded as the best practices in relation to Service Oriented Architecture. Today’s competitive environment has seen Information Technology chains and Businesses merging at an increasing rate. Service Oriented Architecture and enterprise architecture are spoken of as independent from…
October 3, 2007 - - Comments:

SOA Industry Usage

SOA Industry Usage First time usage of SOA tends to highlight the need for semantic interoperability.  While SOA provides framework for integration of cross Business operations with information flow in real time, there is also a major semantic interoperability conflict that is not being addressed directly by the SOA. Thus, the usage of information repositories has been the inevitable result.  It must be said that the vast majority of implementers of SOA are still in the first, wrapping stage.  It would be great if we were in a period when legacy applications have been integrated. It is hoped that within…
October 2, 2007 - - Comments:

SOA Principles

SOA Principles In this SOA article, we will focus on some of the core principles of Service Oriented Architecture viz service abstraction, service reusability, service composability, service autonomy, service optimization, service discoverability, service-orientation and interoperability, standardized service contract. Service Abstraction Abstraction is also known under its full name as service interface level abstraction. It is this principle that allows us to establish services as black boxes, hiding their underlying details from potential customers. Abstraction is achieved through a utilization of service contracts. Through limiting what is made public about a service to what is documented in the service contract, a…
September 29, 2007 - - Comments:

SOA Future

SOA Future SOA: The Past It is often asked as to why haven’t people been using SOA for the last twenty years? As far as SOA is concerned, in order to build a system out of parts, you require a standard method of representing software parts. If no such standard exists, then building such a system can become incredibly difficult.   Though Service Oriented Architecture is not exactly a new thing, Businesses have spent the last fifteen years trying to come up with a set standard. While CORBA and DCOM have been in existence for a while, they never became…
September 27, 2007 - - Comments:

SOA Concepts

SOA Concepts Today, the concept of Service Oriented Architecture has become ubiquitous. Evidence from recent years establish that SOA is not just about hype, but a part of every major Business environment. The truth is, Service Oriented Architecture can be beneficial to Business only when it is utilized properly. Service Oriented Architecture is no longer a theory – it has moved into the realm of actual initiatives that can ensure that Businesses and investors receive high returns on their investments. It is vital to possess a keen understanding of various Service Oriented Architecture concepts in order to decide whether Service…
September 26, 2007 - - Comments:

SOA Architecture

SOA Architecture It is essential for the Businesses to think a lot more seriously about how best to assemble their systems out of common parts. It requires a lot more planning and investment at the outset, but it also enables Businesses to build faster systems in the long run as the inventory of reusable parts grows at a frantic pace. In such programs, systems tend to be composed of reusable elements, which are referred to as services. A service can be thought of as a software building block that performs a specific function. These functions are performed via interfaces, which…
September 26, 2007 - - Comments:

SOA Standards

SOA Standards In this article, you will learn about latest standards for Service Oriented Architecture, and in particular, how it relates to Oracle, in today’s competitive world. SOA of the Next Generation In this day and age, enterprise applications have already begun the transition from user interface driven applications to assemblies of interoperable services that are also reusable. Such services are representative of the easy business functions that are intended to be assembled together in to the form of new applications. One of the main advantages of such a change in application architecture is that services can now be reused in the…
September 25, 2007 - - Comments:

SOA Disadvantages

SOA Disadvantages Service Oriented Architecture Disadvantages & Applicability Service Oriented Architecture may not always be the best architectural choice because optimal utilization of SOA requires additional development and design attempts as well as infrastructure which translates into costs escalation.  When it comes to applications, Web Services and Service Oriented Architecture is not recommend for the following: Stand alone, non distributed applications that do not necessitate application or component integration; that would include, for instance, a word processing application that does not require request and response based calls. . Short lived applications or applications that are in any way limited in…
September 25, 2007 - - Comments:

Benefits of ERP for the Financial Area

Benefits of ERP for the Financial Area At this time, the main motivation of some companies for choosing ERP is to achieve an improvement in the management of their financial area. Sometimes they rush into the decision without taking into consideration the real contribution of the implementation in relation to the benefits that may provide this section with. The Field The high complexity and competitiveness of the market, due to continuous changes in a global environment, requires efficiency and effectiveness in the management of companies. To guarantee minimum levels of profitability it is necessary to contribute with creativity new ways…
September 24, 2007 - - Comments:

Attitude Development : Visualizing Success

Visualizing Success What is Visualization? Visualization is a technique which you can employ to improve your attitude and thus attain success. This is an activity that many successful businessmen, athletes, celebrities, and musicians employ as a means of increasing their success – even though a lot of them might not realize that what they are doing is actually visualization. The idea of visualization is explored in fascinating detail in the book Psycho Cybernetics by Maxwell Maltz. This book is essential to all those who are interested in attitude development. For our purposes, we will take a look at visualization in…
September 22, 2007 - - Comments:

Reasons to get ERP

Reasons to get ERP Many people say that ERP is the future, that it is completely necessary nowadays. Through these lines we are going to explain several topics regarding why it is so important to use an ERP in order to get organizational efficiency. With or Without ERP An enterprise that has no ERP according to its needs can find many kinds of software that do not allow interaction, and that cannot be customized. For that matter they are not able to optimize the organizational business activities. The engineering design of the software will be needed in order to improve…
September 21, 2007 - - Comments:

Attitude Development

Attitude Development What do all successful people have in common? When looking for a definition for success, it is a good idea to take a close look at the most successful people out there. What do all of them have in common? If you look close enough, you will see that the most successful individuals in any career all have positive attitudes. Have you taken the time to plan your career? Before you set out to accomplish something, you must first ask yourself what specifically it is that you hope to accomplish. This is why setting a clearly defined goal…
September 20, 2007 - - Comments:

ERP Success cases

ERP Success cases You have probably heard a lot about ERP systems, especially about their implementation and its advantages and disadvantages. Here you will find that there are no unachievable targets, and that every effort brings benefits. These are the stories of people who found success through ERP implementation. Bak Ambalaj story When we talk about Bak Amabalaj, we are referring to a leading Turkish company that produces printed and non printed paper bags that are used for: food, beverage, hygiene and magnetic tapes. They also manage huge production levels, that is to say fifteen thousand metric tons a year….
September 19, 2007 - - Comments:

ERP Human Resources: The Key for Success

ERP – Human Resources: The Key for Success The intense competitiveness in the global markets demand an improvement in the results. In this context, it is critical of the management of human resources. The concept of Human Resources as a cost generator has to change into a profits generator. Human Resources is a fundamental part of the scheme of every successful enterprise, as the information received by this area needs to have a continuous follow-up and correct evaluation for the professional development and the social welfare of the workers. However, due to the large quantity of information that is handled…
September 18, 2007 - - Comments:

Attitude Development : Setting Intelligent Goals

Setting Intelligent Goals How am I Doing in Life? Every once in a while, it is necessary to take a step back in order to take a long, hard look at where we are in our lives. At this point, it is good to ask yourself a bunch of critical questions. Are you at the point in your career where you want to be? Have you so far accomplished all of your goals in life? If so, then maybe it is time to make goals that stretch yourself a bit more. If you have not accomplished your goals in life,…
September 17, 2007 - - Comments:

How to Succeed When Implementing ERP

How to Succeed When Implementing ERP The implementation of ERP can be seen in two different ways. The first one would be implementing it for the first time, and this is the one that takes more time for research and preparation for the employees of the system. The second one is the updating of the system which usually takes less time and effort than the first one. Despite this, both phases take place at different times and require different levels of difficulty. Having to face the second stage is not a sign of failure, but a chance of improving the…
September 17, 2007 - - Comments:

A Good Attitude Leads to Success

A Good Attitude Leads to Success What is the secret to Success? There are numerous “secrets” out there on attaining success. The vast majority of these so called secrets all have one thing in common – Attitude. The reasons why people choose not to apply this main secret of success to their own lives remains something of a mystery. Apparently, most people just are not interest in attaining the heights of what this life has to offer them. Or, they are content with “just getting by”, as so many of us are. The more ambitious individuals, however, are constantly on…
September 15, 2007 - - Comments:

Planning and choosing the correct ERP

Planning and choosing the correct ERP It is very common to think that implementing a new software is an easy topic and can be solved in a few days. However, this is not always the case. There are some systems that require more time than others for implementation, and even more previous considerations. ERP does not happen to be the exception. There are some cases that feel easier than others to carry on, but the truth is that not every system is the same and not every enterprise needs the same applications. In order to choose the right system for…
September 14, 2007 - - Comments:

Attitude Development as a Positive Social Force

Attitude Development as a Positive Social Force Do Other People Notice My Attitude? The answer to this question is a resounding yes. The reason why so many ambitious individuals find it hard to get ahead in life is because they simply do not have the right attitude. Do you find yourself constantly plagued by negative thoughts, to the extent that you are paralyzed with anger and / or fear, especially when it comes to questions regarding your career? You are not alone. The fact is that a lot of people in this day and age feel the exact same way….
September 13, 2007 - - Comments:

ERP: More than a Sales Solution

ERP: More than a Sales Solution In this globalized world, ERP is no longer just a competitive advantage. It is an important requirement for every enterprise. Many specialists argue that ERP is completely necessary to deal with businesses in every corner of the market. This is because ERP does not work in only one way, but it gets to focus on all the relevant aspects that directors need to take into account when they are facing important decisions. Different Functions Covered in this Area One of the most relevant aspects of this system is related to sales. Nowadays vendors need…
September 13, 2007 - - Comments:

Positive Attitude Development

Positive Attitude Development Is Attitude Development Important? Whether we like it or not, our attitude towards life can have a significant impact on the quality of life. By learning how to listen to our inner selves, we can figure out how our inner thought process works and how it may have a bearing on the way we deal with stress in our daily lives. A lot of people discover that their internal dialogue is largely negative. If you find yourself thinking such thoughts as “What if I fail?” or “I could never accomplish that,” then you do not have a…
September 11, 2007 - - Comments:

ERP Impact in Organizations

ERP Impact in Organizations Nowadays, with the fast developing of industries and the need for managing procedures and resources, it has become very important to have a tool which can help you coordinate several activities, and the best one is ERP. The advantages of having ERP are many. It gives you the opportunity of integrating every procedure of your business while improving the quality of several areas simultaneously. These areas include human resources, accounting and operations. In addition, ERP helps to increase your production levels and to control your costs more efficiently, and this means that you will be able…
September 11, 2007 - - Comments:

Working with XML in C

Working with XML in C The Role of XML with C The Extensive Markup Language has changed the way in which information is being viewed and exchanged. Users can share their sensitive documents on the World Wide Web by declaring what is theirs for EDI or Electronic Data Interchange, data publishing a data management tasks. XML is very structured and the data is highly organized, it marks the start and end of all tags and group by identifying similar elements in the XML document. This method which is followed by the XML makes the data reusable which is a very…
September 7, 2007 - - Comments:

Working with XML in Perl

Working with XML in Perl Extensive Markup language or the XML is a sort of data storage; it is very structured and mapped out. There are two most important aspects of XML that has to be covered, one is writing in XML and reading it out in XML. Parsers have already been created in XML and knowing how these parsers can be used is very important to program using XML and Perl as a combination. These parsers prepare the data so that it can worked on immediately, they in a way make it ready to use or to be programmed…
September 6, 2007 - - Comments:

Can RFID Help Your Supply Chain?

Can RFID Help Your Supply Chain? In the past few years, much has been said about Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology, and how it will revolutionize the supply chain process, both locally, nationally and globally. If you’re wondering what all the fuss is all about, you’re not alone. This article explains what RFID technology is, who’s using it, how they’re using it, and how it could (or not) help improve your supply chain. What is RFID? Radio frequency identification (RFID) technology is a means of using electronic tags to store data. This electronic data is then transmitted to a scanning…
September 5, 2007 - - Comments:

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