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NetSuite Goes Vertical

Posted on Thursday, April 06, 2006 6:04:00 PM       Sign Up to receive Daily News Alerts in your E-mail Inbox                            Digg This Article   Add to Delicious

Abstract:New release offers functionality tailored to the SMB wholesale distribution business, among other markets, as well as tools to customize business processes and user interfaces; manufacturers will have to rely on third-party and in-house extensions -- for now.
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    Hoping to fend off incursions into its on-demand market turf from major competitors such as SAP, NetSuite Inc. yesterday unveiled a major new release of its hosted enterprise software suite that includes new vertical industry versions of the product, new user interface features, and tools to allow customers to build custom business processes on top of NetSuite's hosted applications.

    The new NetSuite, version 11.0, includes a release specifically designed for small and medium-size wholesale distribution businesses. It also includes releases tailored for services and software companies.

    The new Wholesale/Distribution Edition of NetSuite includes inventory and fulfillment, inventory replenishment, and CRM modules as well as a business dashboard and a customer portal. The wholesale distribution edition also features support for light bill-of-material management and light assembly operations, said Sean Rollings, NetSuite's senior director of product marketing.

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