2004 Eliminating Excel in Purchasing Manufacturing Transportation 
Supply Chain Shaman
SEPTEMBER 27, 2021
In 2004, I joined AMR Research, a Boston Analyst firm. We are making slow progress on transportation visibility, but not supplier visibility. The secondary problem is the lack of definition of process requirements and a buying team that cannot see past simple MRP/MRP II/DDMRP requirements. Reflection. I thought it would be easy.
Supply Chain Shaman
OCTOBER 29, 2020
Note the elongation of the cash-to-cash cycle in the chemical industry of 38 additional days when comparing the 2014-2019 averages to the pre-recession period of 2004-2006. While touted as a digital procurement provider, it took the Company nine days to onboard me as a vendor, and two weeks to process a Purchase Order. My takeaway?
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Supply Chain Shaman
MARCH 12, 2019
In 2004-2006, Greg Aimi (now a Gartner analyst) and I worked on a common definition of visibility for over a year. This team was working on quality improvements and found that the flows crossed 117 disconnected documents in access, excel, and google analytics. The IT taxonomy for visibility is supply chain analytics.
Supply Chain Shaman
MARCH 15, 2016
The majority of manufacturing and retail companies want better performing supply chains. Since most companies invested in the automation of the enterprise, not the value network, visibility within the company and the transportation network is a strength. A Critical Review of the Contract Manufacturing Model. The solution failed.
Supply Chain Shaman
AUGUST 16, 2015
Founded in 2002 under the name of Agilisys, Infor rebranded in 2004. On August 13th, Infor announced the intent to purchase GT Nexus for 675M$. The largest was the purchase of Lawson in 2011 for 2B$. The company branded as GT Nexus in 2001 and purchased Tradecard in 2013. The current market offers no solution.
Supply Chain Shaman
JANUARY 2, 2023
A large consumer products manufacturer with nine Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) instances and several divisions wanted to discuss forecasting. The Center of Excellence at the company wanted to improve base-level capabilities but struggled to move forward due to the traditional views of the planning team, which they felt were self-serving.
QAD
SEPTEMBER 15, 2022
Users of Google apps were looking for low cost and collaboration over the exhaustive features offered by Microsoft Word and Excel. If transportation can be so convenient, reliable and inexpensive, why do people need to own a car? They purchased the registration data for US consumers. Polk & Co.
Expert insights. Personalized for you.
321 
Let's personalize your content