Re: Developing Inventory Applications

An excellent starting point, for a review of the state of art of what is
possible today, is to check out the fold out map of the Connected Enterprise
which came with the latest issue of Midrange Enterprise (formerly ERP
Magazine) and www.SupplyChainTech.com

This map shows all the stuff a manufacturer can have interconnected to manage
accuracy in inventory, planning, tracking parts, supply chain engineering,
etc. with definitions for all the buzz words and links to representative
vendors that supply all the pieces, including SSA GT.

There is a solid education here in what is doable.
I got reprints distributed to my contacts & I have some left over for some
other folks.

I told my co-workers that if we had unlimited funds, here is what we can do,
but since we don't (have unlimited funds), here are links for us to see what
the state of art is across a myriad of possibilities, so we can pick & choose
what is the next thing worth serious exploration.

> I am a marketing communications professional working with a client who is
>  developing inventory management applications and solutions for ERP systems.
>
>  Both the development and marketing processes involve interviews with
>  manufacturers, a focus groups and research in the market via the Internet,
>  trade press and sources such as this CPIM list.
>
>  To stimulate discussion on the topic of inventory cost reduction, my firm
>  has started a list group on Yahoo called "Inventory Busters." We are
>  inviting anyone who has an interest and/or experience in inventory
>  management (success stories encouraged) to join the list.
>
>  Like most lists, you can unsubscribe at any time. Our commitment to
>  Inventory Busters members is to maintain a NON-SELLING environment for your
>  conversations. While it IS sponsored by a commercial enterprise, our goal
is
>  to improve our understanding of industrial business requirements to support
>  product development. Hopefully, participants will also gain valuable
>  information about inventory management principles.
>
>  To join Inventory Busters, go to:
>  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/inventorybusters
>
>  Select "join" and your registration will be processed.

MacWheel99@aol.com (Alister Wm Macintyre) (Al Mac)