Implement it and they will come? Nope, not necessarily. My take on how to...
This blog post is the second in a series of implementation best practices and it focuses on user adoption and user buy-in. I frequently tell my implementation team that they need to be very concerned...
View ArticleGetting the most out of your enterprise system: it’s all about user adoption
One of the presentations at this year’s Kinexions (our annual user conference) struck me as being valuable for any company that has deployed software and wants to get full value from it. The...
View ArticlePerpetual ERP software – a broken model?
I received a note a while ago from a former colleague. He had met with an executive at a large high tech manufacturer in the North East. The discussion turned to the high cost of ERP support and...
View Article4 common reasons why companies evaluate products from their ERP vendor...
I just read an article titled: “Throwing Enterprise Software Vendors Under the Bus” by Thomas Wailgum of Enterprise Software Unplugged on CIO.com. Obviously, I work for a SaaS based software company...
View ArticleHearing it straight from the customer…Olympus, Qualcomm, Flextronics to be...
One of the things we are most proud of as a company, and is a bellwether of our success, is our impressive roster of customers. Well, we’ve added another global market leader to the list – Olympus!...
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For those who have a need for speed.
I recently wrote a technical whitepaper that gives a detailed explanation of the technology behind RapidResponse’s unmatched speed. You can read it here:...
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Kinaxis in-memory computing technology takes another leap forward.
The Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference continues today and we took the opportunity to announce the general availability of our RapidResponse Spring 2011 Release from the event. As our COO, John...
View ArticleFascinating clash of business models in mobile devices market
I find the battle raging in the cell phone handset market to be fascinating. But even as I wrote that sentence, I realized that the sentence is incorrect because the battle is more about the business...
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Rising Labor Costs in China and Their Impact on the Supply Chain
In October 2011, Simon Rabinovitch of the Financial Times published an article entitled “China labour cost soars as wages surge by 22%.” This figure is an average across the breadth of the country,...
View ArticleWhat does mobile, project management, and data integration have in common?
They are the focus of our latest RapidResponse release. The Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference continues today and we took the opportunity to unveil powerful new RapidResponse capabilities. I...
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Making Connections at Kinexions – Our customers say it all
by Trevor MilesWe had our annual user conference, Kinexions (pronounced ‘connections’ – isn’t English a strange and fabulous language?) in late October with record attendance and great feedback. The...
View ArticleConsumer Electronics Top 10 Questions: Supply Chain Leadership Series
by CJ WehlageI am starting a blog series called “Supply Chain Leadership”, where I hope to pose thought provoking, and forward looking questions to executives in my supply chain network. Posted...
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Streamlined Sales and Operations Planning: A Konica Minolta Case Study
by Melissa ClowToday we have a great customer, Konica Minolta, that recently allowed us to write up their sales and operations planning story and I believe that it has merit in sharing with our...
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Guest Blog: Women of the Supply Chain: Responsibility, Collaboration and...
by Melissa ClowJosh Greenbaum, Principal, Enterprise Applications Consulting recently published an interesting blog that I would like to share with our readers. Josh has over 30 years of experience in...
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Your supply chain is costing you money – Reason #10 Failure to adequately...
by John WesterveldOver the years, working for and with numerous manufacturing companies, I’ve seen many supply chain practices that cost companies money. Over the next several weeks, I’ll outline...
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What If You Could Take The Guesswork Out Of Forecast Planning? Guest Post...
by Melissa ClowOur partner Celestica recently published the following article, ‘What If You Could Take The Guesswork Out Of Forecast Planning?’. The author, Osgood Vogler, Director, Analytics,...
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Lean versus EOQ? What’s best for your organization?
by Andrew DunbarA colleague and I started our morning off with a coffee and a conversation about integrating EOQ (Economic Order Quantity) into MPS (Master Production Scheduling). In no time at all we...
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