PlantSuccess Newsletter
Volume I, Issue 7
8/22/01
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This Week's Links
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The electronics industry may
lead the way as, “Rapid growth, falling costs for computing power, and fierce
competition mean there is constant pressure on profit margins and a need to
embrace every opportunity to incrementally improve productivity.” If you’re in
a different industry, doesn’t this also apply to your business?
Supply-Chain Operations Reference Model
The Supply-Chain Council was
“…formed in 1996-1997 as a grass roots initiative by forward thinking
individuals representing companies including AMR Research, Bayer, Compaq
Computer, Pittiglio Rabin Todd & McGrath (PRTM), Procter & Gamble,
Lockheed Martin, Nortel, Rockwell Semiconductor and Texas Instruments.” Learn
about their latest business process reference model that links process
description and definition with metrics, best practices and technology.
Software
Suppliers Deliver More
"End users and OEMs now
demand that suppliers offer consulting, engineering, and support services to
help them quickly implement solutions that maximize operating potential and
strategic flexibility," says ARC Advisory Group consultant. Learn about the impact on
sellers and buyers.
At a recent forum, less than
10 percent of the participants -- CIOs responsible for IT operations in
financial institutions ranging in size from $10 billion in assets to global
organizations with total assets approaching $1 trillion -- said they had confidence
in their firm’s integration strategies. Sure, your industry is different, are
the views within your company different?
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Sponsor Insight: Ventro Corporation
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Industria Solutions Inc
sponsored and was the topic of a presentation at PlantSuccess 2000, it is back
this year but in a different form. Ventro Corporation, a provider of
collaborative commerce, recently acquired Industria’s assets, employed many of
its key executives and is now well positioned to market to the process
manufacturing industry. http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/010731/sftu097.html You can meet
some of these execs at PlantSuccess 2001.
Ventro also has demonstrated
its commitment to a unique product set in collaborative commerce by the
acquisition and integration of NexPrise, a privately-held company whose
products allow manufacturers, suppliers, customers and partners to collaborate
on e-business processes such as product design and engineering. For details … http://www.eyeforchem.com/index.asp?news=19539&src=dn
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Sponsor Insight: WAM Systems
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WAM Systems develops and
markets Internet-enabled Supply Chain Planning (SCP) solutions exclusively to
the worldwide chemical industry. The company’s approach to developing
intelligent eBusiness systems for the chemical industry is “based on experience
developing business solutions for the chemical industry.” This is how you
achieve a successful implementation.
Learn more about this
supplier, recently recognized by Software Magazine,
http://www.chemicalonline.com/content/news/article.asp?DocID={E55CF751-8F8B-11D5-A775-00D0B7694F32}&Bucket=Current+Headlines
visit their website and their execs
at PlantSuccess 2001.
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Improving ROI and
Productivity
The process industry has
invested billions upon billions of dollars on computer hardware, software and
services over the past 40 years and, today, has as many questions as answers on
the effectiveness of many of these information technologies. Learn from
innovative managers of the industry’s leading companies as they present and
discuss their experiences of success.
Visit www.PlantSuccess.com and register
online. Take advantage of an early registration discount of $100. and another
$100. discount if your company is a member of FIATECH, PIP or CII. Take
advantage of discounts for multiple attendees from the same organization and/or
call Carl Howk at 770-565-3282 if you have any questions or need additional information.
Full
links to Volume I, Issue 7 Newsletter articles:
1.
http://www.manufacturingsystems.com/newsletter/082001/lead0820.asp
2. http://www.supply-chain.org/
3. http://www.manufacturingsystems.com/newsletter/081301/lead0813.asp
4. http://www.amrresearch.com/BreakingNews/default.asp?i=987
6. http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/010731/sftu097.html