Lucrative but "Risky" Aftermarket Business—Service and ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic and Olin Thompson ... Carrying cost depends mainly on the cost of the capital invested and of maintaining inventory ... Part Two will discuss the changes in service and replacement parts ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/SCM/2005/07/research_notes/MN_SC_PJ_07_29_05_1.asp - 19k Summary: The growing pressure for improving customer responsiveness and profits has lately changed the traditional role of supply chain management (SCM) of spare and replacement parts.

Enterprise Asset Management Systems: Your Manufacturing ...

... Enables trend analysis to determine when maintenance is cost-prohibitive and to plan for replacement of capital equipment. EAM Products to Consider. ... blog.technologyevaluation.com/.../ - 38k - 2008-07-25

Avoid the Perils of Service Parts Planning in Supply Chain ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic and Olin Thompson ... breakdown repair is a major source for service and replacement part inventories ... reporting for planners—all with the idea to lower capital investment while ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/SCM/2005/08/research_notes/MN_SC_PJ_08_01_05_1.asp - 18k Summary: Significant differences exist between the new parts production supply chain and the service and replacement parts supply chain. Companies using conventional, new product inventory methods are missing opportunities to improve efficiency and effectiveness.

Supply Chain Management: Morphing the Functional Scope of Service ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic and Olin Thompson ... Service and replacement parts management has inventory optimization at its core that ... to carry at each stocking tier, given certain capital investment targets ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/SCM/2005/07/research_notes/MN_SC_PJ_07_30_05_1.asp - 25k Summary: The quintessential business challenge is to minimize downtime on assets while minimizing the cost of spare and replacement parts inventory. To meet these challenges, heavy investments have been made in extensive spare ad replacement parts networks.

Baan And SSA GT Merge To Form A Mid-Market Empire With An ''Iron ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... Backed by nearly USD $14 billion in investment capital, the investment ... of user companies that have already initiated a switchover replacement strategy (either ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2003/07/research_notes/EN_ER_PJ_07_15_03_1.asp - 17k Summary: SSA GT has many times surprised even the biggest skeptics by turning around seemingly non-viable vantage products (which iBaan and Ironside certainly are not) and/or ailing vendors (which Baan has been, and Ironworks will have likely become).

Inflation’s Demise: The Impact on Business Informa

by Nelson M. Nones CPIM ... Replacement systems will be needed to the extent that surplus inventories are ... Capital resources could be substituted for labor, and written-off in constant ... http:/.../researchhighlights/businessapplications/2000/06/research_notes/mi_ba_nn_06_29_00_1.asp - 33k Summary: Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP) business models and information systems originated in the 1970s and 1980s, an inflationary period. They addressed business priorities that were strongly influenced by inflation. Many manufacturers are now confronting worldwide price stability, or even deflationary pres

Service Lifecycle Management - Tapping into the Value of the ...

by Jim Brown ... In industries that sell capital equipment such as medical devices, telecommunications ... lifecycle is that when the product is due for replacement, the service ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ExecutiveView/2003/06/research_notes/TU_EV_XJB_06_11_03_1.asp - 17k Summary: Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) addresses the full lifecycle of a product. The focus of most of the current PLM solutions, however, does not make the most of the value available from servicing products after they have been sold. Service Lifecycle Management (SLM) promises valuable business benefits

It's the Aftermarket Service, Stupid! (Part I) » The TEC Blog

... titled Lucrative but ‘Risky’ Aftermarket Business—Service and Replacement Parts SCM ... expansion into new verticals, including medical, capital equipment and ... blog.technologyevaluation.com/blog/2008/03/05/its-the-aftermarket-service-stupid-part-i/ - 44k - 2008-03-05

New Management at Manhattan Associates

by Steve McVey ... to find a permanent replacement. Usually, changes in management bring new ideas and a new corporate direction for a company. With a strong capital position and ... http:/.../ResearchHighlights/BusinessApplications/1999/10/news_analysis/NA_BA_SRM_10_19_99_1.asp - 6k Summary: ATLANTA, Georgia -- Manhattan Associates Inc. MANH, the global leader in best-of-breed warehouse and transportation management systems, announced the appointment of Richard (Dick) M. Haddrill, former president and chief executive officer of Powerhouse Technologies, as president and chief executive office

Lexiguard™: The Coming "Adobe Acrobat" of Encryption

by L. Taylor ... Though Lexiguard is not a replacement for a Secure Remote Access solution ... organization is resource constrained and does not have the capital or infrastructure ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Security/2000/01/news_analysis/NA_ST_LPT_01_31_00_1.asp - 6k Summary: A cool new desktop encryption product has been unveiled by Lexias, Inc. at RSA Conference 2000. With a simple and easy-to-use interface and affordable price, even novice Internet users can master the art of sending secure encrypted data. As security awareness heightens, Lexiguard may soon become as ubiqu