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by Alan Alper, MA Editorial Staff
Posted on Friday, July 15, 2005 3:53:00 PM Sign Up to receive Daily News Alerts in your E-mail Inbox    IBM Corp. launched a supply chain optimization initiative earlier this week aimed at small- and medium-sized (SMB) manufacturers seeking to instill greater flexibility into inventory management processes that in many cases are still dominated by imprecise guesstimates. Built in collaboration with IBM's patent-powered research unit, Express Services for Inventory Management is aimed initially at IBM consulting clients that are using SAP ERP software and business intelligence tools. But since the service is delivered as a toolkit, rather than a hard-coded application, IBM anticipates being able to more easily adapt it for use by clients running a variety of ERP systems, said Charles Vianey, SMB Supply Chain Leader for IBM Business Solutions, in an interview with Managing Automation. IBM's initial market thrust was driven by the large number of mid-market installations that have made major investments in SAP ERP software, Vianey said, some of which are still working to achieve ROI amid escalating inventory management challenges that defy existing estimate-driven processes. "We started with SAP because we have quite a few clients that have SAP Business Information Warehouse and now NetWeaver business intelligence installed. It made for a logical starting point," he explained. [Click to continue] |
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