by Gene Hammons | Jan 18, 2013 | Uncategorized
Editor’s Note: This is a 2013 article, while all the relevant theories still are in play, there’s been significant regulatory changes in the F&B industry that are not addressed here. There’s been significant changes in Cloud based software for...
by Gene Hammons | Nov 19, 2012 | ERP, Software Selection, Uncategorized
Cloud computing – the IT press would have you believe it’s not just the next BIG thing, there’s only Cloud, Cloud and more Cloud on the horizon. And it’s raining down SaaS (Software as a Service) subscription fees. Yet back in the real...
by Gene Hammons | Aug 15, 2011 | ERP, Food & Beverage, Uncategorized
From 2005 to 2009, I worked for CDC Software in the Food and Beverage group – worked with a lot of great people, had some great successes, worked with some wonderful clients – but the company fell on hard times. Last week, (Aug 8) things at CDC hit...
by Gene Hammons | Jun 24, 2011 | Uncategorized
You can contact Gene via GH@GeneHammons.com. I remember Richard Nixon, in some speech, somewhere, calling himself “The Education President”. I can remember George W. Bush making near the same claim while passing the Teddy Kennedy authored “No...
by Gene Hammons | May 20, 2011 | Uncategorized
The title of this new blog effort – Making Sausage – takes a look at stories behind the scenes at food producers. Mostly from a perspective of ERP software and other IT improvements – probably because that’s where I play. I’ve been doing...
by Gene Hammons | Sep 15, 2008 | ERP, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Uncategorized
Q1 bottom line profits up $350K at the same time sales are off 17%! Recently we had a huge ‘win’ at a ERP implementation customer. And excuse the vagueness of detail, but many private companies like to stay ‘private’ that way. But here’s the story. Spring of...
