ERP News
ERP – The Tectonic Shift Begins
Tectonic shifts occur when the earth's surface layers move apart or come together, creating seismic events that alter the landscape forever. Before you think the analogy is over the top in reference to today's ERP world - think about it - a slow, almost imperceptible...
Your Papers, Please…FDA Inspections for Food Manufacturers
April 4th, the FDA published a Final Rule expanding access to records of Food and Beverage manufacturers. Now, instead of requesting records related to a specific suspect food - the FDA can request records on any other food product they believe may be similarly...
CIO as Technology Consultant?
Reading in today's CIO Magazine - CIO's Must Become Technology Consultants. Interesting concept. Especially from the perspective of a Technology Consultant. Don't get me wrong, CIO's traditionally have great IT skills, superior management techniques all designed to...
Take Two Tablets and Call me in the Morning – a Prescription for Food Safety
What to say oh what to say... I was recently asked to speak at the Arizona IT Women's Network Breakfast on the topic of tablets/mobile devices in the workplace. Since I'm currently in a project with a firm that's publishing a web app for Food Manufacturers to use...
Apple Escapes Certain Doom – When Contacted for Comment, Tech Press says “DOH”
Interesting week in the Tech Press - - how many stories did we see that Apple was baked, they were out of ideas, the new iPhone wasn't a category killer, it would surely would flop, then, BOOM!, 9.1 million iPhones sell the first weekend. Here's what this means for...
Finding 5% More Capacity in your F&B Manufacturing Plant
Perusing another article here in CIO Magazine about 10 Big Data Trends Changing the Face of Business - and I'm struck by the 'Data Trends' being cited - they strike me mostly as nebulous and theoretical. One trend was listed as (and I'm paraphrasing - it's not...