Comments on: IT will shape the future of supply chain planning: 3 ways http://www.procurementalert.com/it-will-shape-the-future-of-supply-chain-planning-3-ways/ Strong partnerships forge strong companies Mon, 25 May 2009 22:15:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Leo Sarabia http://www.procurementalert.com/it-will-shape-the-future-of-supply-chain-planning-3-ways/comment-page-1/#comment-4457 Leo Sarabia Mon, 25 May 2009 22:15:59 +0000 http://www.procurementalert.com/?p=1570#comment-4457 It is only good as the information that is inputed in real time. The enemy to IT are humans. A truck of raw materials arrives at a dock. The forklift driver tells the truck driver to drop the truck and he signs for the raw material and the truck drives away. The forklift driver ends his shift and goes home without entering the raw material that is in the truck and fails to pass on that a truck is dropped at the dock. Production calls for more raw material, warehouse says there is not anymore material in the computer system and in the warehouse. No one bothers to look at the trucks at the dock. Plant shuts down due to lack of raw material. The next day, the forklift driver comes to work, unloads the truck and enters material in the computer. Downtime is a cost that you can not recover. It is happening right now somewhere in corporate america. It is only good as the information that is inputed in real time. The enemy to IT are humans. A truck of raw materials arrives at a dock. The forklift driver tells the truck driver to drop the truck and he signs for the raw material and the truck drives away. The forklift driver ends his shift and goes home without entering the raw material that is in the truck and fails to pass on that a truck is dropped at the dock. Production calls for more raw material, warehouse says there is not anymore material in the computer system and in the warehouse. No one bothers to look at the trucks at the dock. Plant shuts down due to lack of raw material. The next day, the forklift driver comes to work, unloads the truck and enters material in the computer. Downtime is a cost that you can not recover. It is happening right now somewhere in corporate america.

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