Andrew White

On September 21 2009, GS1 US announced (along with Food Marketing Institute (FMI) and the Grocery Manufactures Association (GMA) a new offering called, Rapid Recall Exchange.  This service, offered to retailers and their suppliers, provides for a centralized mechanism that helps automate the distribution of information related to product recalls.  The initial focus is grocery [...]

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Just in time for our upcoming Gartner MDM Summit (are you going?), Chad Eschinger published today a report (Market Trends: Master Data Management Exhibits Sustained Growth, 2008-2013) that explores and explains the market trends with respect to MDM.  It is a great note – one he will present in more detail at the summit.  Spend [...]

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I spoke with an end user the other day that had a pretty forward looking strategy as it related to MDM, and specifically MDM of Product Data.  When we talk about MDM of Product Data, there are assumptions that we all make – and these might be different.  Is MDM of Product Data a sell-side [...]

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I am a Winston Churchill Fan – I have to admit.  How can one not be – living in this glorious country that is the United States, where the only man to be awarded an honorary citizenship to the US, is so revered?  I have read widely on the topic of WWII, and much about [...]

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I had one of those client calls today that brought into sharp focus something that had avoided such clarity.  Many of us have known that MDM and BI have a relationship; some mistakenly associate the two as if they are alternatives: I have heard some even think that MDM “needs” BI.  But, the reality is [...]

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I am a soccer referee.  It’s along story – I used to play a lot; then after moving over to the US I coached a lot (3 boys – what else do you expect) and I still coach little guys now.  I stopped playing soccer about 8 years ago when I broke an ankle playing [...]

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Well that was a fun week.  I just had a week without travel (always a pleasure) where I spend most of the time on the telephone with users, or doing research.  And this week was important because we are wrapping up our preparations for our up coming Gartner MDM Summit, 2009, in Los Angeles, October [...]

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Lots of economic pundits are arguing over how the US economy will evolve in the next year or three.  As a budding market watcher, and like anyone else with a degree in economics, one feel one has to have a point of view.  So this is mine: I believe it more likely that the US [...]

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I was reading an article in the BBC History Magazine, one of my favorite monthly deliveries, last night and I was very disappointed to read an article on the Industrial Revolution.  Of course, as a young boy in England my education included some information about the Industrial Revolution (which I can hardly remember – other [...]

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