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Archives for March, 2011


MDM is a big idea with a small model

by Andrew White  |  March 28, 2011  |  1 Comment

I was talking with a chap today about their MDM program.  He worked for a company that had the good fortune of aligning their MDM efforts with a large scale, enterprise wide systems overhaul.  Talk about lucky!  Most clients I interact with have to attempt MDM “one step at a time”.  It turns out that [...]

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You can take the guy out of the supply chain, but…

by Andrew White  |  March 25, 2011  |  Comments Off

I guess you can’t take supply chain out of the guy.  I read an email today entitled, “Competitors ARE collaborating – a new complimentary supply chain report!”.    The piece linked to a report on a recent survey by eyefortransport.  I have written much, in my past, on “collaboration”.  I have written a lot less on [...]

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Submission to Gartner MDM Excellence Award – deadline extended

by Andrew White  |  March 18, 2011  |  Comments Off

Planning for our upcoming MDM Summit continues apace.  The presentations are making their way towards “archiving” which means, in straight forward English, that they are completed.  We have a great set of materials for this year.  Some “classic” foundational stuff (such as the 7 Building Blocks), but some new workshop materials focused on “building the [...]

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