Andrew White

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Product Master Data and Product Recalls – US Standards Body (GS1 US): Rapid Recall Exchange – one step forward, two back

by Andrew White  |  September 23, 2009  |  3 Comments

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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Category: Global Data Synchronization (GDS) Information Exchange Product Data Management (PDM) Product Information Management (PIM) Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Regulation/Compliance     Tags: ,

A Week is a Long Time in Research

by Andrew White  |  September 4, 2009  |  Comments Off

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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Category: Business to Business (B2B) Cloud MDM MDM Summit MDM of Product Data Multidomain MDM Multienterprise Operational MDM Procurement MDM Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Regulation/Compliance SCM SaaS     Tags: , , , , ,

New Research Published – U.S. Customs 10+2 Legislation Is a MDM Tsunami That Threatens Unprepared Importers

by Andrew White  |  February 5, 2009  |  Comments Off

Dwight Klappich, a colleague of mine, just published a note that relates MDM, to firms that import to the US, with regulatory compliance.  This small note has a big impact.  Bottom line: firms need to start gathering (and managing) additional master data (in the procurement side of the business) in order to meet new US [...]

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