Decision Making in Real World Organizations

SmallSmartFast Organizations

by Bill McBeath ... ChainLink Research, a Real-World Example. ... rarely found even in the largest of organizations. ... through rapid prioritization and decision-making processes, coming ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Scm/2004/03/research_notes/TN_SC_XBM_03_18_04_1.asp - 15k - 2004-03-18 Summary: At ChainLink we have talked a lot about the advent of SmallSmartFast technologies—ever-smaller and ever-smarter devices and software that is fast to implement and give us information and answers in real-time.

Can Webplan Reconcile Planning and Execution? Part Two: Market ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... Conversely, in a nearly-ideal world, the strategic ... update this version with real time data ... finally broadly drive a collaborative decision making process across ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Scm/2004/07/news_analysis/NA_SC_PJ_07_01_04_1.asp - 20k - 2004-07-01 Summary: Increasingly, every user company's success is contingent upon its ability to make an almost immediate finished product or service delivery to customers. As supply chains become more dynamic and operate in near real-time, the lines between planning and execution continue to blur, which bodes well for thei

Business Process Management: A Crash Course on What It Entails and ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... in the system must enable real time business ... through management dashboards and similar decision-making tools ... believe that the enterprise software world is being ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/bpm/2005/12/research_notes/TU_ER_PJ_12_08_05_1.asp - 24k - 2005-12-08 Summary: Business process management (BPM) has to integrate existing enterprise applications, Web services, and people in such a way that it can also quickly change, destruct, or construct processes. This is far beyond the realm of traditional enterprise application integration (EAI).

Can Webplan Reconcile Planning and Execution? Part One: Event ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... to ensure operations decision-making alignment with ... analytics and enhanced decision support capabilities ... against predetermined real world corporate performance ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Scm/2004/06/news_analysis/NA_SC_PJ_06_30_04_1.asp - 23k - 2004-06-30 Summary: According to the early signs, it appears that key elements of Webplan's business plan are producing results with dividends. These elements involve positioning itself as a response management player with new pricing and packaging that provides an aggressive entry point and fixed priced, fixed duration imp

Increasing the Value of Your Enterprise Through Improved Supply ...

by Mark Wells ... Of course, in the real world, that scenario fails for ... of non-value added activities on all organizations. ... that the ideal purview of decision-making in the ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Scm/2002/11/research_notes/MI_SC_XMW_11_11_02_1.asp - 14k - 2002-11-11 Summary: Improving the decision process around inventory and supply chain flexibility will drive sustainable, measurable benefits in the near term that are disproportionate to the effort required.

Does Supply Chain Management Software Make Sense in Wholesale ...

by Mark Wells ... applications have proven themselves in the real-world use of ... learning that mathematics can help decision makers do their job by making recommendations and ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ExecutiveView/2001/09/research_notes/MI_EV_XMW_09_08_01_1.asp - 15k - 2001-09-08 Summary: This paper examines the steel service center segment of the wholesale distribution industry as a case in point of the challenges facing distributors and the relief offered through supply chain software.

Continuous Data Quality Management: The Cornerstone of Zero ...

by Greg Leman, CEO, Metagenix, Inc. ... We pieced together Huntington from several real-world companies whose data ... increasing dependence on data for near and real-time decision-making and with ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/DataWarehousing/2002/10/research_notes/MI_DW_XGL_10_18_02_1.asp - 18k - 2002-10-18 Summary: Most enterprises fight fires with axes, fire hoses, trucks, and hordes of firemen, but the CDQM approach is a smoke detector. It’s far less expensive to put a fire out when it’s just smoldering, rather than to extinguish a blazing house fire and then remodel the entire house.

Managing Risks, Managing Measures: Decision Support Methodologies ...

by Edward S. Robins, PhD ... of all methods used in business world, this is ... data to show business derives a real return from ... methods of decision analysis and novel decision-making processes ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ExecutiveView/2002/03/research_notes/MI_EV_ESR_03_01_02_1.asp - 15k - 2002-03-01 Summary: Though many academic methods exist, few actually reach the audience they need to reach because of the barrier between academic and business languages, as well as the ability to produce workable and usable tools. This article summarizes what I believe are the methodologies most used in Business, and some

A Demand-driven Approach to BI

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... In the context of real-world customer deployments ... when operational and execution- based real-time queries ... to help customers improve decision-making and enhance ... http:/.../ResearchHighlights/BusinessIntelligence/2005/07/research_notes/VN_BI_PJ_07_20_05_1.asp - 20k - 2005-07-20 Summary: The core concept behind the Vanguard solution is that business intelligence (BI) must be demand-driven, which means that the business needs of the user dictate the technical solution, not the other way around. In other words, it should let the business users drive the process, and remove the problems of

Continuous Data Quality Management: The Cornerstone of Zero ...

by Greg Leman, CEO, Metagenix, Inc. ... well enterprise data matches up with the real world at any ... If decision-making is based upon poor quality data, then by ... of that information in near real-time is ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/DataWarehousing/2002/10/research_notes/MI_DW_XGL_10_17_02_1.asp - 25k - 2002-10-17 Summary: No matter how well an enterprise implements a CRM, ERP, SCM, Business Intelligence, or Data Warehouse project, poor data quality can destroy its utility and cost real dollars.