Category Archives: Communication

AMI Expo in Chicago – will this mark the beginning of the end, or a new beginning?

Posted on April 15, 2011 by Administrator

I was at the last World-Wide-Food-Expo in Chicago about 18 month ago. In my review I wrote on this blog, I predicted the end of trade shows as we it. I think that this year’s event certainly proved my point, … Continue reading →

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Feature Definition: What is an item?

Posted on February 19, 2011 by Administrator

Does this question look silly to you? Believe me, it is not! In my experience implementing computer systems, this question is one of the most profoundly discussed topics when companies in the food industry head into the implementation of new … Continue reading →

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Getting your feet wet with Social Media (1) – Using Facebook for Business

Posted on December 31, 2010 by Administrator

Over the past two years I have been working with my own consulting business for enterprise software applications in food and beverage. As a small company you need to watch your expenses and you can only do so much in … Continue reading →

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FOOD ERP – the role of the item number

Posted on September 27, 2010 by Administrator

After writing pretty passionately and sometimes emotionally about traceability for the past several weeks, I will go back to the roots of the blog. It has been my intend to give users and management some important information about aspects of … Continue reading →

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Bolting on!

Posted on June 8, 2010 by Administrator

It is interesting. In one of my last posts (http://food-erp.com/blog/2010/05/24/defining-a-good-product/) I wrote about how quickly a products defining moment turns out to be the lack or absence of certain features and functionality. In our business world though, there is always … Continue reading →

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