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- Customer blames bankruptcy on IBM IT failure
- American LaFrance ALF, the "leading brand of custom-made fire fighting, fire rescue vehicles, ambulances, and heavy-duty work refuse vehicles," has declared bankruptcy, blaming IBM and a failed ERP implementation. According to filings in the District of Delaware bankruptcy court (PACER case no. 08-10178),...
- Tags: Information Technology, Problem, ERP System, ERP, Bankruptcy, IBM Corp., ALF, Freightliner, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Enterprise Software, Software, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-02-11
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- Freightliner Controls Inventory "Choke Points" With Motorola RFID
- Freightliner-Western Star Trucks is the leading heavy-duty truck manufacturer in North America. Like many modern manufacturers, Freightliner faces constant pressure to improve the efficiency and accuracy of its resource handling in order to better control manufacturing costs. The Freightliner management team, headed by Plant Automation Project Manager Louis Fleischer, was...
- Tags: Motorola Inc., Freightliner-Western Star Trucks, RFID, Manufacturing, Wireless, Security, Biometrics
- Case studies 2008-04-01
- ERP implementations and outsourcing: The white board rarely reflects reality
- In the things you must read today department check out Michael Krigsman's analysis of a bankruptcy filing by American LaFrance, a maker of custom firefighting equipment. In the filing, American LaFrance alleges that IBM is responsible for the company's bankruptcy because of a botched ERP implementation. Michael...
- Tags: Board, ERP System, ERP, Outsourcing, Bankruptcy, IBM Corp., Michael, ALF, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Litigation, Enterprise Software, Software, Business Operations, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-02-11
- Customer blames bankruptcy on IBM IT failure
- Customer blames bankruptcy on IBM IT failureIT personnel often don't understand...the business aspects of what makes a company work. From accounting, to management, to marketing and everything else in between. IT is meant to facilitate all of these and by itself is worth nothing.The best IT personnel I have ever...
- Tags: Strategy, Enterprise resource planning (ERP), Enterprise software, IBM Corp., information technology, IBM IT failure, Intel x86, bankruptcy
- Discussion threads 2008-02-11
- Heavy Truck Maker Cuts Software Distribution Time and Cost, Enables Secure Vendor Access
- Freightliner LLC wanted to improve management of thousands of computers spread across 13 facilities to reduce costs and to provide secure network access for outside vendors. It's in the process of doing all that and more with the help of Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007. The company expects to...
- Tags: Software, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Corp., Tools & Techniques, Network Security, Management, Networking
- Case studies 2008-01-08
- Day 6 of the old coffee-in-the-keyboard trick
- Day 6 of the old coffee-in-the-keyboard trickI have give up...For a few years I had given up on the idea of having one laptop that I rely on. I have found it necessary to keep a spare around for those occasions when a system simply dies. ...
- Tags: Notebooks, Engineering, Dell Computer Corp., laptop computer, Day 6, battery
- Discussion threads 2007-07-08
- Federated identity hubs
- Network World has a story on the growing use of Shibboleth, the federation standard with roots in the Internet2 project. The article highlights InCommon, a federation hub for educational institutions. Its not just institutions of higher education who are members of InCommon, however. The federation hub...
- Tags: federation
- Blog posts 2006-10-17
- Midtown Madness demo (exe)
- Midtown Madness takes you on an exciting race through the streets of Chicago. Experience the crash-and-smash fun of its predecessor, Monster Truck Madness 2, raised to the nth degree. The city is modeled from Wrigley Field in the north to the highway exchange south of McCormick Place. The cars are...
- Tags: Ford Motor Co., Chicago, Midtown Madness, City, Midtown Madness Trial Version, Games, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 1999-08-06
- Voice Over Wi-Fi Equals Heavy-Duty ROI for Freightliner
- Freightliner was looking for reliable and effective ways to improve operational efficiencies through enhanced productivity. The company found a way to boost its ROI by mobilizing its plant workers with SpectraLink's NetLink Wireless Telephones. By carrying NetLink Wireless Telephones with them as they work, Freightliner employees now communicate instantly with...
- Tags: SpectraLink Corp., voice-over-Wi-Fi, Telecom & Utilities, Telephony, Telecommunications, VOIP, Roi/Tco, Networking, Finance, Managerial Accounting
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