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domingo, novembro 28, 2004
The "act-on-fact" business model.
Brian Zrimsek, Gartner research vice-president for ERP and supply chain:
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Act-on-fact refers to when an enterprise in a supply chain is literally "able to execute an order the moment it comes in" rather than in minutes, hours or days, according to Zrimsek.
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Zrimsek said suppliers should watch supply chain and sensory technology developments carefully because heavyweights like Wal-Mart were ultimately seeking to redefine supplier relationships so they themselves held no inventory - just goods on consignment.
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"The question is whether you can tag stuff at an individual stock-keeping unit level so merchandise is held on consignment, and you pay the supplier when you sell the product rather than purchasing the product from the supplier. The question is whether you can free up in the case of Wal-Mart the $20bn (£11bn) or so of capital for inventory and put that into something else. This is the end game for Wal-Mart."
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Zrimsek said IT managers should immediately start trialling RFID and other sensory technologies as tactical point solutions, but ultimately be prepared for the uncertainty of the act-on-fact business model.
Computer Weekly
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Act-on-fact refers to when an enterprise in a supply chain is literally "able to execute an order the moment it comes in" rather than in minutes, hours or days, according to Zrimsek.
...
Zrimsek said suppliers should watch supply chain and sensory technology developments carefully because heavyweights like Wal-Mart were ultimately seeking to redefine supplier relationships so they themselves held no inventory - just goods on consignment.
...
"The question is whether you can tag stuff at an individual stock-keeping unit level so merchandise is held on consignment, and you pay the supplier when you sell the product rather than purchasing the product from the supplier. The question is whether you can free up in the case of Wal-Mart the $20bn (£11bn) or so of capital for inventory and put that into something else. This is the end game for Wal-Mart."
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Zrimsek said IT managers should immediately start trialling RFID and other sensory technologies as tactical point solutions, but ultimately be prepared for the uncertainty of the act-on-fact business model.
Computer Weekly
posted by CMT, 1:14 da tarde
