November 1, 2008 – Tough economic times are driving many enterprises to evaluate the economics of their global procurement functions. At a recent chief procurement officer (CPO) forum, AMR Research found companies struggling to devise a value-driven procurement strategy. This article discusses three procurement transformation delivery approaches that can be used in the development of your [...]

By Richard Stiennon February 17th, 2008 – As someone who has been accused of publicity seeking through grand pronouncements I can understand the motivation behind Nicholas Carr’s 2003 article in Harvard Business Review: “IT Doesn’t Matter”. His main thesis is: For a brief period, as they are being built into the infrastructure of commerce, these “infrastructural [...]

Industry Report, Mike Betts, TierConnect CEO September 12, 2007 – TierConnect’s material management application server and business process applications provide the manufacturing and distribution enterprise, and supply chain, with custom quality and material management collaborative applications for off-the-shelf timing and price. Reduce custom development timing by 40%! On-demand application modifications User customized management dashboards Web services [...]

In era of cost-cutting, startup opportunities abound. August 7, 2006 – Global competition to cut costs is driving innovation in the notoriously sluggish auto industry, giving rise to opportunities for startups up and down the supply chain. TierConnect claims to save vehicle assembly plants up to $2 million annually by better managing defective or wrong parts [...]

March 16, 2006 – Software Newcomer of the Year Award awards a new software or software services company whose product or service has the potential for significant impact on the industry, either through technological advancement or new business models. About TierConnect, Inc. TierConnect, Inc. provides manufacturing and other continuous improvement material management environments with customized software [...]

By John Fossen, FCN News StaffDEARBORN, Jan. 4, 2006 (FCN) – Ford is rolling out a new inventory tracking system within its North American assembly plants that is expected to save hundreds of thousands of dollars at each facility through significant improvements in speed and accuracy. The new, web-based Scrap Tracking Management System (STMS) is used [...]