Ingram Micro

Paper Summary:

This paper analyzes five of the most dominant applications that Ingram Micro uses as one of the global leaders in the distribution of enterprise and personal computing software, hardware, and services. It discusses their materials requirements planning (MRP) system, their order management and online ordering system platform which includes the product configuration, pricing management and compliance system, their service life cycle management (SLM) system and their supply chain management system.

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Executive Summary
Evaluating Ingram Micro's Five Most Mission Critical Applications
Five Mission Critical Systems Analyzed According to Criteria
Materials Requirements Planning (MRP) Systems
Order Management and Online Ordering Including Product Customization System Platform
Pricing Management and Compliance System
Service Life cycle Management System
Supply Chain Management System

From the Paper:

"Service Lifecycle Management systems have become prevalent in manufacturers and distributors alike to capitalize on the sales opportunities in customer bases. The primary impetus for these systems is to attain the goal of capturing greater revenue throughout a given customer base. In the HP dealer, channel partner and reseller the issue is one of keeping substitute products from competitors including IBM, Pilot, and others from their channel. HP wants to retain the channel margin that is being generated with their dealer base."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Columbus 2003 - Re-evaluate How Your Measure Your Channels' Performance. AMR Research. Boston, MA December 2, 2003 Text viewed on the Internet on November 15, 2006:http://www.lwcresearch.com/filesfordownloads/ReevaluateHowYouMeasureYourChannelDec2003.pdf
• Sarbanes-Oxley Act (2002) - U.S. Senators Sarbanes and Oxley. Passed in 2002 by both U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate. Text viewed on the Internet on November 15, 2006: http://www.aicpa.org/info/sarbanes_oxley_summary.htm

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