Month: May 2003

By The Numbers: May 2003

For full infographics, please download the PDF at left. E-Sourcing Savings Start to Slow DownFinding supplies electronically is important for managing operations, but big savings

Roadblock: The Business Unit CIO

THE OBSTACLE When a diversified company decides to unify technology across business units, power is rearranged. Some people lose it (field executives) and others gain

Growth Spurt: Endo Pharmaceuticals

Birmingham, Ala., March 25 (The New York Times)—The investigation into accounting fraud at HealthSouth is expected to widen to include not only executives at the

PepsiCo: No Deposit, No Return

A salty-snack maker in Texas pioneered the use of wireless communications on delivery routes. Among the copycats: Pepsico, Pepsi bottling companies and such Pepsi subsidiaries

Lightnin: Flash of Brilliance

Lightnin, a manufacturer of custom-designed industrial mixers, couldn’t move fast enough in the 1990s. Botched orders and delayed shipments added up to unhappy customers. So

Primer: The Virtual Database

What is it? A way to manage many different data sources as though they were all in one place. Sometimes called “virtual centralized database” or