Mr. Martin does an excellent job of pulling together a broad set of information to explain these quality improvement methodolgies and how these can be applied to supply chain processes. He has created a great reference. This is the type of book that you want to read while your working on a process improvement project. The concepts are directly applicable.

Oracle APS Support has created a great Metalink document to aide your understanding of Release 12 features This site provides access to recorded “Transfer of Information” educational materials. If your interested in Oracle APS release 12, you really should start here…

A friend asked me to explain the primary differences in how Oracle Advanced Supply Chain Planning (ASCP) supports Oracle Process Manufacturing (OPM) vs. Discrete manufacturing. I thought this might be of general interest, so I am reposting part of my response here…

The Oracle Applications User Group has just formed a new Special Interest Group (SIG) to meet the needs of Demantra Demand Management users. I spoke to Jim Wilson, the SIG chairperson, this week about this group…

Bob Smith, Oracle Corporation, and Kevin Creel, Agile Planning Group, provided a presentation to OAUG’s SCC SIG on March 6, 2007. This session will explain the new Oracle Advanced Planning Suite features introduced in Release 12 with a special emphasis on the enhancements for Distribution Planning.