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Technology Stocks : Year 2000 (Y2K) Embedded Systems & Infrastructure Problem
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To: John Mansfield who wrote (161)3/7/1998 4:28:00 PM
From: John Mansfield  Read Replies (1) of 618
 
'Manufacturers can solve their date-field problem on the way to gaining an integrated system'

Thursday March 5, 9:53 am Eastern Time

Company Press Release

SOURCE: PRAGMATEK Consulting Group, Limited

'Year 2000 Study Uncovers Incompatible Business and Information System Objectives

Can CFOs and CIOs of Midwest Manufacturers Solve the Date-Field Problem and Their Biggest Business Challenge in the Next Two Years?

The capability to integrate information systems between different parts of the company was most frequently (66 percent) cited -- and ranked first -- among a list of 16 business challenges that CFOs and CIOs would consider ''the most pressing business challenges they face'' by the Year 2000. Essentially, an integrated system -- versus myriad departmental or stand-alone systems -- acts to coordinate all of a manufacturer's core operations, including financial systems, procurement, planning and scheduling, logistics, human resources, and data exchange with business partners.

''Manufacturers can solve their date-field problem on the way to gaining an integrated system,'' according to Steve Bloom, chief executive officer of PRAGMATEK. ''However, established or projected budgets indicated by our CFO/ CIO study indicate many companies are not likely to kill two birds with one stone,'' he said. '

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