CS), founded in 1994. In February of 1998, the company announced the general availability of a full - function web - enabled service bureau that will support clients in implementing a vendor-managed-inventory. (VMI) This company grew out of the Pharmaceutical manufacturing and distribution industry. The article was entertaining enough that a few paragraphs just needed to be quoted. The wire release starts off by stating, "We have chose to offer the service bureau in response to key players in industry who desire the benefits of a VMI program with a much lower investment and lower risk associated with implementation. SCS prides itself on consistently rapid implementations and to assure success of our program we offer resources of hardware, software, and operational expertise." The article went on to say, "SCS also revealed that seven clients are already using the service as part of there efforts to reduce inventories, increase customer service levels" and so on and so on.From personal experience, a red flag went up as the article appeared on the monitor screen. Still having the bitter taste of once having worked in a company that invested a not so small amount of money in such product, except this translation of the above "news flash". Since there seems to be many companies that want Wal-Mart type of supply chain management at a Wal-Mart price. For this reason, we are offering our product at a price too good to be true. SCS prides itself on its ability to get quickly in and out of your business. If you want the program to run properly, it must be run on our hardware. We also have staff who can show you how to use the product if you cannot figure it out yourself. In the four years we have been in existence, we have managed to sell this product to seven other businesses. The record of accomplishment is not great, but good advertising and PR can cover a multitude of mistakes. ConclusionThe whole idea is companies want to ...
