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		<title>How MCA Solutions Should be Remembered</title>
		<link>http://spplan.wordpress.com/2012/03/12/how-mca-solutions-should-be-remembered/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 21:17:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shaun Snapp</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What This Article Covers What are some of the important MCA Solutions contributions to supply chain planning software? What will happen to the MCA product? What can other companies learn from MCA? Background Servigistics recently acquired MCA Solutions. This is &#8230; <a href="http://spplan.wordpress.com/2012/03/12/how-mca-solutions-should-be-remembered/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spplan.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1398547&#038;post=2104&#038;subd=spplan&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fill Rate Versus Backorder as a Service Measurement</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 12:03:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shaun Snapp</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Background The vast majority of articles on this website that discuss service level tend to focus on fill rate, as this is the most popular service level measurement method in business. However, the majority of early work on inventory optimization and multi &#8230; <a href="http://spplan.wordpress.com/2011/10/04/fill-rate-versus-backorder-as-a-service-measurement/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spplan.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1398547&#038;post=2023&#038;subd=spplan&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How SAP&#8217;s TCO Compares for SAP APO Service Parts Planning</title>
		<link>http://spplan.wordpress.com/2011/08/11/what-if-you-paid-nothing-for-sap-software-how-saps-tco-compares-for-service-part-planning/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 08:17:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shaun Snapp</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Background and Motivation for the Research When I am often told about the reasons for decisions to go with software that I am familiar with, the logic often does not seem to make sense. In fact the entire process for &#8230; <a href="http://spplan.wordpress.com/2011/08/11/what-if-you-paid-nothing-for-sap-software-how-saps-tco-compares-for-service-part-planning/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spplan.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1398547&#038;post=1959&#038;subd=spplan&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Understanding the (S, s-1) Inventory Policy</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Dec 2010 17:38:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shaun Snapp</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Background In several articles distributed across different SCM Focus sites, the (S,s-1) inventory policy is discussed. For this reason, it made sense to create an article which explains what it does. The following was written by Wayne Fu. _________________________________ In &#8230; <a href="http://spplan.wordpress.com/2010/12/31/understanding-the-s-s-1-inventory-policy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spplan.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1398547&#038;post=1939&#038;subd=spplan&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Important Service Part Multi Echelon Inventory Optimization Books</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Dec 2010 03:03:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shaun Snapp</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Background It is very interesting to find out about the origins of service parts inventory optimization. It&#8217;s rarely discussed, though I thought I would write and article on this topic. Guest Co-Author For this post we have a guest co-author. &#8230; <a href="http://spplan.wordpress.com/2010/12/31/important-service-part-multi-echelon-inventory-optimization-books/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spplan.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1398547&#038;post=1935&#038;subd=spplan&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Heuristic Based Algorithms Explained</title>
		<link>http://spplan.wordpress.com/2010/12/30/heuristic-based-algorithms-explained/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Dec 2010 20:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shaun Snapp</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Background This post documents an email discussion between myself and Wayne Fu regarding heuristic based algorithms. Question for Wayne Fu What is a heuristic based optimization algorithm? I thought that heuristics were one form of problem solving, and optimization was &#8230; <a href="http://spplan.wordpress.com/2010/12/30/heuristic-based-algorithms-explained/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spplan.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1398547&#038;post=1937&#038;subd=spplan&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Deloitte Writes &#8220;Ok&#8221; Paper on Service Parts But Would You Want to Hire Them?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Nov 2010 04:10:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shaun Snapp</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Deloitte]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Background The paper The Service Revolution by Deloitte &#8220;research&#8221; is an average white paper which has some interesting numbers about service parts along with quite a lot of fluff to reach its 13 pages. I would recommend it to skim &#8230; <a href="http://spplan.wordpress.com/2010/11/13/deloitte-writes-ok-paper-on-service-parts-but-would-you-want-to-hire-them/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spplan.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1398547&#038;post=1929&#038;subd=spplan&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Eric Larkin from Arena Solutions on BOM Management for the Service Market</title>
		<link>http://spplan.wordpress.com/2010/10/29/eric-larkin-from-arena-solutions-on-bom-management-for-the-service-market/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 07:17:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shaun Snapp</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arena Solutions]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Introduction Eric Larkin, Chief Technology Officer and co-founder or Arena Solutions, a very innovative and powerful BOM (bill of material) management application, describes how Arena Solutions is rolled out on service parts accounts. He describes some of the differences between finished &#8230; <a href="http://spplan.wordpress.com/2010/10/29/eric-larkin-from-arena-solutions-on-bom-management-for-the-service-market/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spplan.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1398547&#038;post=1853&#038;subd=spplan&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Microsoft Dynamics AX and Service Management</title>
		<link>http://spplan.wordpress.com/2010/09/21/microsoft-dynamics-ax-and-service-management/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2010 02:04:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shaun Snapp</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arena Solutions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft Dynamics AX]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Background Much of the Dynamics AX functionality for supply chain is rather basic. However, there is one supply chain area area which stands out. This is the service management functionality. As Dynamics AX could be connected to a service parts &#8230; <a href="http://spplan.wordpress.com/2010/09/21/microsoft-dynamics-ax-and-service-management/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spplan.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1398547&#038;post=1791&#038;subd=spplan&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Interviews with Tim Andreae SVP of MCA Solutions</title>
		<link>http://spplan.wordpress.com/2010/09/18/interviews-with-tim-andreae-svp-of-mca-solutions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Sep 2010 00:11:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shaun Snapp</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Introduction These interviews are with Tim Andreae, SVP of Marketing for MCA Solutions. Tim has extensive experience in strategic work and has been with MCA for over 8 years. His longevity in the planning and service parts space makes these &#8230; <a href="http://spplan.wordpress.com/2010/09/18/interviews-with-tim-andreae-svp-of-mca-solutions/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spplan.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1398547&#038;post=1754&#038;subd=spplan&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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