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Industry: Email Alert RSS FeedEarly adopter says Microsoft .NET works as advertised.(.NET In Supply Chain)
MSI, October, 2003
Microsoft touts its .NET framework as a way of building a "corporate nervous system" that can give employees whatever information they need anytime, anywhere, through any computing device. And some early adopters of .NET-based solutions say it actually works. Take Uponor Canada, a $1-billion manufacturer of plastic pipes used in plumbing, heating, gas, and telecommunications systems.
When orders arrive at Uponor's headquarters in Regina, Saskatchewan, customer service representatives must know immediately which of four regional warehouses has the products to fill the order. That requires an inventory management system that can be instantly updated whenever inventory moves anywhere in the enterprise. Uponor has such a system, thanks to its ERP...
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