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Ford's giant purchasing glitch; Despite hundreds of millions spent, Web-based system was slow and flawed.(News)

Automotive News Europe, August, 2004 by Kisiel, Ralph

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Byline: Ralph Kisiel

After four years of development and hundreds of millions in investment, Ford is quietly scrapping the Everest Internet purchasing software system.

Everest was conceived in the dot-com era to consolidate Ford's nearly 30 different systems worldwide and to increase dramatically the speed at which Ford exchanges information with suppliers by automating purchasing processes. A key benefit was that it would allow for the quick exchange of common standard documents such as invoices.

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But Everest was fraught with problems as Ford undertook the expensive ...

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Automotive Industry

Ford's giant purchasing glitch; Despite hundreds of millions spent, Web-based system was slow and flawed.(News)

Automotive News Europe, August, 2004 by Kisiel, Ralph

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