The selection of the product for implementation plays a major part in the success or the failure of the implementation. The success or the failure of the implementation is measured in terms of the extent to which the set targets/ goals have been achieved by the implementation. The product selection again depends on a number of factors or constraints that the organization may be facing. I have listed a few of these factors below. The list is an indicative list and does not contain all the factors that might affect the product selection:

1. Budget: The CRM implementation can cost an enterprise from a few thousand dollars to a few hundred million dollars. The budget allocated for the product alone can be from a 5% to 70% of this cost. There are some open source CRMs available for free downloads (Sugar CRM) where one does not have to pay a single penny for the product. Then there are products by SAP and Oracle which may cost a bomb for the vanilla product alone. Midway the two are some mid range CRMs. Though most of the CRMs claim to address most of the industry requirements, not many (read “none”) are able to meet all the requirements of the organization.
2. Scale: The Scale also plays an equally important part in the product selection. Some company may just require managing the contacts or the interaction with the contacts form the MS Outlook. There are some small packages available which can be downloaded and easily laid on the existing MS Outlook framework. They help manage the schedules, inquiries etc. Then there may be some organizations which require just managing the sales team or the marketing team or the Call Centre operations. Most of the modern day CRMs have 20-25 modules. The Organization may require a few or all of these modules. The cost and the selection of the product depend on the need for the modules required by the organization from this list.
3. Complexity: The processes of two industries can be vastly different from each other. Though no industry processes can be called easy to manage, but my experience says that telecom industry processes are most complex and difficult to manage. Add to this the dynamic nature of the telecom industry where new products are launched daily and new functionalities are added daily. Thus the products for telecom industry contain more functionalities than for any other industry. These products, no doubt, are costlier than their peers form other industries.
4. Deviation from the Industry Practices: Even in the same industry, one organization may have processes very different from other organization. Every organization tries to follow the “differentiation” path to move ahead of the competition. In this quest of differentiation, these organizations have processes which are vastly different from other similar organizations in the same industry. If your organization is different from the others, the CRM product to be chosen will depend upon the extent to which you are willing to sacrifice the uniqueness of your processes and the money you are willing to pay for the customizations required in the generic product for maintaining the existing processes.
5. Model of implementation: The CRM products differ in genre which is dictated by the mode of implementation.  For example, if the implementation on-premise, the costs may be different, than when it is a SaaS. Similarly comparing it with PaaS implementation may give different commercials. The products for SaaS, On Premise, PaaS may also be different in costs based on the vendor selected.
6. Existing Systems: If one is looking for compatibility of the CRM to be implemented with the existing legacy systems (such as Inventory, Billing, Financials etc.), one has to be very careful while choosing the product. If proper precautions are not taken care of, the new product may pose difficulties in the integration of existing systems. The cost of the selected product again depends on the vendor who offer the most compatible product.
7. Human Factor: The human factor comes into play at a number of instances in the selection of the product. The team or the person authorized to make the final say on the purchase may have some pre notions for some product. The employees or the implementation team also may count in the ease of use for the product. Some CRMs are more user friendly than the others and hence are favoured by the implementation teams or the advisors for product selection.

All the above factors and some more influence the selection of the EA product to be implemented by the organization. Nonetheless, the product selection is a very important and a crucial aspect for the implementation to deliver the desired results.

I got some things today. This is just  a quick overview of things. I will describe and have some more picture of some of the things later on as well.

Allied Industries SFLCS MBITR pouch.

Eagle Industries SFLCS canteen pouch.

Eagle Industries MLCS butt pack.

MSA TC-2000.

Orc Industries PCU level 5 pants.

TEA U92VP-P3-8FT PTT.

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Canfield Industries
Canfield Avenue 420
CT 06605 Bridgeport (United States)
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Every day there are stories and advertisements in business magazines and newspapers about the organizations benefitting from the implementation of ERP and CRM. The vendors (Oracle, Sales force etc.) leave no stone unturned to make sure their success stories reach the audience. Many organizations do get influenced by these messages coming from the industry as well as the vendors. No organization wants to lag behind its competition and is willing to invest a few million dollars if the implementation gives it an edge over the competition.

But, the question is: Is the CRM really required?

The legendary Harvard Professor and noted economist, Theodore Levitt once said that a customer does not want a quarter inch drill; all he wants is a quarter inch hole. The same rule applies to organizations thinking for implementing the CRM package. The question they should ask is: Do we want to implement CRM or do we want a solution for a problem? More often than not, the answer will be that the organization is looking for a solution to its problem. There can be many solutions to this problem. The organization can improve by just improving the competency of the human component or by just re-engineering its processes. Some other problems might be solved with just adding enhancements to the existing IT systems.

Build vs. Buy: When the organization is convinced that it has to improve or replace the existing IT systems, the next decision is to decide between whether the organization should build its own system or buy an EA product?

When the patchwork on the IT system stops working, the option of building the system has been ruled out its time to justify the implementation of CRM. The implementation of CRM is justified if the organization has the following requirements:

1. The organization is a customer centric organization or wants to transform into a customer centric organization.
2. It has multiple teams working on a single process and the process ownership changes from one stage to another.
3. The coordination between teams and flow of data from one team to another is the key to success of a process/ transaction.
4. It feels that customer service has to be personalized for each segment or each customer.
5. It wants to integrates all the three functions of the customer interaction: Identification, Acquisition and Maintenance of customers.
6. It has the money and resources to implement and maintain a CRM System.

    Many organizations have a need and a desire of implementing CRM and the related systems. Implementing these systems if a big decision for the companies and costs a bomb in terms of money and human resource spending. Even after meticulous planning and careful implementation, the companies are not sure if they will be able to achieve the desired results.

    I have started writing a series of articles on the planning and implementation methodology that may serve as broad guidelines for companies to implement these systems. The series will take the readers from the planning through the implementation and optimizing and fine tuning the system. 

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Craftsmen Industries, Inc.
Elm Point Industrial drive 3101
MO 63301 St Charles (United States)
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A SPECIALIST integrity unit has been formed inside the Department of Immigration to deal with widespread fraud in the working holiday visa program, on which industries such as fruit growing depend.

More than 200 internet advertisements have been found offering to buy or sell documents allowing backpackers to claim they had worked in rural jobs without them leaving Sydney, and thus extend their working holiday visas. The standard fee is $400. So far, 64 visas have been cancelled over the fraud and at least 19 more are being reviewed.

One man, an Irish national, has been convicted of fraud. ”There’s been more than 100 fraudulent claims identified this financial year,” a spokeswoman for the department said. ”The answer is we don’t know [the full extent of the fraud]. At this stage it’s too early to determine and we will be looking at it over the next six months.”

The working holiday visa (subclass 417) allows people to extend their stay in Australia by a year if they can prove they have worked in a rural area for three months. Applications are lodged online but have been abused by people selling Australian business numbers linked to farms so backpackers can falsely claim they worked on farms.

”Second year visas for sale,” one ad read. ”Will email completed 1263 form and add your details to my books so you can gain second year visa with ease.”

Another ad offering similar services, posted on the Gumtree website on Saturday, had received more than 2000 hits by last night. Unlike visa scams targeting international students, mainly Indians, this fraud is used mainly by European visitors.

One backpacker told the Herald he had been offered the false documentation as soon as be arrived in Australia, by people staying at the same hostel.

”People told me about buying the documents – getting the numbers to put in,” he said. ”When I arrived here people said you can go there [to a farm] or you can buy. Everyone knows about it. It’s easy. All the people who are here know about that.”

The federal Opposition spokeswoman on immigration, Sharman Stone, said the widespread fraud reflected under-resourcing of the department.

Following is a report from The Pioneer:

The Centre has instituted a probe into the allegations of illegal bauxite mining by Vedanta on behalf of the Odisha Mining Corporation at Niyamgiri forests in Kalahandi.

“A Central team will visit the site to verify allegations of violations of the terms of the ‘in-principle’ approval under Forest Conservation Act, 1980 by the project proponent,” Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said in a statement in New Delhi on Friday. The team will submit its report to him within a week.

Ramesh noted that the ‘in-principle’ approval given to the project on December 11, 2005 under the Forest Conservation Act, 1980 could be converted to a final approval only after the stipulations contained in it were met.

However, NGOs alleged that Vedanta on behalf of Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) had already started activities without getting the final approval. “The total amount of forest land proposed to be diverted is 660.749 hectares of which around 353.14 hectares is in the Niyamgiri reserved forest. Concerns have also been raised on the impact that this project will, inter alia, have on the livelihood of tribal communities,” Ramesh said.

“Technically this (construction) is not a violation of the law, but it is a violation of the Ministry’s guidelines, which stipulates that when a project involves non-forest and forest land, construction in the non-forest land should not begin without clearance for activity in the forest land itself,” the Minister observed.

Incidentally, the Odisha Government is yet to reply to the Ministry, which had sought an explanation as to how the violations of the norms were permitted. Ramesh made it clear that the previous concept of ‘in-principle’ approval was done away with and that projects were now exclusively examined for either approval or rejection

Similar things are also reported in http://www.orissasambad.com/:

Le groupe européen EADS va  récupérer Pascale Sourisse qui dirigeait la division Systèmes Terre et Interarmées chez Thales , alors que la réorganisation du groupe est attendue pour le 7 décembre prochain. après le débarquement de D. Ranque souhaité chez Dassault, pour imposer Luc Vigneron. Une bonne opération alors qu EADS a remporté le contrat de sécurisation des frontières saoudiennes, remporté face à Thalès.

Since I have a couple of visitors who might be interested in buying things I thought I could add a sale page which you can find here and on the top of the blog aside with my About me page. Take a look and mail me if you have any questions or is interested in something.

Read the page if you’re interested and I will ship internationally if that’s needed.

Currently for sale is PANTAC Medic pouch in MJK, PANTAC GP Utility pouch in MJK, PANTAC “Allied Industries” MBITR pouch in MJK, PANTAC Fanny Pack wrist pouch in MJK, LBT-1562B NSW medic pack in OD, ADS Gen III level 5 pants, Eagle Industries SFLCS H-Harness in MJK, Eagle Industries MLCS grenade pouch in MJK and will add a Allied Industries SFLCS MBITR pouch in MJK, Outdoor Research PRO MOD gloves and a Eagle Industries SFLCS Canteen pouch in MJK as soon as I get it from the states.

Thanks for looking!

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je sais pas si c’est si fun, mais c’est bel et bien weird.

http://www.charleroiadventure.com/

photo par julien le grand

Just bought some new old gen MLCS pouches and now I’ve all I need for my vests, finaly.

Eagle Industries MLCS M60 pouch
Eagle Industries MLCS Medic pouch
Eagle Industries MLCS GP Utility pouch

Edit: Got the MLCS Canteen pouch and one or maybe two MLCS M4/M16 pouches as well.

When all this arrives I’ll have following MLCS items, all with black hardware:

Canteen pouch
M4/M16 pouch
MBITR pouch
Medic pouch
GP Utility pouch
Butt pack
Pop flare pouch
H-Harness
M249 pouch
M60 pouch

Nothing else this month!

Nov.24 – The company announced to provide CMS(Content Management System) for news paper industry with Microsoft Japan. In this agreement, Toshiba Solution will use SharePoint Server 2007 and Office 2007 to provide the system named "PressSTREAM DynamicCMS".  In future, it will got to Azure, the company added.

J <http://itpro.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/NEWS/20091124/340900/>

Nov.24 – The company announced to provide cloud infrastructure optimizing services named "IT@VSOP". With those services, consist of "ACS (Assessment/Consulting Service), SIS (System Integration Service) and SMS (System Management Service), the customers of TIS, who go to cloud, will get the view for cost and complexity.

J <http://japan.zdnet.com/news/itm/story/0,2000056188,20404087,00.htm>

Following is a report from the expressbuzz.com:

Parliamentary Affairs Minister Raghunath Mohanty today said that only 2 per cent of water from the Hirakud reservoir is being provided for industrial use.

To a question from Prafulla Majhi (Cong), the Minister reiterated that the State Government attaches top priority to drinking water supply followed by its use in environment protection. Then it is used for agriculture and generation of hydro electric power, he said, adding its use for industrial purposes comes last in the priority list.

The State Government has permitted 13 industrial houses to draw water from the Hirakud reservoir for industrial purposes. These industries draw 0.314 million acre feet water annually at the rate of 433.322 cubic feet for second (cusec) which is within the limit of 0.350 million acre feet fixed by the State Government, he said.

The live storage capacity of Hirakud reservoir is 3.91 million acre feet while water earmarked for industrial purposes is only 8.95 per cent. Now, industries are using 0.077 million acre feet water from the reservoir which is only 2 per cent, he said.

The Minister said  Rs 3.41 crore water tax had been collected from industrial houses in 2008-09. During the last five years water tax of Rs 7.73 crore was collected, he said.

Nov. 20 – Hitachi introduced a Business Analytics methodology named "Experience Oriented Approach", since from last August.  With this way, the company consolidated processes and skill needed for agreements with customers, using clouds based on their design teams in home electronics divisions.

In addition,those kinds of BA are used in NEC, Fujitsu and IBM.

J <http://itpro.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/COLUMN/20091105/340136/>

Nov.20 – The company announced to start cloud storage building services with IBM Japan’s storage products. The storage gives the automated scale out services with "IBM XIV Storage System" and quick restore mechanism. Since from 2005, IHI Scube has increased the knowledge of internal control with their paperless systems.

J <http://www.itmedia.co.jp/enterprise/articles/0911/20/news073.html>

As some or most of you guys know the PCU level 5 is the most popular clothing ever when it comes to SEAL equipment. When you run info it and look at the price (except fot the retail price) you wonder what’s so special about this clothing and why so expensive.

I managed to find some more info that I thought be useful to share. The special material that is used on these PCU level 5 is the EPIC material from Nextec.

Here’s some more useful information regarding all seven layers from Ord Industries.

Wearing the PCU is a matter of mixing and matching the gray garments according to the anticipated conditions and activities of the user. Comfort levels range from -50°F to 45°F, and although there are seven levels of protection, clothing in each level is not progressively added or removed the colder or warmer the environment.

Level 1

A durable, silkweight Polartec Power Dry fabric worn next to the skin wicks away moisture and dries fast. It consists of a crew neck T-shirt and boxer shorts, or is available in long-sleeve top with invisible zipper and pants, built for comfort and minimal weight.

Level 2

A long-sleeve shirt and pants made from Polartec Power Dry fabric are worn next to the skin for extra warmth in extreme conditions, but still wicks away moisture quickly from skin and dries fast. An inserted side panel of Polartec X-Static fabric enhances fit and flexibility. The top has a front 15-inch zip for extra venting and a soft lining around the collar. Comfort features include an articulated side seam on the pants to minimize chafe on the kneecap.

Level 3

An insulative mid-layer jacket made from Polartec Thermal Pro High Loft fabric is water-repellent yet breathable. It is worn as an outer jacket in mild temperatures or as a heavy insulative layer in extreme cold. Seamless shoulders minimize chafe, which are then lined for extra warmth and padding for heavy pack straps.

Level 4

The soft windshirt is made from an encapsulated microfiber that repels water but also breathes for a variety of conditions. It is designed to pair with a next-to-skin layer for intense activity in cooler temperatures or with the Level 5 soft shell as a mid-layer. It stuffs into its own pocket for easy packing.

Level 5

The key to the entire system, this soft shell fabric jacket and pants are made with fibers encapsulated with silicone that are highly stretchable, windproof, water repellant and breathable (EPIC by Nextec). They are paired with Level 1 or 2 next-to-skin layers, ready for any cold weather aerobic activity.

Level 6

A lightweight waterproof and coated nylon hard shell is slightly oversized to fit easily and quickly over gear. The jacket features water-resistant zippers and armpit zips for maximum ventilation, pocket openings to quickly access inside layers and a hood that incorporates a stiff brim. The pants borrow the same design from Level 5 but provide waterproof protection.

Level 7

For extreme conditions, this lightweight, loft-insulated level in a jacket, vest and pants has the feel of down but retains its warmth when wet. Silicone-encapsulated fabric sheds water and is paired with Primaloft insulation for maximum warmth while the liner pulls away moisture.

Nov.18 -  The company announced to go to the cloud, using their SaaS for sales systems named "Sales Cloud" with Salesforce.com.  It will be deployed to over 5000 employees, and will be accessed from iPhone, so that  it can be the useful services for their sales and estimation in the portal site.

J <http://www.itmedia.co.jp/enterprise/articles/0911/18/news042.html>

305441     การควบคุมคุณภาพและการผลิตในอุตสาหกรรมไม้     Quality and Production Control in Wood Industries

การประยุกต์วิธีทางสถิติศาสตร์ในการควบคุมคุณภาพของผลิตภัณฑ์ในอุตสา-หกรรมไม้ และผลิตภัณฑ์ที่ใช้ไม้เป็นองค์ประกอบ

(Application of statistical methods in controlling quality in manufacturing processes of wood industries and wood component of products.)

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305444     การจัดการ การผลิตในโรงงานอุตสาหกรรมไม้     Manufacturing Management in Wood Industries

การจัดการการผลิต การวิเคราะห์กิจกรรมการผลิต และการเพิ่มประสิทธิภาพการผลิตในโรงงานอุตสาหกรรมไม้

(Production management, production activity analysis and the increasing efficient production in wood industry.)

(305444 มหาวิทยาลัยเกษตรศาสตร์)

305445     การยศาสตร์ในอุตสาหกรรมไม้     Ergonomics in Wood Industries

ปัญหาทางด้านการยศาสตร์ในอุตสาหกรรมไม้ ระดับเสียงในโรงงานอุตสาหกรรมและมาตรการในการลดระดับเสียง สุขอนามัยในโรงงานอุตสาหกรรมไม้และการระบายอากาศ อุบัติภัยและการเสี่ยง ความสามารถในการทํ างานเชิงกายภาพ

(Ergonomic problems in wood industries, the level of noise, factory health care and ventilation, accidend and risk in physical work.)

(305445 มหาวิทยาลัยเกษตรศาสตร์)