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Title: A Contemporary Approach To Computerized Materials Management
Author: Gerard D. Oconnell
Source: American Gas Association 1985
Year Published: 1985
Abstract: OK, materials managers, lets take a little survey. Answer the following questions: 1. What is your highest priority for improving your departmental operation? 2. On a scale of 0 to 10, rate the success you have had at computerizing your operation to date. 1 assume that we have a representative sampling of the industry in our readers. If so, the answers to the first question will overwhelmingly be Getting computerized effectively. Also, the answers to the second question will show an average rating of less than 3. This is a simplified example of what market surveys have revealed there is growing demand for computerization in the materials management area with very few options to satisfy that need. Historically, purchasing and its related functions have not had the necessary visibility with senior management that is needed to commit data processing staff to a major development project. These scarce resources are usually committed to automate departments more closely associated with the accounting and income producing sides of the business, rather than the expense oriented operations. However, since the late 1970s drastic fluctuations in business cycles coupled with the serious recession and double digit inflation have finally brought attention to the cost side of the ledger and the positive impact that automation can have. Today a growing number of major corporations have targeted materials management and purchasing as a key area for automation within the next 24 months. The question is no longer if automation should occur, but how and what automation should be implemented.

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