Benchmark Business Integration
Speaker: Ted Rybeck
President
Benchmarking Partners
Abstract
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Systems deliver
return on investment by focusing inwardly on the enterprise. They automate
business processes such as the order-to-cash cycle, improving operations
effectiveness while reducing costs. The economic benefits of operations
improvements have been substantial. Now the largest discontinuities lie
outside the organization, in the often-strained relationships between
trading partners. The future opportunity for return on investment will
come from tight integration of customers’ and suppliers’ information
systems across the global value chain.
Working from several case studies of prominent manufacturers’ and retailers’ value chain initiatives, this presentation describes the core principles of value chain systems, key metrics that drive success, and the technologies required to support them.
Biography
Ted Rybeck is the founding member of Benchmarking Partners and an innovator
of benchmarking methodologies for supply chain information systems. Drawing
from supply chain and systems experience on five continents, he consults and
speaks on applying information systems for competitive advantage. Rybeck
also writes extensively on supply chain strategies. Rybeck’s focus on supply
chain competitiveness derives from his early experience with plant closings
in his native Ohio River Valley. Rybeck went on to work in Strategic
Planning at AT&T and at Telesis, an international industrial strategy
spin-off of the Boston Consulting Group. Prior to founding Benchmarking
Partners, Rybeck was Director of Research at Advanced Manufacturing
Research (AMR). Rybeck holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Haverford College.