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About the Author
A distinguished educator and consultant, David F. Ross, PhD, CFPIM, has spent
over thirty-two years in the fields of supply chain and manufacturing manage
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ment. During the first twelve years he held corporate and operations management
positions at such companies as McMaster-Carr Supply Company and Illinois
Tool Works. For the past twenty years he has been in the Enterprise Business
System (ERP) industry with companies such as Computer Sciences Corporation,
SSA, DataWorks, Intentia, and currently, Lawson Software. Of those years, six
were spent in ERP consulting. For the past fourteen years he has focused on ERP
educa ...