Other Good Entries:
“The ERP consultants told me it was obsolete and to throw it away, but the Crystal Ball told me that the ERP consultants are obsolete and to ignore them.”
David Weyrick
Ricoh Americas Corporation
“I am sorry. Your office has been replaced by our new Forecasting System.”
Brad Carlson
Crate and Barrel
"Our value stream mapping workshop began with 'it's always wrong'…from there it was all downhill."
Joe Witkowski, CPIM CSCP
Dr Pepper Snapple Group
“If we ship that one out to a plant we will have no way knowing how many more we should reorder.”
Paul R Elmer
CECOR
“This is our new forecasting tool. No one knows how to use it yet, but we have a team of people working with the consultants we’ve brought in to figure it out.”
Tammy Haworth
Fire Mountain Gems and Beads
“How is IT’s idea for a low cost forecasting solution working out so far?”
Greg Weigel
American Woodmark Corporation
“Look, it was meant as a last resort, not the first, but things change.”
Sajeev Anand
Fujitsu America
"Go ahead, I double dog dare you to bring that to our next planning meeting."
Richard Murphy
TLC Logic
“It’s been working perfectly. Maybe we should look into renewing the license.”
Jeff Harrop
Demand Clarity Inc.
“We laid off the group, disconnected the software and went with the 8-ball. Results, unfortunately, have improved.”
Mark Wheeler
Motorola, Inc.
"Your new forecasting supervisor, Madam Cleo, will be along any minute now!"
Robin Newstead
R. Moroz Ltd.
“Yes, it’s a crystal ball. We keep it in the closest so Operations doesn’t learn that we really have no clue what we are doing.”
Bill Davis
Lowe’s Distribution
“Be careful when you handle it – that’s the only one left!”
Anil Kuttan
Mahindra Satyam
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