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December 3, 2003

Supply Chain Management for the Home?

By Nancy Gohring

Researchers at ABI say that functions such as supply chain management, enterprise resource planning, and customer relationship management were designed for the enterprise but make sense in the home: Now that more homes have broadband access and networks, those functions can be useful to people in their homes. The report discusses connecting security, entertainment, HVAC, lighting, and appliances. By 2008, ABI expects the home automation market to grow to $3.8 billion.

It’s a bit of a stretch to talk about CRM and supply chain management in the home, but it makes a clever analogy. Some home automation functions should prove useful, while others will likely be fun but useless.

Posted by nancyg at December 3, 2003 10:17 AM

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Wi-Fi Networking News: Supply Chain Management for the Home? -- hmm, interesting. Obviously homes don't need enterprise-quality SCM but I think we would all agree -- finding and managing vendors and service providers for the home is a PITA. Maybe... [Read More]

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