Is the global wool database possible?
Its the goal of multi-national wool companies the world over. To be able to see all your stock, orders, clients and purchase contracts in a single database viewable from anywhere on the globe.
So, how do you achieve this without going down the exspensive and historically failure ridden ERP path?
Firstly though, what's the problem? How hard can it be to put all your wool data into a single database?
The problem is not the data itself, but how to manage the data. There are three main issues that the global wool database needs to solve:
1. Currency and tax
2. Certification and allocation rules
3. Postion reporting and stock control
In this article we will touch briefly on all three issues, discussing the various problems raised and attempting to find high level pointers towards a solution.
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