The Road to Manufacturing Success:
Common Sense Throughput Solutions for Small Business
by Richard T. Lilly
President and CEO of Lilly Software Associates
To read this book is to gain an insight to the history of the software development industry that would be near impossible without having been there--an inside glimpse to the challenges, politics, and travails that many, if not all, of the software pioneers experienced. Several of the younger analysts in the manufacturing software field in which I work--those who entered into the space at a time when the industry was in full blossom--noted that this book was an education and for some a revelation on how the industry came to its current form. This book is an important and vital document. I recommend that anyone trying to understand the dynamics of the software and computer industries look no further.
Dave Caruso
Vice President E-Business Application Strategies
AMR Research
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The Road to Manufacturing Success is not only a fascinating history of MRP/ERP, written by someone who was there at the beginning, but also a clear explanation of how and why these systems are the way they are--for both the good and the bad.
Dave Turbide, CFPIM, CMfgE, CIRM
Editor in Chief
Midrange Enterprise
Dick Lilly's book provides both a CEO's "commonsense" perspective of the history of computerized manufacturing systems and a vision for the future, all told with Dick's personal touch, making this book a "must read."
Paul F. Bacigalupo
Retired IBM Senior Industry Consultant
Former APICS President
Synopsis
The Road to Manufacturing Success: Common Sense Throughput Solutions for Small Business is a firsthand look at the evolution of the manufacturing software industry by one of its leading pioneers. It describes the major breakthrough contributions made by leading pioneers such as Joe Orlicky, Oliver Wight, and George Plossl as well as the various pitfalls and barriers to advancement that they faced along the way. It uncovers some long-awaited, insightful solutions for the small manufacturer of today and tomorrow. And it offers tips and lessons of value to any manufacturer or technology company executive.
The book is built around the trials and tribulations of the author, Dick Lilly, one of the founding fathers of MRP and the enterprise software industry itself. For most of us, successfully launching a single enterprise, application software company looks about as easy as scaling Mount Everest. Dick has now successfully launched three companies. His fascinating story is, in part, about a fearless entrepreneur who aimed high, always kept his word, and never lost sight of his customers and should serve as an inspiration to all entrepreneurs.
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