The Right Choice: A Complete Guide to Evaluating, Selecting and Installing Effective Manufacturing and Supply Chain Application Systems

The Right Choice explains how to find software that best meets your company's needs and how to avoid common pitfalls in ERP and supply chain software selection.

Chris Gray has been at the forefront of applying proven manufacturing management methods and concepts for over three decades. Since 1979, he has helped more manufacturing and distribution companies resolve resource planning software issues than anyone else in the field. He has been involved in the design and development of both resource planning and lean manufacturing software. He has authored or co-authored 6 books, over 30 Software Evaluations, and 30 published articles on ERP, enterprise software, and computers in manufacturing. He is a recognized authority on the software available for manufacturing and supply chain applications. He has a very active consulting practice working with teams implementing resource planning and lean execution methods. Chris is President of Gray Research and one of the founders of Partners For Excellence. He was president of Oliver Wight Software Research, Inc. and one of the Oliver Wight Education Associates. He also developed and taught the MRP II Software Survival Course, a class covering software evaluation and selection, software trends, and the role of systems people in implementing effective systems. Chris has a Bachelors degree in mathematics from Washington and Jefferson College and a Masters degree in mathematics from Carnegie Mellon University. He is a past president of the North Shore chapter of APICS and was certified by APICS as a Fellow (CFPIM) in 1980. He is listed in six different volumes of Who's Who.