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A multi-national sales planning system in APL

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ACM SIGAPL APL Quote Quad, Volume 23, Issue 1

Pages 194 - 202

https://doi.org/10.1145/144052.144123

Published: 15 July 1992 Publication History

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A large multi-national chemical company has been using an APL-based logistics planning system called LOGISTICS*PLUS since 1984. Over the past five years, the original US-based system was extended into Canada and Europe. Recently, business units in Europe asked STSC to develop a sales planning system for LOGISTICS*PLUS. The developed system is used by many people with minimal training from many different countries. The software needed to be easy to access and easy to use. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the requirements of a system that needs to function across international borders. In addition, I will review the implementation of the system in regard to the need to manage multiple currencies, languages, product orientations and time-phased planning.

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STSC, Inc. LOGISTICS*PLUS Reference Manual, 1990, Appendices C-E.

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Ling, Richard C. and Goddard, Walter E. Orchestrating Success: Improve Control of the Business with Sales and Operations Planning, Oliver W. Wight, 1988.

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Taylor, Dave. "Going Global", Sunworld July 1991. (This article provides a wealth of useful information for people interested in building software applications for international use).

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ACM SIGAPL APL Quote Quad Volume 23, Issue 1

July 1992

309 pages

ISSN:0163-6006

DOI:10.1145/144052

Editor:
Lynne C. Shaw

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APL '92: Proceedings of the international conference on APL
July 1992
326 pages
ISBN:0897914775
DOI:10.1145/144045
Editor:
Lynne C. Shaw

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Association for Computing Machinery

New York, NY, United States

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Published: 15 July 1992

Published in SIGAPL Volume 23, Issue 1

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