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UGovernIT’s February 2017 CIO of the Month: Fernando Gonzalez

He shared many examples of how the CIO can bring strategy to the table. At the high end, he felt it was important to note why a particular buyer purchased or not purchased the items. He stated that analytics do not help as their target market is driven by desire to buy something new. So one of his innovative ideas was to embed RFID and track how many garments their customers carried to the change room and how many (if any) they selected. Innovation, he argues does not have to be big-ticket items. Even simple ideas can be very appropriate. For example, most big enterprises like Wal-Mart recognize the need to manage inventory as a strategic part of their Supply Chain management. Fernando encountered a situation where the warehouse space needed to be expanded. It was simple, but many times overlooked, better management of inventory to reduce warehouse space requirements. Legacy ERP systems rarely provide these insights, but a relatively inexpensive customization of the inventory management module in the ERP led to significant savings.
He has so many success stories, it is hard to pen it down in a page. Mr. Fernando Gonzalez is our CIO of the month.
Written by Subbu Murthy
February 27, 2017 at 7:31 pm
Posted in Helping CIOs, IT Governance, Social Networking