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Industry Week: MCA Article on Risk & Opportunity in Aftermarket

• Jul 23, 2008
• "MCA’s founder and chairman Dr. Morris Cohen and vice president of strategic consulting John Nunes discuss why performance-based contracting creates a win-win for OEM’s and their key customers."
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2008 Supply & Demand Chain Executive 100

• Jun 30, 2008
• "MCA Solutions is named among an elite list of the top next-wave supply chain solution providers – for the third straight year."
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Unisys Upgrades to MCA Solutions for Sophisticated Service Parts Planning and Optimization

• Jun 25, 2008
• "Unisys upgrades from its current planning systems to MCA's advanced, OnDemand offering"
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Business Advisory: Know SaaS Issues Before They Impact Operations

• Jun 1, 2008
• "MCA has offered a hosted version of its system for some time, but is rolling out its SaaS version more aggressively this year. A 24-hour data center hosts the system, and users pay a monthly fee to lease the system, which includes maintenance, support, and training."
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SaaS is the Happening Trend in Project Management

• May 22, 2008
• "Tim Andreae, MCA's senior vice president of marketing, details the impact that SaaS technology is having on project management."
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Next-Gen Support for Next-Gen Jets

• May 19, 2008
• "At the highest end under Dispatch 100, Rockwell owns spares, repairs and exchanges parts and guarantees high levels of availability, 95% to 97%. Rockwell uses Software Planning Optimization by MCA Solutions to forecast these spare requirements."
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ERP For MRO: An Alternative Perspective

• May 15, 2008
• "There are just too many "different systems out there that schedule maintenance events and manage some of the resources – all these systems required to track down to a serial number level the history of each part and piece of equipment." The information, like the truth, "is out there, but it's not connected, not fully utilitized." Therefore, "there's a lot of inefficiency."
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START-IT Names Hottest Companies of 2008

• May 12, 2008
• "MCA Solutions, just clinched its third award this year, making its debut on START-IT's 2008 Hottest Companies list. MCA won the prestigious title for its innovative technology, which is being used by major manufacturers worldwide to more effectively plan and place spare parts across global distribution networks."
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Emerging Economies: Cheaper Production—and More Headaches

• May 5, 2008
• "Most industries today are global, and most companies are outsourcing all or at least some of it to somewhere," says Morris Cohen, chairman of MCA Solutions. "The ability to manage those pieces in an integrated fashion is still a challenge."
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MCA Solutions - A Strategic Service Parts Management Platform

• Apr 24, 2008
• "If you're in one of MCA’s target industries, it's certainly worth an investigation. Not only is it designed well, but it appears to be very efficient. The average response time for an update even in a fairly sophisticated what-if network model (with hundreds of locations and thousands of parts) is under two seconds. That's impressive where optimization is involved given the complexity of a multi-echelon network model."
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2008 Supply & Demand Chain Executive Pros to Know

• Mar 17, 2008
• "Dr. Morris Cohen, co-founder and chairman of the board of MCA Solutions, was just named a "Pro to Know" for the fourth consecutive year by Supply & Demand Chain Executive. He was recognized for his foresight in the service supply chain as the 21st century continues, focusing heavily on product development and service and investing in innovative service parts planning technology."
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Forbes: MCA Solutions Kicks Off Award-Winning Year

• Mar 17, 2008
• "MCA Solution is adding two recurring award wins to its repertoire: START-IT just named MCA Solutions to its annual 125 list for the second year in a row, and Dr. Morris Cohen, co-founder and chairman of the board of MCA Solutions, was just named a "Pro to Know" for the fourth consecutive year by Supply & Demand Chain Executive."
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Links In The Chain: Managing Complexity

• Mar 13, 2008
• Morris Cohen, co-founder and chairman of the board for MCA Solutions, discusses the complexity and unpredictability of the supply chain and the importance of using supply chain planning tools, including network design and inventory optimization. Tools that allow companies to design the optimal network to meet cost and service level requirements, perform "what-if" scenarios to model various solutions, optimize the amount and location of inventory to help companies perform to their greatest potential.
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It’s the Aftermarket Service, Stupid! (Part I)

• Mar 5, 2008
• "The opportunity within the aftermarket service and support as a profitable, high-margin and customer-captive business, and yet, still underserved. Industry leaders like Cisco Systems have reportedly been leveraging MCA’s Service Planning and Optimization (SPO™) suite and have benefited from reduced service parts inventory, improved service levels and greater profit."
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Service Supply Chains: The Path Toward Total Lifecycle Value

• Feb 29, 2008
• "While post-sale services are not new, they are increasingly recognized as a critical revenue and profit stream for the business. A global provider of electronics applications to commercial and government customers has seen post-sale service become increasingly important over the years, particularly with the emerging popularity of PBL contracts. The company has utilized technology to support its operations as well, using MCA Solutions Service Planning and Optimization (SPO) application to perform what-if analysis and inventory planning when analyzing service contracts."
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MCA Solutions Kicks Off Award-Winning Year

• Feb 26, 2008
• "MCA OnDemand, offered by MCA Solutions, gives midtier companies easier and more secure access to service parts planning technology."
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Managing Automation's Week in Review Podcast

• Feb 1, 2008
• "MCA is featured in Managing Automation’s ‘Week in Review’ podcast regarding after-sales service and how OnDemand technology is vital for mid-size markets."
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Boosting the Bottom Line with Sustainable Business Practices

• Feb 1, 2008
• "Bob Salvucci, president and CEO of MCA Solutions, says it’s also important to recognize the personal benefits involved with going green."
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MCA Brings SaaS Spare Parts Software to the Mid-Tier

• Jan 31, 2008
• "This week marks the official release of MCA Solutions' on-demand service parts planning software, part of an effort by MCA to provide mid-market customers with a tool to help reduce their parts inventory levels and increase customer service. The best-of-breed vendor, which has sold its products primarily to large companies with revenue in excess of $1 billion, is looking to cash in on a largely untapped market of companies with as much as $30 million in spare parts to manage — or roughly $400 to $500 million in sales."
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MCA Tries to Ride the Post-Sales Services Wave

• Jan 20, 2008
• "Industry studies perennially have found that manufacturers stand to gain from tapping into aftermarket sales opportunities, and recent indications are that they are ramping up efforts to do so. Privately held service parts planning and optimization provider MCA Solutions, for example, reported a 70% spike in annual revenue in 2007 after a successful expansion beyond its traditional target markets, including signing several new customers."
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MCA Solutions Achieves Major Milestones in 2007

• Jan 8, 2008
• "MCA Solutions, the recognized leader in service parts planning and optimization, is growing rapidly with 2007 revenue growth in excess of 70 percent, and increased expansion into new verticals, including medical, capital equipment and commercial aerospace manufacturing."
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