David Cahn
As vice president of product strategy, David Cahn drives solutions for development through sales, marketing and services; helping execute the manufacturing, supply chain management and customer relationship management (CRM) road map by identifying marketing campaigns for sales and lead generation, among other things.
Cahn is a veteran of the software industry with strong business development,M&A skills and deep domain expertise across multiple industry verticals. Prior to CDC Software, he was;owner of Y2g Associates LLC, where he assisted software companies with capital funding, M&A, product strategies, and channel development. A former research director at AMR (Advanced Manufacturing Research), a leading industry market research firm, Cahn previously held managing director positions at KPMG LLP and Answerthink, and held several executive roles at Computer Associates. Cahn is a hands-on individual who is well known to press, analysts, software organizations and consortiums. He also has actively participated on software industry panels and conference key notes, relating to directions in distributed computing architectures and enterprise-wide supply-chain management.
Cahn has a B.S. in Business Administration and a strong minor in Mechanical Engineering from Villanova University.
The Power of the Plant FloorLink This | Email This | Comments (3) Profit is the Goal—Part 2: Staying Focused on the MoneyIn my last post, I drew attention to the historic failure of plant measurement projects to deliver hard and sustainable benefits. In a recent (Summer 2007), study of 100 food and beverage and CPG companies, AMR Research found no measurable difference between the abilities of MES users and non-MES users to leverage metrics to respond to business challenges. Not a... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (0) Risk Compliance – No Small PeanutsThe recent peanut butter scandal dominating headlines is simply another example of how the food manufacturing supply chain is becoming more complex while the compliance visibility of our IT systems and our processes tend to be localized. As we have all discovered for any implementation in order to achieve its objectives, the people, processes and technology must be aligned. In the... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (3) Profit is the Goal — Part 1: The Power to Achieve ItAs this blog is titled “The Power of the Plant Floor,” I want to address the nature of this “power.” A plant floor is truly powerful when two things are occurring: 1. The actions of the people on the plant floor — specifically line operators and their immediate supervisors — make a difference in achieving the goals of the plant.... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (1) Beef: Having It Your Way and Ensuring ComplianceThe last few weeks have been very interesting in the world of global beef products. Mexico’s agriculture ministry said on Dec. 26, 2008, it could soon resume imports from 30 U.S. meat plants temporarily suspended because they did not meet joint sanitary regulations. The plants fell short on standards like packaging, labeling and some transport conditions. So what happened... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (1) China Food Manufacturers Get Caught with Hand in the Cookie JarSubstances commonly used as industrial dyes, insecticides and drain cleaners were included on a list of illegal food additives China released Monday as part of a month-long government crackdown aimed at improving the country’s shoddy food safety record. Among the 17 banned substances was boric acid, commonly used as an insecticide, which is mixed with noodles and meatballs to... More |
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