market research founded 1986 by tony friscia headquarters 125 summer street boston ma website amr research amr research inc. was an independent us research and industry analysis firm founded by tony friscia in 1986 and sold to gartner research for us 64 million in 2009 . amr was the leading firm in its sector focused on global supply chain best practices and all supporting technologies . its services continue to be offered by gartner . the company which serves many fortune 500 companies provides subscription advisory and peer networking services to supply chain sustainability and it executives in the consumer products life sciences manufacturing and retail sectors . 1 the company also researches and advises technology and services vendors . major technology markets covered include erp supply chain planning and execution green technologies business intelligence performance management plm manufacturing operations crm hcm and sourcing and procurement . contents 1 history 2 press coverage 3 competitors 4 references 5 external links history edit 1986 founded by ceo tony friscia 1988 launched its first advisory service focused on manufacturing automation 1990 founded the manufacturing execution systems association mesa to serve industry need for standards in using off the shelf software to manage plant execution 1991 initiated coverage on the emerging erp market and became a leader in supporting companies on the selection of these next generation systems 1994 launched supply chain advisory service the first syndicated research service focused on supply chain software 1996 co founded the supply chain council 2 1998 co developed the supply chain operations reference scor model 2003 defined the demand driven supply network ddsn model 2004 published the first annual amr research supply chain top 25 2006 launched sustainability strategies service 2007 made commitment to clinton global initiative to identify best practices in extending global supply chains into sub saharan africa and to support local producers in this region 2009 acquired by gartner inc. press coverage edit amr research is frequently quoted in major publications businessweek quotes kevin o marah amr research s chief strategy officer on the impact of the swine flu epidemic . swine flu lessons from sars supply chain management review cites an amr research survey on the effort that companies are putting into measuring greenhouse gas emissions.companies will focus on greenhouse gas in 2010 informationweek discusses the amr research supply chain top 25 . apple dell and p & g head amr s supply chain top 25 list cio magazine reports on amr research s study of the best university supply chain programs . supply chain u. amr rates top colleges for supply chain studies competitors edit corporate executive board usa forrester research references edit the beginning of supply chain management an interview with tony friscia . supply chain management review . january 1 2008 . archived from the original on 17 october 2009 . retrieved 2009 10 08 . http www.scmr.com article ca6518144.html external links edit amr research retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title amr research & oldid 743301034 categories companies based in bostonmarketing research companies of the united statescompanies established in 1986research and analysis firms1986 establishments in the united stateshidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 october 2016 at 01 19 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view