Reinventing the monolithic ERP system is not going to happen overnight, but it is happening. What if you could predict what ERP changes would happen in 2016 or 2017? Having a crystal ball to take a look into the future is possible with independent research from Gartner. Their research – Predicts 2013: Reinventing the Roles …
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Datix celebrated our end of year holiday celebration at Blood & Sand. What’s Blood & Sand? Blood & Sand is “a membership bar and restaurant; it was conceived as a laboratory for creativity. We strive to surprise and delight the palette with some of the most exciting food and drink in the country.” We were certainly …
Is ERP Essential for a Better Customer Experience? Can ERP help businesses craft a better customer experience? IDC Manufacturing Insights conducted research on 460 companies globally. These companies are from all types of industrial backgrounds including high tech, equipment manufacturing and metal fabrication. ERP and Improved Customer Experience The research indicates that an improved customer …
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6 Challenges Manufacturers Can Solve With an ERP System You might need an ERP system if you are currently wasting time with manual data entry or you see inaccuracies in reporting because they are not happening in real time. Take a look at the common challenges and concerns manufacturers without an ERP system face.
How to Use the Tracing Feature in Epicor In my experience with Epicor ERP, I found it helpful to examine background tasks. When developing this allows you to see the ins and outs when debugging for instance. For this, I recommend using the Tracing feature.
It may not be simply a rhetorical question or thought exercise as to if robots will be capable to do many human jobs by 2050. Cost saving measures are typically cited as a major reason for implementing automation. Robotics could save Amazon more than $900 million a year, according to the Wall Street Journal article: …
4 Tips for Wholesale or Distribution Ecommerce Strategy It is often a huge challenge for a wholesaler or distributor to launch a successful ecommerce presence. We have been working with Znode Multifront® for better vendor management and distributed agent ecommerce. These businesses are often in a tricky position as they do not want to be …
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What Manufacturing Executives Can Learn from the Healthcare Rollout As a company, which specializes in software deployments, we have been paying close attention to the roll-out of the new healthcare site. The mishaps that have mired the website are an all too frequent and often preventable occurrence. Looking at this situation, I have seen similar …
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The Global Edge, Manufacturing as a Strategic Partnership? Can global manufacturing create more strategic partnerships? Recent reports are citing the surge in American Manufacturing. And with these reports will be the need to evaluate partnerships and global positioning. The Boston Consulting Group recently published a report about the boom of export manufacturing in the United …
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My route to a career in the tech industry has not been a direct one. It’s not that I didn’t have an interest in the field. In high school I learned some basic programming and briefly dreamed of developing educational computer games as a career. But my interests were always broad, and I ended up …
Manufacturers Deserve ROI on Enterprise Software Systems What is the ROI a manufacturing firm can expect to see on a big software implementation? Gantry Group, a strategic advisory and custom market intelligence firm, conducted a research study to find that out. In it, they took a look at the Total Cost of Ownership and ROI. …
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CRM and ERP Integration Accelerate Go Live Time How will CRM and ERP Integration improve my go live time? When we help our clients implement ERP systems, particularly Epicor ERP, we found they often had existing CRM systems. We used a cloud-based method to create a CRM and ERP connector, and a large majority of …
5 Tips to Consider When Selecting ERP Consulting Partner Finding and then selecting ERP consulting partners can be a lengthy and important process. Opting to go with an independent software implementer has great benefits. You know they have expertise in the software they are providing, but they can also provide you with other options. Say Epicor …
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Inside ERP, an industry leader in research provided a great top ten checklist when a company is looking to choose and ERP system. As a software system, ERP is costly, time-intensive to implement and requires proper planning before deciding to jump into the software selection process.
Integrate Microsoft Dynamics or Salesforce CRM with my ERP? Should your business integrate Microsoft Dynamics CRM or Salesforce with your ERP will allow you to quickly and affordably sync customer and business data between both systems. “CRM by itself is just a tool. Marrying it with ERP data makes it valuable.” David Peterson, Enterprise Collaboration Manager …
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