As a business leader, you seek the most sustained value from your enterprise software. Whether you’re in the process of selecting, implementing or improving your systems, we’re looking at the trends and issues that help you get the most out of your business.
Recover From ERP Implementation Failure: 5 First Steps Failure: Unfortunately, it can happen to even the most well intentioned software project. Whether it comes about as a direct result of a planning error or an occurrence out of your control—like a server meltdown—ERP implementation failure is always costly and discouraging. It also has the tendency …
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Your Small Business And ERP: Are They The Right Fit? ERP can certainly be a costly investment, and any decision to implement should naturally not be undertaken lightly. This rings especially true for the small and midsize business, who until recently have been shut out of the ERP market due to exorbitant costs and …
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Now What? How To Beat The ERP Post Go-Live Blues There’s no doubt that ERP post go-live euphoria is real thing; on the day of go-live, after months of hard work, custom development, setbacks and team meetings, you finally have an ERP system in place and ready to start working for your business. All the …
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Imagine, a top member of your sales team is walking the floor of a client’s manufacturing facility. The purchasing lead for you customer asks your team a series of specific questions that usually need quick answers like; “Do you have part X948 in stock? If so, how many? When could it be shipped and delivered, …
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Business Processes or Software: Which Should You Consider First? It’s a question you should be seriously considering before you get started on any software implementation project—should you be putting more consideration into the software you choose or the business processes you need it to support? In fact, a lot of companies will get the answer …
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Unlock Hidden Manufacturing Capacity With ERP Software When it comes to enterprise software, particularly systems that are integral to your business operations (like CRM and ERP), we always advise businesses to plan ahead; especially when your plan involves profit and the processes that you need to enact to drive it. For example: how to reduce variation …
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Build A Better Process Collaboration Model You would be extremely hard-pressed to find a more prominent buzzword in the enterprise world right now than collaboration. Organizations all over the world are seeking to enhance their internal process collaboration model, and it’s no secret to software publishers who are rushing to keep up with their demands. …
Leverage CRM For Manufacturing: 3 Tips As a manufacturing business, you may think that you don’t need CRM; whether you’re currently getting by on just an ERP system or (heaven forbid) mere Excel sheets. After all, CRM is for sales companies, and your focus needs to be on the quality of your product, right? However, …
Harnessing The Power of Real Time ERP Analytics For Real Business Growth As manufacturing shop floors become more sophisticated than ever, machines are hooked up to the Internet of Things, and the information available to ERP systems is expanding in leaps and bounds, it’s hard to deny the quickly growing power of ERP analytics. By …
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Using ERP for Lean Principles: 5 Ways to Make it Work In yesterday’s blog post, I fought back against the notion that employing ERP for lean principles in manufacturing was not a compatible situation. Now, on the surface this might seem true—lean is all about trending your business towards zero waste and you’ve no …
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So, you’re looking to implement a new enterprise system on your shop floor. You go to Google, you go to colleagues and wander around vendor websites for what seems like an eternity. 500 different options and phone calls with salespeople later, you’re no closer to figuring out which ERP system will give you the most …
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Benefits of ERP Implementation When most businesses look to begin implementing an ERP software system, they usually only have the big-picture benefits in mind—including increased productivity, maximized efficiency and greater data management. But what you might not know is that a properly planned and smoothly executed ERP software implementation can integrate your business and give …
Epicor Insights 2016: Get The Lowdown RSVP For Epicor Insights 2016!We’ll Be In Touch! As Epicor Insights 2016 approaches, we are getting more and more excited about all of the invaluable information that will be available to solution providers, clients, and all Epicor end-users at the event, being held at Mandalay Bay in Las …
The Questions You Need to Ask Every Epicor Consultant So, you’ve finally selected the ERP software you’re going to implement, where to host it, and convinced everyone else of the long list of benefits that that system will provide your company. It’s all smooth sailing after that, right? Probably not. As we’ve mentioned before on …
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Leverage ERP Inventory Management For Manufacturing Success Ask any manufacturer and they will tell you; Inventory management is a crucial part of their production strategy and one area that requires significant time and investment to really refine and get right. After all, a weak inventory strategy can cripple a company; excess product can become a …
