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.
Mastering The Art of ERP Demand Planning If you are a manufacturer, no matter the size, location or product, accurate and thorough demand planning should be one of the first objectives you strive to achieve within your organization. Knowing just how much product you need (and where that product needs to go) in the future …
2016 ERP Trend: Hybrid Cloud ERP While cloud-based ERP systems have certainly taken off the in the past couple of years, there are still (legitimate) concerns for many businesses when it comes to transferring their ERP over to the hands of the web and an outside vendor. Whether those concerns are related to data …
Think You Don’t Need CRM? Think Again. Time and time again confident sales people will passionately tell you that they, and their team, don’t need CRM software to track their clients, follow up and close their sales consistently. They might exclaim “I have a spreadsheet system that works!”or “I’ve never dropped a lead before!” …
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3 Ways To Tell If A Business Process Is Failing Those that watch ABC’s hit series Shark Tank have likely heard the show’s many famous and discerning entrepreneurs say over and over again, “There’s got to be a better way”. This refrain can also become a common phrase and expression of frustrations for the end-users tasked with enterprise …
Plan and Budget For ERP Implementation Download The ERP Implementation E-Book Here We’ll Email it To You! Enterprise software proje It’s one of the most common questions we get from clients and others we talk with about ERP implement is, “How do we budget for ERP?”. The amount of complex factors, time and technology involved …
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Common CRM Strategy Pitfalls There are no one-size fits all CRM software systems on the market today—and that’s a good thing. Modern enterprises operate in such varying and unique ways that it would be unreasonable to expect a silver bullet CRM that could be mapped onto any business and instantly improve their sales processes. As …
Setting the Right ERP Project Goals If you’re on the market for ERP software, you’ve probably the heard the spiel from multiple software vendors by now. ERP promises to accomplish a whole host of objectives for its users, including the ability to monitor and manage supply chain and production activities with greater efficiency, lowering costs …
IoT is already gaining traction in the consumer world as smart, predictive way to make day-to-day life easier; from home security systems that can send alerts to smartphones to fitness trackers that can keep your New Years resolutions on track. Now, it’s time for IoT to (rightly) take on the manufacturing and enterprise software world. …
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How Big Data and Food Safety Can Transform Your Business There’s no doubt about it, big data is one of the hottest trending topics in the technology world today. Still not sure what exactly ‘big data’ is? You’re not alone. The most commonly accepted definition, although the actual scale of size is disputed, is that …
Think You Don’t Need ERP For Financials? Think Again. Somehow, even in 2016, there are still using businesses relying on Excel for accounting, reporting and other critical financial processes. The excuses for not moving into the world of the modern enterprise and using sophisticated ERP for financials can vary; ERP is too expensive, it …
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Maximize ERP ROI With Material Requirements Planning Are you utilizing your software’s material requirements planning functionality to its fullest potential? It’s a question we ask many ERP users who express disappointment in their system and are finding that the software is just not living up to the promises the slick software sales team made …
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Do You Need Business Process Reengineering? It’s a problem that can face any business of any size—poor processes and time-wasting methods of doing things accrue over time. Because things aren’t disruptive at first, they are ignored until they become too big to handle. This kind of business process neglect often ends in disaster. The solution? …
The Importance of the ERP Super User One of the most crucial elements of ERP software strategy is also one of the ones that is also often most overlooked. Businesses can do everything they can to train employees and put a solid change management strategy in place, but will still find a brick wall …
Whatever industry they operate in, whatever size their company is or whatever their client base looks like, manufacturers care about quality. Especially in a modernizing market full of discerning customers and multiplying, global, options; maintaining strict product quality at the lowest possible price lies at the heart of many an enterprise software strategy. However, many …
ERP Conference Room Pilot: Step One Towards Project Success The ERP conference room pilot is a crucial step on the pathway towards your success with enterprise software. By demonstrating the functionalities of your new software to key stakeholders and decision-makers within your company, you can get the project off on the right foot and define …
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