Your Legacy ERP Software is Damaging Your Business: Ditch It And Grow Now There simply no denying it; enterprise software is expensive. It also has a nasty habit of losing its utility over time, especially in the fast paced, ever-modernizing industry of technology. Investing in the latest and greatest ERP software update or platform can become a vicious …
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It’s a fact that not many like to acknowledge, especially those embarking on a new project: ERP failure stories happen. Because ERP implementations take up so much of a company’s resources and are intended to support such a wide range of processes, failures can be truly devastating when they do occur, and big-name ERP failure …
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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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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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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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Why You Need ERP Software For Supply Chain Management ERP might not be the first thing on your mind when you think about supply chain management, but it should be. The software can provide an umbrella for you to efficiently manage and track all of your operations, right from the manufacturing line to shipping your …
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4 Reasons IoT and Food Manufacturing is A Powerful Duo Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, you’ll know that food safety has become quite the hot-button topic in mainstream news recently. Mexican natural fast-food behemoth Chipotle, recently infamous in the news as the source of multiple and unrelated norovirus and E. coli outbreaks, …
Master the Art Of ERP Production Scheduling Proper production scheduling lies at the heart of any manufacturer’s shop floor strategy. Knowing the amount of raw material and total resources necessary to produce your product in time for customer demands is the heart of your operations, and scheduling your production lines can be a fine balance …
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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Closed Loop Quality Management: How ERP Can Help In some of our previous posts on Food Safety, traceability and the importance of enterprise software in the modern food and beverage manufacturer we have touched upon quality assurance. Obviously, quality assurance is a huge factor of any business’ food safety policies; you dedicate huge portions of …
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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 …
