ERP Spotlight
ERP Survey: Users Aren’t Happy
By Doug Henschen is Executive Editor of InformationWeek An Epicor study reveals users are frustrated with inaccessible, inflexible ERP. Here’s what incumbents Epicor, Infor, Microsoft, Oracle, and SAP are doing about it. The majority of companies running ERP systems rate them as “basic” or “adequate,” according to a just-released survey[…]
Read More »Download MCG Special Report: How to Avoid the Software Implementation Death Spiral
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems evolved from Materials Requirements Planning (MRP) that began in the 1970’s . From that auspicious beginning, much has changed in both the technology space and how businesses manage resources, processes and people. With the onset of integrated databases and personal computers, ERP systems transformed from[…]
Read More »Best Practices for Procure to Pay Processes
I found this study and write up by David Cramer at Visa and wanted to share it. I think it makes a very good argument for a best practice approach. While focused on credit card transactions, the lessons learned apply to almost any model. Beyond the use of more efficient[…]
Read More »Top Five ERP Upgrade Tips
When it comes to enterprise software, upgrades are a necessary evil. However, there are some ways to avoid the pain associated with upgrades. Here’s my top five tips. Planning is key Upgrades need the same level of planning as the original implementation. Just like a full scale plan, an upgrade[…]
Read More »Why Focusing on Process Yields Big ROI
Every problem that arises in business can be tracked back to a process. Either the process is broken, people aren’t following the process, the process conflicts with other processes or a process is missing. So often companies attack the symptom of a broken process and fail to consider the underlying[…]
Read More »Planning in Recessionary times
By: K. Srinivas from the Supply Chain Management Blog | Permalink According to different economic studies, recession is here to stay at least for the next one year. Discretionary spendings is expected to be the most affected since people are now scrambling to meet basic requirements. Businesses across the world[…]
Read More »Practical Implementation Questions- Operational Simplicity
You hear it all the time when companies embark on enhancing their Information Systems platform. The exacerbated Executive… ”We thought we understood what we were getting into, but X months after we were schedule to go-live, we are still a long way from being done. We are not even sure[…]
Read More »Operations Planning Simplified
I was reminded this week, once again, that your operating strategy does not have to be complicated to be excellent. A good friend of mine is the CFO of an extremely successful professional property management company. While spending the day with him, we looked back on the past five years[…]
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