The Truth About ERP Integration – Part III
Bottom line: The greatest gains from ERP integration begin when the most talented contributors in organizations have a chance to think more and react less. Unshackling them from their desks begins by...
View ArticleThis Old ERP – Rapid Deployment ERP
Some companies are turning to a rather unorthodox, yet effective strategy to assure quick ROI in their ERP deployment. While the larger, tier-one ERP system is taking the years it needs to be fully...
View ArticleThe Waste of Inventory
This week we’ll look at the waste of inventory. It’s always tempting to “load up” on a good deal, but, many times, the math just doesn’t support this as a money saving strategy. I was visiting with my...
View ArticleLean Tools Enhance your ERP Investment
Several years ago, I attended a seminar on Lean Manufacturing. It was one of those three-day workshops put on by one of the major lean thought leadership groups. It was a great seminar and frankly, I...
View ArticleThe Waste of Waiting
I got hesitatin’ stockings, I got hesitatin’ shoes, Oh Lord, I got those Hesitation blues! Tell me, How long, do I have to wait? Can I get you now? Or, must I hesitate? Hesitation Blues, by the...
View ArticleERP – What’s Roles Got To Do With It?
Recently we’ve started seeing a new term tossed around in conversations related to ERP. It’s always tempting, to assume that a new word associated with a particular lexicon is just another market-speak...
View ArticleWhy ERP is No Longer Enough
ERP has a long and, sometimes, not so glorious history. Over the years, ERP has evolved and moved in certain directions in response either to platform changes or at the direction of system designers...
View ArticleCincom ERP in Aerospace & Defense
If you are a manufacturer producing and selling products into the aerospace and defense (A&D) sector, you know full well that today a competitive advantage is not only critical to success, but...
View ArticleEnviron Helps You Collaborate
No man is an island, entire of itself Every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main . . . Thus starts the famous meditation by poet John Donne. The point Donne is making is that all of us...
View Article4 Key Pillars of ERP Integration
The term “integration” is often times regarded within a mindset of synchronizing multiple systems of record via daily, scheduled, periodic, or in some cases, real-time updates of data that occur within...
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