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The 2025 Top 10 ERP Systems Report
Our experts have highlighted ten vendors that can help your organization make data-driven decisions.
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5 Alternatives to Layoffs
As mass shutdowns occured all over the country due to the coronavirus pandemic, layoff rates surged at unprecedented levels. The wave of unemployment claims surpassed the most ever reported by the U.S. Department of Labor since they began reporting in 1967 by over...
How Does ERP Help Accounting?
In more and more companies, accounting is being automated, and for good reason. Not only does automation – using enterprise resource planning (ERP) software – provide more robust and precise calculations, but it also helps reduce the potential for human error. So,...
How to Develop an ERP System Implementation Project Plan
When companies decide to implement ERP software, they often jump right into ERP selection without taking the time to prepare. However, it’s important to first develop an ERP project plan based on realistic expectations. Most vendors aren’t equipped to develop a...
5 Tips for Improving ERP Business Intelligence
Many of today’s enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems have business intelligence (BI) features that analyze data across functional areas and enable smart decision making. For example, visual and intuitive dashboards offer what is referred to as “self-service BI.”...
5 Ways to Prepare for Transformational Change
If you’re considering digital transformation, you probably know it entails significant operational changes. Whether you’re changing your entire business model or certain business processes, these transformational changes are challenging for organizations and their...
7 Common Reasons for ERP Failure
You’ve likely heard plenty of stories of companies that implemented a new ERP system only to end up overpaying for software that underdelivered. Does this mean your project is likely to follow suit? Not exactly. By taking a strategic approach, you can put the...
How Much Does it Cost to Implement an ERP System on Average?
How much does an ERP system and the average implementation cost? If your company is beginning ERP selection, you’re probably thinking a lot about cost. However, setting realistic expectations requires a big picture view – you need to consider not just the cost of a...
7 Tips for Developing a Business Case for ERP Implementation
It’s no secret that enterprise resource planning (ERP) software is a great way to consolidate your business functions. It also can reduce process times, increase collaboration and centralize data throughout the enterprise. Clearly, ERP systems have a wide range...
Software End of Life: What are Your Options?
You’ve been using a reliable ERP solution for more than five years. Everyone from the CEO to the IT manager is happy with the current solution. Then, it happens. Your ERP vendor makes the dreaded software end of life announcement: the product you’re using will be...
KPIs for ERP Implementations: 7 Essential Metrics
Before you create an ERP project plan, it’s important to know how to measure success. This is why KPIs for ERP implementation are essential. You should measure these key performance indicators (KPIs) over the course of your ERP implementation as well as post...
Coaching Managers to be Change Leaders
Before embarking on an enterprise-wide project, senior management should be aware of the challenges they might encounter. Some of these challenges include employee resistance to change, ineffective communication practices and poor prioritization of new initiatives....
5 Essential Tips for Selecting an eCommerce System
Whether you’re a B2B or B2C retailer, the ability to sell your product online is critical to reach new customers and stay competitive. At first, online retailing may seem less complicated than running a traditional brick-and-mortar storefront, but eCommerce...
5 Benefits of Business Process Management
Many organizations begin ERP selection without a solid foundation of business process management (BPM). When they look at the mass of ERP systems to choose from, they have no idea where to start because they don’t know what technology will enable their business...
Why Cybersecurity Requires a Change Management Plan
Some organizations believe the right technology and processes are all they need for strong cybersecurity. However, they are overlooking their strongest defense: their people. Hackers know that employees are the quickest and easiest route to company data. Considering...
6 Tips for Assessing ERP Implementation Risks
What would you do if your ERP implementation went over-budget? What if it caused a significant operational disruption? You would have to react quickly and deduce the reasons for failure. When you finally get your project back on track, you’d have to make up for lost...
Question: Is ERP Good Enough to Manage Bill of Materials?
2020 has arrived, and with it, an ongoing debate continues about enterprise resource planning (ERP) software and if it can manage bill of materials effectively and efficiently? It seems the industry changes its mind about the answer to this question depending on which...
6 ERP Selection Criteria to Guide Your Evaluation Process
How do you decide which ERP system to implement when internal bias and vendor enthusiasm threaten to sway you? The best way to evaluate systems is to weigh the strengths and weaknesses of each according to the following ERP selection criteria. ERP Selection Criteria...
A CIO’s Guide to Digital Government
While private sector organizations are innovating their processes and technology to improve their customer service, government organizations must race to keep up with citizens’ increasingly higher expectations. In the midst of this race, government organizations are...
4 Tips for Improving ERP Financial Reporting
Business intelligence (BI) tools have become an enterprise software staple, and it’s easy to see why: the ability to explore, visualize and share business data has made BI solutions a bedrock upon which faster, better decisions can be made. While there’s no question...
