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The 2025 Top 10 ERP Systems Report
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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...
8 Strategic Human Capital Management Tips
Change is scary, especially in a business setting. From an operations standpoint, it can cause costly delays and strain the budget. From the employee standpoint, it often means extra work and fear of the unknown. As a result, the human resources department will need...
4 Common Questions About Change Champions
Some of the best sports teams have mascots— people who inspire fans to cheer louder and root more passionately for their teams. The common purpose behind these costumed heroes is simple: funnel organizational support into a collective energy to rally their teams to...
What is HCM Software? A Guide to Human Capital Management Systems
What is HCM software? Human capital management (HCM) software is a powerful tool for any company pursuing digital transformation. The main component that sets human capital management software platforms apart from other HR software solutions is the emphasis on...
5 Facts About Employee Engagement
Imagine you are a vice president at a leading sales company. Your CEO just charged you with spearheading a project that will fundamentally change the way your business operates. You know that many projects involving large-scale change fail on the first attempt and are...
How to Establish an Effective Enterprise Strategy
An enterprise strategy is a broad term used to describe a company’s “big picture” corporate strategy. The development of this strategy deals with issues that affect a company and is typically developed at a high level in the company (i.e. the board of directors, top...
How to Conduct a Focus Group: Guidelines for Discussion
ERP projects and business transformations are exciting ventures for organizations. However, this excitement is almost always accompanied by apprehension. With this apprehension comes questions like: Will my employees reject the proposed changes? Will managers support...
10 Ways ERP Can Improve Loan Process Management
As veterans in the mortgage lending space and as operational efficiency experts, we have seen firsthand the benefits of fully integrated ERP systems. This technology can replace a patchwork of disparate systems to make complex loan processes streamlined, while...
How to Prepare for Post-merger Integration
Going through a merger or acquisition can be an exciting and emotional time. There are many questions surrounding new roles, business channels, production, compensation and sales territories. Think of it as driving a race car and changing the engine at the same time...
How to Determine ERP Customization and Configuration Needs
At the beginning of an ERP implementation, your company might be of the mindset that your ERP system will go live with out-of-the-box settings. In fact, many businesses start their ERP journey with this goal in mind and with good reason – staying out-of-the-box will...
4 Tips for Managing Large-scale Change
As companies become more globally interconnected, the reach and impact of their operations have scaled up to become global, as well. As a result, organizational change management projects are often no longer limited to just one region, but instead span multiple global...
