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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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Five Takeaways From Our 2017 Top 10 ERP System Rankings
Earlier this month, we launched our first annual ranking of the Top 10 ERP Systems in the market. The study – based on hundreds of companies implementing new ERP software over the last four years – evaluates leading solutions based on a number of criteria....
Evaluating Your Company’s IT Strengths
Your ERP system runs your day-to-day operations and is the heart of your business. Few would disagree that without technology, your business could screech to a halt. What is your perception of the dependability and flexibility of your systems? Memories of outages and...
Six Industries Ripe for Digital Transformation
As Bob Dylan once said: “times, they are a-changin.” Following last week’s presidential election in the US, it’s reasonable to assume that many industries are about to undergo fairly significant and sudden changes. Throw in other waves of global discontent and...
It’s ALL About the People
More than ever before, high performing government agencies are resembling well-run corporate organizations. They both set defined goals, are both process-oriented and they choose effective leaders. However, one of the biggest mistakes that any company or government...
Five Ways to Decide Between Digital Transformation and ERP Systems
Digital transformation is a common buzzword in the enterprise software space, but it can have a variety of meanings. Some organizations have trouble distinguishing between digital transformation and ERP software implementations. First, it helps to define the...
Pavlov’s Classical Conditioning in the Workplace
Most, if not all of us, have heard of Pavlov’s theory of classical conditioning. Pavlov used dogs to demonstrate stimuli and their responses. Here is a brief recap on what Pavlov found: there is a neutral stimulus (bell) which, by itself, will not stimulate a...
Overview of the Top 10 ERP Systems
Potential buyers of enterprise technologies have hundreds of ERP systems to choose from. In fact, we track the leading 250+ systems in our internal ERP vendor database to help our consulting teams provide data to our clients selecting and implementing new software....An Expert Witness’ View From Speakers’ Corner
I came to a revelation this weekend that today’s social media is the 21st Century version of the famed Speakers’ Corner in London. For those of you who don’t know, the original Speakers’ Corner is in Hyde Park. Speakers’ Corner was the first...
NFL Success Driven by Organizational Change Management
It’s that time of the year again! You are glued to the TV every Thursday, Sunday and Monday rooting for your team. You’re making sure your players, offense and defense are playing up to par for your fantasy lineup. You notice that some team members aren’t paying...
Top 10 ERP Systems: Defining Your Vendor Short List
The hardest part of doing any task is getting started. We also know that the first step to finding the right enterprise technologies for your organization begins with defining a long list of potential vendors. While people may have differing opinions whether this is a...Work Smarter, Not Harder: Why You NEED to Hire An ERP Consultant
Many people are under a false pretense when it comes to consultants. We are not glorified advice-givers. We are not strictly motivated by money. And we actually do care about our clients no matter how deep their pocketbooks are. However, the biggest misconception is...
One Size Fits All? But, Does It?
“One size fits all.” Have you ever wondered about that phrase? How is it possible that one article (of clothing most of the time) is able to fit any body type? Everyone is different and we are meant to have options that can cater to every body type. So why is it...
SAP HANA vs. Oracle Cloud vs. Microsoft Dynamics ERP vs. Infor CloudSuite: How Do They Compare?
There are hundreds of ERP systems available to organizations wanting to embark on a digital transformation. However, there are four larger, Tier I ERP vendors that are more commonly leveraged than any others: SAP Hana, Oracle Cloud, Microsoft Dynamics ERP and Infor...
The Challenges of the Public Sector in the Age of Uber
The digital transformation in the public sector needs to move beyond the technological bias and begin focusing on a real cultural transformation. No one will deny that the past decade has seen an incredible appetite for improving administrative procedures in the...
When Executives Refuse to Invest in Organizational Change Management
Organizational change management has always been a pretty nebulous term. At best, it can be perceived as touchy feel-y. At worst, it can be viewed as an expendable nice-to-have that can be cut from a project at any given time. Here are some of the common musings we...
How Smart is Your City?
The concept of digital transformation has been resounding in the private and public sector leaders’ minds for the last couple years. While this is not a new idea, the conversation around it and the initiative on how to apply digital technology for human society’s...Inefficiency at its Finest: Diary of an ERP Consultant
“I’m a rock star! I can pump out 30 reqs in under 40 minutes, no one has those numbers.” “No one can do what I do, I perform ten unrelated activities and I don’t even sweat.” And of course, “If it wasn’t for me this...
FAQs About Digital Transformation
Digital transformation is one of the big buzzwords in the business technology industry. However, not everyone is clear about what the term means or how it might apply to their organizations. Like most buzzwords and industry trends, digital transformation is a...
Square Peg Into A Round Role: The Business Fit to ERP Fallacy
Having spent nine years in the software solution space for a very niche vertical, I was indoctrinated into the typical software vendor idealology of “one system one solution.” It forced us to push the client to fit their business model into the software....
