by Panorama Consulting Group | Sep 7, 2011 | ERP Blog
As summer draws to an end, people across the country are sending their kids back to school and getting ready for autumn. In addition, CIOs and other executives are finalizing their Q4 budgets and preparing for other end of year activities. For many customers of SAP...
by Panorama Consulting Group | Sep 2, 2011 | ERP Blog, Software Selection
Tactics Wholesalers Must Adapt to Produce More For Less While Maintaining An Attractive Profit Margin Americans plan to spend nearly 69 billion dollars this year on back-to-school necessities, including everything from apparel to footwear to electronics,...
by Panorama Consulting Group | Aug 29, 2011 | Digital Strategy, ERP Blog, Project Management
Revelations about the IT failures of the new millennium suggest not! A recent study of over 1,400 organizations reveals some startling new facts about mega-failures in IT, including huge overruns. Whilst the study found average overrun was 27-percent, one in six...
by Panorama Consulting Group | Aug 26, 2011 | ERP Blog
Until the late 90’s, the main role of the IT department (then known as data processing) was to write and maintain programs to run parts of the business. Much of its time and resources were consumed just to keep hardware and software running. With the advent of...
by Panorama Consulting Group | Aug 24, 2011 | ERP Blog
ERP systems come in all types of varieties, shapes, and sizes, ranging from the massive Tier I packages like SAP and Oracle, to the smaller, point solutions like Salesforce and Workday. In addition, there are a host of industry-focused solutions cropping up every day,...
by Panorama Consulting Group | Aug 19, 2011 | ERP Blog
As great as ERP suites are, organizations often have needs that outpace the core functions they offer. The good news is that integrating an ERP suite with other software or services is very common and tends to work out well (though not without some cost or...
by Panorama Consulting Group | Aug 17, 2011 | Digital Strategy, ERP Blog, Software Selection
As kids across the country begin heading their way back to school for the new academic year, CIOs and their respective organizations appear to still be getting schooled on the harsh realities of ERP implementations. In the last week, two fairly high-profile lawsuits...
by Panorama Consulting Group | Aug 15, 2011 | ERP Blog, Software Selection
With the markets in turmoil around the world and the fear of a double-dip recession here at home, the externalities of our world right now make it increasingly difficult to commit to any major purchase — either in our personal lives or our professional ones. But...
by Panorama Consulting Group | Aug 12, 2011 | ERP Blog
CDC Software (The Customer-Driven Company) is a global powerhouse, providing on-premise, hosted, hybrid and SaaS ERP solutions to more than 10,000 customers in more than 50 countries. And CDC’s focus on the customer is not just corporate-talk; the company prides...
by Panorama Consulting Group | Aug 10, 2011 | Digital Strategy, ERP Blog
Many of our clients hire us when they know they need help selecting and implementation a new ERP system. Often times, these clients know the general direction they want to go with their enterprise initiatives and simply need help navigating the options and...
by Panorama Consulting Group | Aug 8, 2011 | Change Management, ERP Blog, Implementation
You’ve heard us say time and time again that no ERP implementation is successful without focused, comprehensive end-user training. No matter how bright you think your people are, no matter how adaptive everyone is to changes and new technologies, there just is...
by Panorama Consulting Group | Aug 5, 2011 | ERP Blog
Last week’s blog post, When Is It Time to Replace or Rejuvenate Your ERP System?, discussed the feasibility of updating or upgrading an existing ERP system rather than starting afresh with an entirely new solution. This week? We explore the decision-making...
by Panorama Consulting Group | Aug 3, 2011 | ERP Blog
Cloud ERP is clearly the talk of the ERP software industry. The marketing engine supporting cloud options such as software as a service (SaaS) and hosted ERP systems is very strong, even reaching into the consumer-facing side of things with Microsoft’s push into...
by Panorama Consulting Group | Jul 27, 2011 | ERP Blog
We see it every day with our current and prospective clients: company installs ERP system, it costs more time and money — and causes more pain — than it should have, and after years of usage, the business and software become misaligned. When this happens,...
by Panorama Consulting Group | Jul 25, 2011 | ERP Blog
In the past few years, corporate social responsibility (CSR) has become one of the most frequently tossed around phrases in business. Designed to help businesses become better corporate citizens (and glean the positive publicity and consumer interest such initiatives...
by Panorama Consulting Group | Jul 22, 2011 | ERP Blog
Founded in 1995 in President Jay Deakin’s mother-in-law’s basement, Deacom, Inc. has risen above its humble beginnings to become a well-respected and rapidly growing player in the ERP software market. The vendor’s core offering is the DEACOM Integrated Accounting and...
by Panorama Consulting Group | Jul 20, 2011 | ERP Blog
Software as a Service, or SaaS ERP as it’s known in industry circles, has been receiving its share of media and business attention in recent years. The allure of SaaS – including potentially lower up-front costs, no software to implement, and relatively...
by Panorama Consulting Group | Jul 18, 2011 | ERP Blog
To build a visionary company, you need to counterbalance its fixed core ideology with a relentless drive for progress. While core ideology provides continuity, stability, and cohesion, the drive for progress promotes change, improvement, innovation, and renewal. – Jim...
by Panorama Consulting Group | Jul 13, 2011 | ERP Blog, Implementation
As we’ve covered in great detail in this blog over the last several years, ERP implementations can be a grind. It’s tough to finish on time and on budget while at the same time delivering expected business benefits. Whether you are working for a commercial...
by Panorama Consulting Group | Jul 11, 2011 | ERP Blog, Software Selection
In 2009, Panorama published our Tips for Managing ERP Software Vendors During the Software Selection Process white paper (it’s the fourth from the top if you click through that link). Reading through it recently, I was a bit surprised at both how little and how...