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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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ERP for NGOs
While every organization considering an ERP implementation has compelling reasons why they want to spend wisely, increase efficiency and streamline business processes, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) also have to contend with the simple fact that any misstep...Manufacturing ERP and the Cloud: An Idea Whose Time has Come?
Earlier this month, Salesforce hosted Dreamforce, its annual conference for cloud ERP vendors. The event drew over 45,000 participants this year, underscoring the significance of the company in the ERP space, and more importantly, the significance of cloud and...Remember the Little – But Important – Things When Creating Your ERP Implementation Playbook
I’m a big fan of American football and I get excited with the start of each new season. One of the things I like most about the sport is that each moment of the game is carefully scripted and executed, with a tremendous amount of detail going into each play....Managing Expectations Through Effective Communication
One of the most important roles provided by external consultants contracted to support the ERP software selection, implementation, and post-implementation processes is the managing of expectations which will arise within executive management, project team members, and...Combining eCommerce and ERP Software
Until recently, many businesses have employed separate systems for their client-facing and back-end needs, however there is an increasing trend for a tighter integration between the two. Why not have an integrated eCommerce solution and a robust inventory and...Winds of Change: Migrating from SAP to Oracle (and Vice Versa)
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...Back-to-School Spending Brings New Purchasing Patterns and Customer Demands
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,...Can Traditional Project Management Keep Its Place in the IT World?
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...The IT Evolution
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...Beware of Black Market, Voodoo ERP Systems
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,...Beyond the ERP Core
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...Back to School: When Will ERP Software Customers Learn to Avoid Failure?
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...Externalities Affecting Your ERP Purchase
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...Vendor Snapshot: CDC Software
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...Defining an IT Strategy for Your Organization
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...ERP Training Tips
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...Organization, Know Thyself: Questions to Ask Before Changing Your ERP System
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...Cloud ERP: The Silver Lining of Enterprise Software or Just a Foggy Mess?
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...When Is It Time to Replace or Rejuvenate Your ERP System?
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,...
