ERP Strategy: When is it Time to Upgrade?

An important part of your company's ERP strategy should be to regularly measure the effectiveness of an incumbent ERP system against alternative solutions. If there is...Read more

ERP for Aerospace Companies

The aerospace industry stands out from many others in that it has an extremely low margin of error.Read more

The two key benefits of ERP for food companies

Food companies face a set of unique challenges - here's how ERP can help Read more

ERP History - Milestones of the Last 10 Years

Taking a look at three important ERP milestones in the last 10 years.Read more

Cloud ERP - Major Players and Products

With the new era of cloud computing or Software as a Service (SaaS) the power of ERP comes with a price tag businesses of every size can afford.Read more

ERP Project Team: Anatomy of an ERP Team Part 1 – The Talent

Most organizational leaders contemplating an ERP implementation do not consciously consider that the legacy systems they are considering replacing were...Read more

ERP for Manufacturers: Does ERP Support your Strategic Advantage?

Do you know why you make a profit? Not, "because revenue exceeds costs", but why your customers are willing to...Read more

ERP Implementation: is Testing a Waste of Time?

The moral of this story is that there is no such thing as “optimizing” an ERP implementation with testing. Read more

ERP Project Team: Anatomy of an ERP Team Part 2 – Diversity

The role of diversity on an ERP project team is sort of like the role of enriched uranium in a nuclear reactor - it's necessary for the...Read more

International ERP: Implementing ERP in a Multi-National Organization

Try to decide as early as possible who will be on site for an overseas ERP implementation. Read more

ERP Project Team: Anatomy of an ERP Team Part 3 – Business Processes & Functional Modules

There are likely as many structures for an ERP project team as there have been ERP implementations. In order to...Read more

Working With ERP Consultants - The Basics

In the end, you will make good and bad choices with ERP consultants, just as you do with internal hires. Read more

Lot Tracking in ERP

As with everything else in an ERP implementation, the goals and objectives of lot tracking should be explicitly understood and agreed on when...Read more

International ERP: Do You Know Your Instances?

The first big decision is whether you want to try to run your company from one common system, or to let different regions run independent ERP solutions. Running only one...Read more

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ERP Project Team: Anatomy of an ERP Team Part 4 – Non-Business Processes

After the business process implementation teams are established, think about structure for the “non business” aspects of an ERP implementation.Read more

ERP Inventory Management: WIP Challenge for Process Manufacturers

Process manufacturers probably have good work-in-process inventory controls in place long before they ever know how to spell “ERP”. Read more

Distribution ERP Software: How to Choose Wisely

There is good news and bad news relating to choosing distribution ERP software. The good news is that there are proven, robust solutions on the market, often specific to your industry.Read more

ERP in Process Manufacturing: The Challenge of Yield

The subject of yield in process manufacturing can become a very passionate and complex one, depending on your organization. Read more

Selling ERP Internally

There is a paradox about selling the benefits of an ERP implementation to senior fund holders within an organization. Read more

BOM and ERP - a Happy Union?

Most ERP packages will handle whatever you decide you want to do with BOMs – the trick is deciding what you want to do.Read more

Cloud ERP: Is It Right For You?

The small/large division is by no means a black-and-white separation; you can find large companies who have moved to cloud ERP, and you can find small ones who choose to keep things internal. Read more

How to Create an ERP Vendor Shortlist

The first step is to formally write down an intuitive shortlist of ERP vendors based solely on personal knowledge – your own or that of people you trust.Read more

ERP in Process Manufacturing: Production Scheduling

Production scheduling is one of the three or four business design decisions you will make that will have a critical and disproportionate affect on your long-term service level.Read more