ERP Project Success: How to be Part of the 20%
More and more clients are pursuing ERP implementation projects as executives realize they need better tools to support business objectives – growth, service, margins, cash and the like
How Challenging ERP Can Be!
If there was ever a subject that couldn't be impacted in a week, it is ERP. With that said, I take that as a challenge and have come up with action items.
Data, Data, Data
Many manufacturers and distributors focus on collecting data rather than using it to analyze performance and achieve business results.
Serving up an ACE in ERP Selection & Design
ACE(SM) is a tested proprietary process that helps companies align critical success factors with business processes and supplier partnerships to achieve endgame results through improved ERP selection and design.
Why ERP Success Has Little to Do with Systems
After partnering with dozens of clients to help them select the “right” system that best fits their business requirements and partnering with many more to design the “right” processes in conjunction with their systems and people to achieve their objectives, it is clear that ERP success has little to do with systems!
Evaluate ERP Systems with an Eye towards Your Supply Chain
Throw best practices out the window! Many systems tout that their system has “best practice processes” and so everyone should conform to it. Not if you want to stand out from the crowd.
Critical Success Factors Core to ERP Success
You wouldn't want to start building a house by picking out curtains when you didn't have the proper foundations in place. Identify your critical success factors.
4 Critical Success Factors Key to ERP Success
I've always focused part of my business on ERP selection projects as these leverage the unique combination of my strengths — understanding the cross-functional and cross-organizational view in combination with the strategic priorities to identify the critical success factors. We then align these factors with the optimal business process [...]
The Power of BI (Business Intelligence)
In today's Amazon-impacted world, if you cannot make rapid yet effective decisions, you'll be left in the dust.
How iPhones (and Mobility) Have Invaded Businesses
No sales executive wants to log on his/her computer from the road instead of accessing information at his/her fingertips on a hand held device.