Tips

Tips

• Process management team can be bridge between IT, business

  Process automation efforts, such as chatbots and predictive modeling, are more likely to succeed if you have a clear understanding of operational levels and team roles.  Continue Reading

• ERP implementation success: Program management vs. project management

  ERP program management provides the framework to manage the portfolio of projects that ensure ERP deployment success. Here's what that looks like.  Continue Reading

• For ERP ROI, pay attention to these 12 business processes

  ERP consultant Jeff Carr explains how digitally transforming processes such as inventory and sales management, product development and forecasting can speed up the payback from ERP.  Continue Reading

• Hybrid ERP demands process integration, easy data access

  SaaS apps can strengthen areas where ERP is weak, but to ensure the combo adds value, both sides must communicate seamlessly at the business-process, messaging and data levels.  Continue Reading

• Nine critical features of budget management software

  Workflow tools, multidimensional data structures and flexible reporting are among the capabilities that ensure the budgeting process supports strategic and financial goals.  Continue Reading

• Software troubleshooting steps work best with these 10 tips

  There are efficient ways to troubleshoot enterprise software, and frustrating, time-consuming ones. Follow this advice to sidestep obstacles and find a fix quickly.  Continue Reading

• Is your digital transformation process truly transformative?

  People confuse one-off digitization projects with real digital transformation. Here's how to tell the difference and set your strategy on the right course.  Continue Reading

• Capital budgeting software helps manage complex investments

  ERP vendors' BI platforms, corporate performance management software and niche budgeting tools are all places to find the technology for maximizing the ROI of capital assets.  Continue Reading

• Are supply chain risk assessment and management CFO issues?

  Supply chain disruption interrupts the flow of goods, and that means it has the potential to have a major effect on a company's financials. Here's what business leaders -- including CFOs -- should know.  Continue Reading

• ERP reporting tools effective first step in exploiting data

  Here's how ERP's built-in reporting and SQL tools can be effective at exploiting company data without full-blown analytics -- within limits.  Continue Reading

• The four best ways to tailor ERP packages to your needs

  Despite the standard advice against doing it, sometimes you just have to modify an off-the-shelf ERP package. Here are the main routes that ERP vendors provide.  Continue Reading

• Industries turn to digital twin technology, IoT to boost profits

  From design to predictive analytics, the use of digital twins is becoming more prevalent. Here's a look at how it can help different sectors.  Continue Reading

• How to use a new ERP system to improve business processes

  Packaged ERP will not match your business processes exactly -- and that's a good thing. Here's why you should use the prospect of a new system and its implementation to become better.  Continue Reading

• Seven supply chain risk factors that affect assessment, mitigation

  Over the years, managing supply and demand has become increasingly complicated. Here's a look at factors that influence today's supply chain risk assessments.  Continue Reading

• Hard truths you need to know about customized ERP

  It's true that companies sometimes believe packaged ERP doesn't fully support every business process. But here's why you might want to just say no to modification.  Continue Reading