New Report Reveals Shocking ROI with CPQ Software
Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ) software has been around for decades. This sometimes-overlooked sales tool has enabled companies that take advantage of it to accurately and quickly generate quotes for orders. Quotes are produced based on the preprogrammed rules...
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Addressing Resistance to Organizational Change
Change can be frightening and stressful for everyone with the largest toll being taken on the employees. Learning a new system or a new way to do things that they might have been doing for years can be...
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Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) – What You Need to Know Now
Beginning in the Fall of 2020, defense contractors face the very real threat of losing business if they are non-compliant with the newly released Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) standard.
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Case Study: Preparing for ADS-B, Equipping 100,000 Aircraft
The FAA estimates that nearly 100,000 aircraft will need to equip with ADS-B Out between now and 2020, but does the U.S. aviation industry have the time and resources to get them done in time? (As reported in
How to Handle Increased Regulations and Compliance Required in A&D Electronics
Companies that supply components and complete systems for military and defense electronics are facing ever increasing challenges with meeting regulatory requirements such as the ones referenced above from May 12. Regulations such as this not...
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How is Your Computer System’s “Integrity”?
As a consultant and software expert on a large ERP implementation project some years ago, I was asked regularly how to accomplish a task or enter data in the new system. When I saw that some people would just...
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Clock-Watchers – How to Make It a Positive Behavior for Manufacturers
In the past if you were labeled a clock-watcher that typically came with a negative connotation and would lead to a career limiting activity. You would have been the one that was just waiting for it to be 5-O’clock...
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The Spreadsheet That Ate Chicago – Why Running Your Business with Him is Risky
Excel is probably one of the most widely used software programs among students, businesses, and manufacturers. It is incredibly versatile and relatively simple to use. Despite its simplicity, it can even compute and perform complex mathematical operations. It is...
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Success Story: Mentor Program Leads to ERP Implementation Success
Some of the biggest concerns with ERP Implementations are “will my people learn fast enough, will they retain what they need to know after the ERP Consultant has left, and will...
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