8 Tips To Help You Avoid Fear of ERP Implementation Failure
Enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions can totally transform a business for the better. Used to manage and integrate functional areas like marketing, finance, human resources, supply chain, manufacturing and inventory control, ERP software connects your staff to your technology...
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How KPIs can Save Your ERP
ERP implementation is a large undertaking; it requires lot of hands, time, and planning. You have high expectations for what ERP software can do for your business, but do you have a benefits realization plan that outlines what you...
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Business Intelligence Best Bets
Having a head for business and having business intelligence (BI) is not the same thing. The first relies on instincts, but the latter relies upon copious amounts of data. BI leverages services and software to convert data into actionable...
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The Manufacturing Forecast for 2022
The past few years have been a whirlwind of unprecedented events for manufacturers. We sat patiently, or as patiently as we could, through 2020 hoping things would get better, only for 2021 to bring new complications. It was like...
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Getting Your Head into the Cloud is No Longer Optional
As recently as a couple years ago, many, if not most, of the enterprise resource planning customers I called on were very much in an “on-premise” mindset. The conventional wisdom, reinforced over decades of experience, was that it was...
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China, Covid-19, & Containerships: How to Thrive in This Supply Chain
The past two years of our lives have been like a poorly scripted Hollywood movie. We’ve seen those movies where a pandemic takes out whole cities and neighbors are arguing in the street over the last can of spam,...
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Acumatica vs Infor SyteLine ERP: Which is Best?
You have decided to find a new ERP. You have engaged vendors, done research, and watched demos. Are you thinking what we are thinking… it is nearly impossible to figure out what the REAL differences are between Acumatica and...
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Optimizing Supplier Relationships: Top 3 Issues Manufacturers Face
Get ready to kiss pesky portals, PDFs, spreadsheets, and Post-It notes goodbye. If you use Infor SyteLine or any other ERP, SourceDay makes working with suppliers easier. From requesting quotes to paying invoices and managing all the changes that...
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7 Common Reasons for ERP Implementation Failure (and how to avoid them)
Many understand that ERP is necessary and are aware of the endless opportunities that ERP Systems offer, but what about the side effects? Everyone has heard horror stories of ERP System implementation failures. What are the reasons for those...
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The Rise of the Smart Factory
Smart technologies are overtaking the manufacturing industry as more companies are integrating these technologies into their everyday work practices. What kind of technologies are integral to having a “smart factory”? What exactly does a smart factory look like? Is...
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