The Final Frontier for ERP Cloud Software Applications
For years, the largest ongoing trend in ERP software has been the steady march towards the cloud. Some software providers no longer offer on-premise applications or will eventually stop supporting them. Many of the earlier myths and concerns about the cloud have been debunked – security being an early perception issue that has since subsided. […]
How to Restructure Your ERP or HCM Implementation Project
The coronavirus pandemic of 2020 is wreaking havoc on ERP and HCM implementations across the globe. Some companies continue to be opportunistic and strategic in their transformation initiatives, but most are experiencing changes to their planned approach. The world has experienced a tectonic shift in terms of health, the economy, societal norms, and other aspects […]
How “Essential” Businesses Should Plan for Digital Transformation
When asked if business is booming, many of us might scoff and offer vulgarities in reply. While the recent global coronavirus pandemic and economic recession has left many businesses in a position of contraction, there are several exceptions. Businesses in or serving healthcare, services, food, beverage, medical device, government, personal essentials and other ordained “essential […]
Change Your Company’s Transformation Future State Vision (Post-Coronavirus)
It isn’t often in history that the above title would be true for most companies and happen at the same time. Think about it: the logistics of almost all businesses already look different and probably in monumental ways. Covid-19 will go down in history. The human toll is unimaginable and the unfolding business impacts continue […]
Handling the New Face of Change Management with a Remote Workforce
I’m not going to revisit the “changes” our world has recently gone through- we’re all aware. What we may not all be considering, however, is how these current changes may coalesce into the future and become the new realities of business. The trend of working remote has come and gone before, but this pandemic is […]
ERP and CRM Projects in Times of Change
Businesses are used to change and disruption, although COVID-19 ups the ante in new and uncharted ways. Acknowledging this, we thought it might be helpful to highlight some of the tailored steps we’re using to help a customer forge ahead with their plan to add a CRM. With employees working from home or not working […]
Top 10 Recommendations for ERP / HCM / SCM Implementations in the 2020s
It wasn’t long ago that we shared our top predictions for 2020. What a difference a few months can make. Instead of envisioning how they might leverage blockchain, artificial intelligence, internet of things, and other strategic technologies, many organizations are instead dealing with a new reality. For some, resources are constrained due to illness or […]
How to Lead Supply Chain Management Transformations of the Future
If the health and economic disruptions of 2020 have taught us one thing about business, it is that supply chains are not well conditioned for changing times. All the business process management, supply chain integration, and SCM software efforts of the past seem a bit irrelevant in light of today’s supply chain challenges. The challenges […]
HCM Software and The Health Pandemic of 2020
As can be said of most technology – it is designed to makes our lives better. This got me thinking about the coronavirus, and how HR professionals might be dealing with the flood of multiple questions coming from employees. As an HR professional myself, I’m still very much in touch with the HR community and […]
The New Realities of HCM and ERP Implementations in a Changing World
Just a few weeks ago, we were consulting to clients and writing about self-actualization and optimization digital strategies we recommend for ERP and HCM implementations in the 2020s. In light of current events that have transpired since then, many of those strategies are already becoming obsolete. What a difference just a few weeks can make. […]
Alternatives to Replacing Your ERP System
More and more, companies are questioning the validity of a full-suite ERP replacement and wonder if it is really worth the time, cost and risk. Years ago, when companies were transferring from pure manual processes this was an easy decision as the benefits came without question. Today, with most organizations already having some degree of […]
Supply Chain, Chain, Chain – Chain of Fools
“Every chain has got a weak link,” as Aretha would belt out in her hit song. In a recent blog titled The Strategy of ERP Implementation, I outlined several strategies that are a must for a strong foundation for a successful ERP implementation. Important strategies such as having an Organizational Change Management Strategy and an […]