Digital Transformation Guiding Principles
For most companies, COVID-19 has been an awakening as to the importance of the value of crisp, high-performing technology. Few industries have escaped the need to innovate or reimagine their operations. We watch as restaurants try to develop new economic models, digital healthcare kicks into full throttle, and education grapples with inequalities of the tech […]
ERP RFPs – Helpful or Hurtful for Your Company?
Many companies falsely believe that an ERP request for proposal (RFP) is the only or best way to begin their journey to finding a new ERP system. As an independent ERP consultancy, we can tell you that we consistently find that there’s is a low correlation of using an RFP to ensure ERP success. With […]
Is There a Future for Big System Integrators?
System integrators (especially the big ones) are finding the need to reinvent themselves. We’re talking about an industry that last year had revenues estimated to be in excess of $220 billion dollars. Deloitte, Accenture, and others have made their money by focusing on and playing alongside big software names like Oracle and SAP. They’ve been […]
What is Needed for a Successful ERP Implementation?
Sam Graham A successful ERP project needs leadership, management, and drive but, although those are similar things, they are not the same, and they generally can’t all be delivered by the same person and so they need to be considered separately. Executive Alignment The primary, although by no means the only, function of leadership in […]
From Fail to Prevail – How to Rescue a Digital Transformation
First off- you are not alone. Failing in your digital transformation is certainly not ideal, however, with the vast number of transformation failures that have occurred over the years, solid remediation methods have been developed, as well. To start, you should congratulate yourself on completing the first step of recovery. The first step, similar to […]
Three Digital Transformation Keys Tips to Incorporate During Covid-19
1. Reinvent by harnessing Technology Companies need to reinvent themselves to achieve optimum results. The emergence of Covid has reinforced and highlighted this principle around the world. Even if your sales are steady or increasing, chances are you are experiencing supply chain pain, or transportation management challenges, or many other possible business disruptors. The positive […]
How to become a Great Client!
As we roll into Thanksgiving week, I wanted to give thanks to our wonderful clients. Certainly, some are better than others, but all are greatly appreciated! So, what makes a good client? Besides paying their bills on time, the best clients can very easily be identified based on the success of their digital transformation. Those […]
What Software Vendors and Software Integrators Won’t Tell You
When you begin a digital transformation journey, one of the first things your team will need to do is go through a software selection process. During your research into various, fitting software solutions, you will almost always come across misleading information along the way intended to sway you in one direction or another.. Special interest […]
The Value of Independent ERP Advice
As an ERP consultant, one of the more common questions we get is why do we share so much information? Sharing information and creating the content that goes along with it takes a lot of time, so why do we do it? There are several reasons, so let’s touch on a few. Not enough independent […]
Are Independent ERP, HCM, or CRM Consultants Worth It?
Some organizations view independent ERP, HCM, and CRM consultants as a nice to have. Others don’t even know they exist, while others don’t understand the role these experts can play. When beginning their digital transformation journeys, most project teams think that they simply choose their technology, hire the technical implementation partner, and head off to […]
What is Business Intelligence?
Over the years, organizations have invested billions of dollars in new ERP systems and other enterprise technologies. However, most fail to extract better information, decision-making, and overall business value from these investments. We recently wrote about a common dynamic along these lines: most organizations fail to achieve the last mile of digital transformation. They focus […]
A Day in the Life of an Independent ERP Consultant
The job of an ERP consultant is a tough one, sometimes filled with late night international calls and client deadlines. In this blog let’s recognize not all consulting firms work the same way. The intent of this blog is to give you a glimpse into how our consultants at Third Stage Consulting spend their time. […]