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Top SMB Takeaways: SAP Sapphire 2013

Top SMB Takeaways: SAP Sapphire 2013

Posted June 18, 2013 by Laurie McCabe

A couple of weeks ago, I had the opportunity to attend Sapphire 2013, SAP’s annual user conference. As is the norm for these events, SAP opened the fire hose to reveal new directions, product and… Read More 

ERP Software Knowledge Transfer - Is it Just Part of the Sales Pitch?

ERP Software Knowledge Transfer - Is it Just Part of the Sales Pitch?

Posted June 18, 2013 by Steven Phillips

It is very common among ERP projects for consultants to make big promises to transfer software knowledge to their client. For example, we often hear the proverbial statement: "One of our goals is to work… Read More 

Lessons Learned the Hard Way: Do We Learn From Our Mistakes?

Lessons Learned the Hard Way: Do We Learn From Our Mistakes?

Posted June 13, 2013 by Alex Antonatos

People learn best from failure. It drives lessons home like nothing else. Here is an email from a reader: From: **** [mailto:****] Sent: April 16, 2013 6:33 PM To: alex@appsconsultant.com Subject: Building a Centralized Architecture… Read More 

3 Talent Management Software Contenders to Watch This Year

3 Talent Management Software Contenders to Watch This Year

Posted May 29, 2013 by Mark Aspillera

Every organization is an amalgamation of the skills and talents each of its individual employees brings to the table. Retaining those employees through sound HR practices is a task that's existed a long time before… Read More 

Get Rid of the Lengthy COTS Feasibility Study

Get Rid of the Lengthy COTS Feasibility Study

Posted May 21, 2013 by Alex Antonatos

Feasibility studies permit planners to outline their ideas on paper before implementing them. This can reveal errors in project design before their implementation negatively affects the project. Applying the lessons gained from a feasibility study… Read More 

Top 8 Free iPad Apps For Every Successful Businessman

Top 8 Free iPad Apps For Every Successful Businessman

Posted April 23, 2013 by Alex Strike

You will definitely find this article useful if you are a businessman or you plan to start a business, or you simply have an iPad or you are going to buy one. Check out this… Read More 

Better Together: Why PLM and ERP Work Best as a Team

Better Together: Why PLM and ERP Work Best as a Team

Posted April 3, 2013 by Michael Tauscher

Put PLM and ERP next to each other in a Google search and you’ll discover a seemingly endless archive of definitions, essays by industry experts, and debates assuring you that with more digging you’ll be… Read More 

Will Lean Manufacturing Save an Ailing Industry?

Will Lean Manufacturing Save an Ailing Industry?

Posted March 22, 2013 by Michael Tauscher

It's not often we think of Silicon Valley developers sharing ideas with executives from manufacturing companies, but over the last decade the two have become entwined in the search for increasingly efficient methods of operation.… Read More 

5 Signs You Need a Contract Management System

5 Signs You Need a Contract Management System

Posted March 15, 2013 by Mark Aspillera

While we've touched on what kind of benefits an organization can get out of contract management software in previous posts, but another thing many companies may not know is how to figure out if they… Read More 

3 Ways Modern Businesses Can Succeed With Microsoft Dynamics

3 Ways Modern Businesses Can Succeed With Microsoft Dynamics

Posted January 30, 2013 by Anya Ciecierski

Businesses must be innovative and unique in order to succeed in today's market, and this is just as true for resource tracking and planning as it is for marketing and product strategy. This, of course,… Read More