April 10th, 2013 | | Comments Off on The Five Imperatives of High Tech Leadership
Innovative ideas don’t produce success in the high tech industry. It’s the ability to execute innovative ideas quickly, consistently, and profitably that matters.
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For our Q&A with BlueLink, we spoke with CEO Mark Canes on the origins of his company, the development of the ERP industry and how to design systems that speak to the needs of smaller organizations.
Back in the 1990s, Michael Hammer ignited a wave of business reengineering initiatives across the country with his ground-breaking article: Don’t Automate, Obliterate. However, since that time the term “reengineering” has become an overworked word, a catch phrase, and to a certain extent, all things to all people.
NEWSTAR is a enterprise resource planning software system that is designed specifically to meet the needs of residential construction and related construction business management operations. The platform provides users with a centralized system for managing multiple construction company workflow requirements including scheduling, estimating and purchasing operations, accounting and business intelligence functionality, and supports land development organization processes.
In my last PLM piece I presented a big picture view of PLM and ERP, their purpose, and in what ways the two systems augment one another to create an environment in which shared information can be used to inform engineering and production. Though few in the field would argue against the notion that PLM and ERP are more effective in tandem, there are countless opinions on how the integration process should be carried out.
By observing recent trends in PLM software and ERP software, we can see that traditional methods of separating the two systems are being proven obsolete by companies that are learning to respect and capitalize on the differences between them. Here’s what you need to know about how PLM software and ERP software work together.
Businesses have been skeptical of PLM software for its overhaul of the production process, but as the software behind PLM systems becomes more powerful, companies are beginning to experience the benefits of what Mark Zuckerberg calls, “move fast and break things,” the philosophy that more flexible design processes enable agile variation and ultimately a better final product.
While many companies fail in their attempts to successfully implement their ERP systems, with reasons ranging from weak project management to a lack of focus.on organizational change management, a Sage study suggests that there are reasons to be optimistic.
Have you tried the leading open source ERP solution xTuple? We provide a forum for you to request features you would like to see added to this ERP solution.
People grasp the benefits of putting their supply chain in the cloud, and as a result, software vendors are scrambling to offer cloud computing SCM software.