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Parkinson’s Law and The Hidden Value of ERP

04/23/2012 at 3:45 pm

Cyril Northcote Parkinson was a British naval historian and author of numerous books (1). He developed a famous adage for a 1955 article in the magazine, The Economist: “Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion,” which came to be known as Parkinson’s Law (2). While Parkinson’s original intent was to…

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Why Auditors Like Enterprise Resource Planning Systems – Part 2

04/06/2012 at 8:30 am

In Part 1 of this post, we discussed the role of auditors in protecting the interests of outside parties. We also looked at the first two of four internal control objectives: centralized administration of master files and segregation of duties. Safeguarding of Assets While it is true that no ERP system can fully protect cash, customer…

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Why Auditors Like Enterprise Resource Planning Systems – Part 1

04/02/2012 at 12:30 pm

Corporations serve a variety of constituents in our society. Not only are they accountable to their partners or stockholders, they are also accountable to outside stakeholders ranging in scope from an individual customer to the general public. A variety of third parties audit corporations to satisfy contractual or regulatory requirements and to provide objective reporting…

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Social Innovation – Letting Your Customers Influence Your Product Strategy

03/12/2012 at 8:00 am

Companies are starting to use social media to gain insight from their customers and use this to influence their product strategy. Kristin Zhivago recently published one of my favorite books on how talking to your customers to get their input can help accelerate revenue growth: Roadmap to Revenue: How to Sell the Way Your Customers Want…

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Sage ERP X3 Global Sales and R&D Convention

02/07/2012 at 12:32 pm

It has been nearly a month since our Global Sales and R&D Convention and I wanted to take this opportunity to thank all the participants who made the event such a success for Sage ERP X3. From our sponsors and partners, to all the attendees from our Operating Companies and our guest speakers, we should…

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Key Takeaways from Sage’s ERP X3 Event in Paris

01/27/2012 at 8:20 am

We’d like to thank Nick Castellina for this guest blog post. Nick is a Research Associate in the Aberdeen Group’s Enterprise Applications practice. He joined Aberdeen in 2010, and since then he has been involved with research pertaining to the capabilities that manufacturers, as well as all other small and medium enterprises, are implementing…

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Predictions for ERP Software in 2012

01/26/2012 at 10:00 am

The world of software is changing fast. Here are some of my predictions for what to expect in 2012 relating to ERP software: 1. Cloud is comfortable. Businesses will get increasingly more comfortable with having their ERP data reside “in the cloud.” However, vendors will continue to have to work on gaining the trust…