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Your Best Bet for ERP Success

11/24/2010 at 10:53 am

What do you want out of your ERP system? Whether your answer is increased efficiency, streamlined business processes, improved communication or more revenue, you’re really answering with one thing: success. No matter what your goal is, you’ll need to work hard to ensure that your ERP system will be effective and accepted. If not, it…

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Preparing an ERP Blueprint

11/21/2010 at 12:01 pm

Like any great project, ERP systems require a lot of preparation. Even after you’ve consulted with ERP vendors, chosen an ERP system and analyzed all the ways in which you hope ERP will improve your business’ bottom line, there’s still a lot to be done before you’re truly ready to embark on your ERP implementation…

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Lumber Liquidators ERP Failure

11/15/2010 at 11:19 am

Lumber Liquidators, the largest hardwood flooring retailer in the United States, recently posted earnings for its third quarter of 2010 – results that were disappointing, the company said, because of “reduced productivity” associated with its ERP implementation failure. The company freely admits that the problem doesn’t lie with the ERP software itself. In fact, Lumber…

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Choosing the Right ERP Software System – Do Your Homework

11/08/2010 at 2:48 pm

Deciding on the right software for your business is a serious task that shouldn’t be taken lightly. After all, software applications are a major investment and have the potential to alter the way your business runs in a way that could send your profit margins skyrocketing. For these reasons, all business owners, executives and employees…

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Effective ERP Leadership

11/04/2010 at 12:29 pm

When asked what determines the success or failure or ERP projects, ERP professionals invariably cite leadership, good project management and a strong core team as being among the factors that influence the outcome of any ERP implementation. Of course, these factors are also some of the most “human” elements of ERP projects, meaning that they…

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The Role of the ERP Project Manager

09/29/2010 at 11:47 am

A successful ERP implementation project has many moving parts, and those parts all need to be able to communicate with one another quickly and effectively. After all, much of the purpose of an ERP system is to help integrate the various departments of a business – human resources, information technology, products and supplies – into…

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The ERP Project Manager: Why You Don’t Need One!

09/07/2010 at 9:55 am

Let’s face it. ERP projects have a high failure rate. It really doesn’t matter how you define failure, or how you measure failure. If you ask key stakeholders about their ERP project most will express serious reservations about the project time, cost, suspect benefits, loss of business focus, business interruption – the list goes on…