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Oleg Babitch

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Chief Operating Officer, Phosagro Engineering Centre

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Descrete long cycle production manufacturing - CIO
SAP consulting - senior project manager
Industrial construction - CFO
NYSE - complitation of FP (IPO) principal consultant

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Feb. 12, 2011

How should one weigh the pros and cons of going with an industry-specific vs. generic ERP or CRM?

For 50 person car dealership I would recommend SaaS type of CRM i.e. Salesforce. Easy to maintain, low cost, simple in understanding. The way of choice is size of company, complexity of industry, knowledge of personnel, BPM maturity, budget and time for full implementation. Your ... more

Information Technology

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Nov. 30, 2010

ERP Software Selection Best Practices: What are your 3 tips for selecting an ERP software?

1. Functionality
2. Price
3. Time of implementation
4. History of bad support
5. Complications on upgrades

General Management

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Nov. 9, 2010

Who owns managing your ERP solution in your organization?

Erp Software Solutions

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Nov. 9, 2010

How do companies organize their ERP projects?

It depends on a budget, but usually it goes this way:
Proposal from IT department
Review by C-level
Approval by C-level
Investment committee review and approval
Team forming
Tender procedure
Contracting
Conceptual design
Settings
Testing
Go live
Closing more

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Nov. 3, 2010

Security issues with SaaS?

All concerns about securities mostly come from either information securities teams (another chunk of budget), classic ERP vendors (who needs explanation of "concerns") or users, who doesn't even know that breaches more possible from inside. SAAS is just a web interface with full responsibility on ... more

Erp Software Solutions

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Oct. 31, 2010

Will ERP ever move to the cloud?

Definitely - by the end of 2012 70% of market will be in the cloud

Information Technology

Cloud Computing Applications

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Oct. 31, 2010

Online ERP resources?

Definitely - by the end of 2012 70% of market will be in the cloud

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Oct. 31, 2010

How can a medium-sized firm use ERP to improve its bottome line?

The question is silly. How?
1. Define BP
2. Define what is wrong with that
3. Choose ERP vendor by functionality and TCO
4. Create team
5. Properly implement more

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Oct. 19, 2010

What questions should I ask my ERP vendor before committing to buy?

The question is simple - why do I have to deal with you instead of any other vendors of the same Tier. Another question is - guarantee on successful implemetation and adequate support more

Information Technology

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Oct. 19, 2010

Do I need to hire a full-time IT person to manage my new ERP?

It should be IT person with either business or economics background. I person never manage the whole ERP, unless it is Tear 2 or less more

Human Resources

Information Technology

Business Intelligence

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Aug. 9, 2010

PMP certification

Information Technology

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Aug. 8, 2010

Are mainframes still relevant, and if so, in what contexts?

Banking and military - fast transactions matter and security

Information Technology

Managing Data Centers

Servers and Storage

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Aug. 8, 2010

Is IT really to blame for troubled projects or does the business play a role?

OK, here are 2 sides of the story: IT are not capable to understand business processes properly, but due financial criteria Capex for projects sits in IT Department, so in case of failure - blame is in IT as well. Never ever in my career ... more

Information Technology

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Aug. 8, 2010

What is the difference between public and private cloud computing services?

public is outside of entity network

Cloud Computing

Private Cloud Computing

Private Cloud Computing Servies

Public Cloud Computing

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May 31, 2010

Your Opinion: Who are the top business intelligence companies right now?

Adaptive Planning has a nice SaaS solution, Actuate and Information builders as well. I have researches over 20 BI companies, but I always look from the point of user friendly interface, simple training materials and integration with ERP, TCO and short time of implementation more

Information Technology

Business Intelligence

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April 13, 2010

The best solution in descrete manufacturing using SaaS (MES+PDM+ERP+BI)

Business Intelligence

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