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Rapidsoft Technologies and 1 other person answered this question

How can companies use mobility to extend the use of their ERP systems?

Mobility can be used as a successful enterprise tool. This can be explained with a simple example. An application can be made that would help the sales/ market research professionals to have remote access to the servers while on the go and record new information ... more

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May 23, 2012

Stephney McMohan and 5 other people answered this question

How does cloud computing change an organization?

With cloud computing services, an organization can remain fully focused on its core job. By using applications hosted on cloud, a small or medium size enterprise or a SME makes use of information technology or IT department of the cloud hosting service provider. This allows ... more

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April 3, 2012

Andrea Vermurlen and 4 other people answered this question

When evaluating ERP systems, how do you make sure you’re solving your real business issues?

There are four key actions that you can do to ensure that an ERP evaluation project will focus on solving real business issues. These are activities that most companies undergoing an ERP evaluation should conduct before engaging a software vendor, but rarely do.
Fundamentally, these ... more

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March 21, 2012

Art van Bodegraven and 8 other people answered this question

What are signs that an IT project may be heading toward disaster?

Johanna is really on-point. Also, the characterization of business projects as IT projects is a bit of a red flag, but is a convenient shorthand when IT components are the business project drivers.
Massive expenditure over a long-ish time frame without clear milestones and deliverables ... more

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Feb. 18, 2012

Bill Wood and 4 other people answered this question

Who are the most important mid-market ERP vendors for manufacturers?

Not sure I agree with all of the commentary about Infor... All I can say is that in the mid-market space every 1st, 2nd, and 3rd tier vendor sells there. I think Gabriel offered a great answer...
Because of the fragmentation and competition in the ... more

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Feb. 16, 2012

Christophe Letellier and 2 other people answered this question

Should companies change their approach to ERP/CRM projects given worsening market conditions? How?

Yes and no!
Yes because a difficult economic environment does force businesses to think differently, to go for more immediate efficiency gains and to focus on what's good and not on what's beautiful. Focusing on their end-users to make sure they get the maximum return ... more

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Feb. 10, 2012

Theresa Kramarz and 9 other people answered this question

Which ERP vendors offer packaged solutions for manufacturing?

Yes, Infor has really a huge space out there in the manufacturing industries. They have specialization in all of the verticals and for all sizes of companies.They are in the top three software companies for manufacturing. The best in class manufacturing companies are all using ... more

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Jan. 10, 2012

Mike Kennedy asked a question

How can analytics connect innate talent characteristics to enterprise performance data?

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Oct. 26, 2011

Gabriel Gheorghiu and 4 other people answered this question

Is there a connection between Social CRM and ERP?

Yes, there is a connection. Social data can tell manufacturers how successful their products are and provide them with valuable feedback to create new products and services (or improve existing ones).
There are vendors like Radian 6 who analyze and consolidate data just for that, but ... more

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Oct. 6, 2011

Don Waters and 7 other people answered this question

Why do many ERP customers under-invest in training and change management?

It is rare company that realizes that a tool is only as good as the person who uses it. The person who uses it is only as good as they have been trained to be. Most ERP systems have very fundamental differences in their nature ... more

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