Here are four worst practices that can contribute to the failure of an enterprise resource planning implementation—or the implementation of any other enterprise software, for that matter. Protect your investment and prevent disaster by steering clear of these major mistakes.
An Analyst's View of Process Industry SMB Challenges Alexander Hankewicz and Leslie Satenstein
Process manufacturing industries have distinct needs from an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. Here’s an overview of what process manufacturing requires from an ERP solution, including business intelligence… Read Article…
A "Gentler" Giant's Success in Reaching Out to the "Little Guys" P.J. Jakovljevic
Until recently, the few leaders in the lower end of the technology and platform market have hardly had any viable competition. However, Oracle is determined to give these players—especially archrival Microsoft—a run for… Read Article…
A Semi–open Source Vendor Discusses Market Trends P.J. Jakovljevic
A response to trends in the open source software market comes this time from relative newcomer provider xTuple. This vendor’s footprint isn’t entirely in the open source door, however, with OpenMFG, its commercially… Read Article…
Is Your Enterprise Application on a Road to Nowhere? Dan Matthews
Consolidation is a well-documented trend and is to be expected in the market for enterprise applications. This article outlines the evolution of the enterprise software market. Specifically, it focuses on the… Read Article…
ERP: When Transparency Becomes Tunnel Vision David Bourque
The face of manufacturing is constantly changing. As enterprise resource planning (ERP) software evolves and more organizations continue to use ERP solutions, they must find a way to avoid ERP’s “tunnel vision” syndrome… Read Article…
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