The macroeconomic trends have a direct impact on companies’ cash position. And on their appetite to invest in long-term strategic projects. Simply put, the higher the uncertainty, the lower the cash. And unfortunately, 2023 is not going to be a year when we can finally be over with uncertainty. The inflationary pressures, supply chain snarls, …
Most people relate digital eCommerce platforms to coupons flying all over the website. But digital commerce has a much broader scope. For example, you probably already have digital commerce capabilities with your website as your contact us form acts as the lead acquisition source. So whether you transact over the web or not, digital commerce …
Why do you need a top CRM system? Historically, sales and marketing departments weren’t as complex with their operations. They could manage their workflows through ad-hoc tools such as spreadsheets. Or siloed software. However, this is no longer enough for today’s sales and marketing departments. Now they require several systems that can offer deep analytics …
Enterprise architecture is more than a technical concept. But what is enterprise architecture? Think of enterprise architecture as the connected business systems that drive your operational processes with four primary perspectives. 1) business architecture 2) process architecture, 3) data/information architecture, and 4) system architecture. Generally, most industries have two choices in building their architecture. They …
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The pharma ERP systems contain specialized features unique to the pharma industry. The vanilla ERP systems, on the other hand, may require additional development and testing time. Even if you have the development expertise, the lack of subject matter expertise required to enable features for this industry may lead to ERP implementation challenges. So what …
The medical device industry requires unique capabilities in an ERP system. In fact, the industry contains two major groups. The first segment produces consumables, while the second one builds large CapEx equipment such as medical imaging and cancer machine. These groups follow different processes such as sales, manufacturing, and FDA. The FDA processes, in particular, …
Aerospace and defense companies have one of the most stringent quality and regulatory requirements. It is especially true for companies that might be tier 1 or tier 2 in the A&D ecosystem. In fact, at times, companies don’t want to serve A&D ecosystems. Why? Due to the overhead involved in serving these industries. Also, the …
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The automotive industry is unique in its ERP needs. Unlike other comparable industries such as aerospace, the consumer-driven nature makes this industry’s processes extremely difficult. And unpredictable. With the downstream impact on the whole value chain, these behaviors drive the need for newer and modifications to existing products. The consumer-centric nature also requires most OEMs …
When it comes to the workload expectations of large companies, the argument is no longer about a specific piece of functionality. It’s about the way we would design traditional IT systems. Historically, before designing any systems, you had to write down the specific context. And volumetric requirements. The way you would plan for a manufacturing …
Growing past $50 million in revenue is more difficult than you would think. You can no longer survive with ad-hoc planning and siloed processes. Advancing to the next inflection point requires tighter integration of processes. While most people might not understand how different SMB businesses differ, mid-sized businesses are uniquely different, especially when it comes …
This digital transformation report summarizes our annual research on ERP and digital transformation trends and forecasts for the year 2023.
