Tier I, Tier II, Tier III ERP Systems: Finding Your Best Fit
When exploring ERP solutions for your business, it’s important to understand the different ERP tiers. Explore Tier I, Tier II, and Tier III ERP and find the right fit for your business.
7 Key Digital Transformation Trends Shaping North American Manufacturing in 2023
For many, these uncertain economic times are causing them to revisit their digital transformation plans. As you build or revise your business case for digital transformation, it’s important to understand how others are approaching their initiatives. Read our latest article to stay up to date with emerging trends and best-practices that are shaping North American manufacturing and distribution.
Break ERP Contract Chains: How to Negotiate Flexible Agreements
If the last few years have taught us anything about business, it’s that the successful companies adapt to tempestuous market shifts. And, there have been plenty of recent events that have given companies opportunities to distinguish themselves in this regard: the Great Recession, a choppy recovery, Japanese supply shortages, rising Chinese labor costs and, now, a market correction.
Use these 3 Key ERP Contract Negotiation Tactics to Drive a Strong Deal
For most of 2010, Canadian companies have taken a wait-and-see approach to ERP. According to IT research firm IDC, Canadian businesses are neither jumping headfirst into new ERP applications nor making significant changes to their existing systems.
Four Steps to Building a Winning SaaS Contract Negotiations Playbook
SaaS ERP contracts are typically one-sided, shifting significant risk to buyers. Learn our four-step methodology to secure the right deal.
6 Steps to Leap into Industry 4.0 and Digital Transformation
According to a 2019 World Economic Forum and McKinsey study, while 70% of companies believe Industry 4.0 is critical to their future, only 15% have
Grants, Assessments & ERP Selection: A Guide for Canadian Manufacturers
The pandemic is forcing Canadian manufacturing companies to adapt more quickly. Unfortunately, legacy processes, unintegrated systems, and outdated ERP are impeding businesses from quickly responding
The Complete ERP Selection Guide
We’ve written this complete ERP selection guide for you so you’ll have a comprehensive reference on how to a) develop a strategically-aligned digital transformation plan,
SAP vs. Waste Management: A $500M ERP Implementation Failure
Earlier this month, Waste Management (WM) upped the ante in its lawsuit against SAP to $500 million. The root of WM’s claim is that it was allegedly deceived and defrauded by SAP during the ERP selection and implementation phases.
Four ERP Selection Risks that Can Torpedo Your Project (and How to Avoid them)
Our recent ERP benchmark study (soon-to-be-released) points out the obvious relationship between ERP selection success and ERP implementation success, that is: a failed selection project inevitably results in a failed implementation project.
Now, ruminate on this statistic – a paltry 32% of ERP selection projects succeed. This means that 68% of ERP projects are destined to fail before implementation even starts.
