The year in review: Top 10 Blog Posts of 2022
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The new year is right around the corner and so far, it has been a year full of uncertainties, starting from regional conflicts and environmental challenges, to rising inflation, supply shortages and energy crisis. We’ve transitioned to a more hybrid working reality, supported by emerging technology. We’re a little tired, but we’re hopeful. And we’re so eager for the New Year and a fresh start.
Before we step into the bright horizon of possibility that 2023 brings, let’s take a moment to look back on 2022 and the most popular blog posts our readers enjoyed throughout the year. Topics include business software evaluation checklists, ERP market trends, practical tips on how to develop new products or conduct a proper marketing research, and more. Enjoy reading. Happy Holidays!
SAP's S/4 HANA is one of the most talked-about ERP systems on the market today. And the reason for that is SAP's unpopular choice, which puts its clients in a difficult situation by mandating that they migrate to S/4 HANA by 2027. Although SAP calls S/4 HANA their ‘future-ready, intelligent ERP software’, the migration means complete re-implementation where customers will lose all their customization on SAP ECC and will have to redo all of them in the S/4HANA environment. Implementation of the S/4 HANA is an overwhelming process and many-a-times it has failed miserably, some even ending in multi-million dollar lawsuits. In this article we share the top 5 S/4 HANA failures that will definitely go down in history as epic ERP implementation failures of all times.
Read article here ?? Top 5 SAP S/4 HANA Failures and Lessons Learned
As organizations adapt to working remotely, the need for a Document Management System (DMS) has never been more acute. In this digitally transforming world we live today, implementing a modern document management system is critical for a business to succeed. But before you start evaluating various DMS solutions, you should ask yourself, what are the core features that a good DMS should contain? In this article we give you an overview of the core 8 groups of features that every DMS must provide.
Read article here ?? 8 Features every Document Management System (DMS) must have
Manage your projects more efficiently with this simple guide, from defining the project and setting up project goals, milestones and measurable criteria to delivering the project and evaluating project results.
Read article here ?? 11 Steps to successful Project Management??
It's likely that investing in the right CRM solution would increase productivity, cut operational costs, improve efficiency and boost revenue. But with so many options available today, a company needs to have clear selection criteria in order to make the right decision and choose the CRM that best suits its business needs. This article will help corporate officers, senior management and marketing and sales personnel jointly discover and adopt an optimum CRM solution.
Read article here ?? How to Evaluate a CRM Software?
Experts estimate that consumer packaged-goods companies spend at least $20 million to introduce a new brand-and 70% to 80% percent of these new brand flop. That is a big expense and a waste. In the service sector, the front-end cost of a failed effort may not be as high, but it can have a devastating long-term effect if dissatisfied customers turn elsewhere for help. To move quickly and avoid expensive new product failures, companies should follow an organized new-product development process. The following 5 steps describe such a process.
Read article here ?? How to develop a New Product in 5 steps?
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Your ERP solution is the central source of truth for all your enterprise data. These data include your transactions across all your departments, but also include vital information on the series of actions that have occurred in any particular order. The value in analyzing and visualizing this data can be extremely revealing in the forms of inefficiencies that plague your organization. These evaluations could potentially include multiple departments rather than being restricted to the one in question. This is where it gets particularly interesting because few of the trends that emerge from these analyses may not be as intuitive as your departmental heads might assume.
See how ERP dashboards can help you take advantage of the data that your ERP generates. Read article here ?? 5 Benefits of ERP dashboards and why they are critical for your success
Every company executive once in a while ask questions like: “How can we improve this?”, “What should we do next?”, “Who is our targeted market?”, “What attributes possess our potential customer?”… These are times for conducting marketing research. When you, as a manager or a business owner, come to a point for making strategic decisions and choosing direction for your company future or its products and services, you should have in mind the following 5 steps in the marketing research process.
Read article ?? 5 Step approach to successful Marketing Research
ERP and CRM, are two products that go great together. While either product can work well on its own, their true potential is realized only when full ERP and CRM integration is achieved. Many small-to-midsized organizations use integrated ERP and CRM solutions to automate and improve the management of their operations. While, ERP systems automate and manage back-office business activities, such as accounting, HR, purchase, manufacturing… and streamline business processes, CRM is a front-office system that should simplify and standardize customer interactions, manage sales pipeline, support, up-sells, track customer information and create dashboards and reports on this data. In this article we share the key benefits of ERP and CRM integration.
Read article here ?? 9 Key benefits of ERP and CRM integration
In the last 15 years we have talked with thousands of companies and experts looking for the best DMS solution for their organization. Analyzing their requirements and following the trends in the industry, we have created a free DMS checklist to help organizations select the right DMS solution for their business. Follow this DMS checklist and there is a great chance that you’ll choose the best document management system for your company.
Read article ?? How to select a Document Management System?
SAP projects have struggled with their implementation success rate and SAP has seen some large clients pull the plug on their implementations citing a host of reasons. What could possibly be the reason for their failure though? Choosing an ERP system that is a perfect fit for your business is never a spontaneous decision. Opting for one of the giants, like SAP for your digital transformation is a massive investment, but is it really worth it?
Read article ?? 5 Reasons Why SAP Projects Fail
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