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National Grid’s Failure in ERP Implementation Methodology And what you can learn from their mistakes So, you’ve heard that an ERP implementation is a long, frustrating, and complex process with a high failure rate. That’s not exactly confidence inspiring. That reputation alone can be enough to sidetrack a project. But it really doesn’t have to…

3 Steps to Take Before Your ERP System Implementation Your Pre-ERP To-Do List As an ERP provider who works with a lot of SMBs (small-to-medium businesses), we’ve seen a lot of business owners through their first-ever ERP implementation successfully. One question we’re used to hearing is, “How do I know if my business is ready…

Why Do ERP Implementations Take So Long? 4 Steps to Make Your Implementation Go Faster and Smoother So, you’ve heard that an ERP implementation is a long, frustrating, and complex process with a high failure rate. That’s not exactly confidence inspiring. That reputation alone is often enough to sidetrack and ultimately kill the project. It…

5 Keys to Successfully Implementing an ERP System When you’re setting out to implement an ERP system, you’ll inevitably run into horror stories from colleagues, competitors, and complete strangers alike. Analysis firm Gartner estimates that three quarters of all ERP implementations fail to meet their objectives, so it’s no surprise that people can be reluctant…

3 Elements of a Successful Inventory Optimization Technique Since we’ve already talked about inventory control systems, inventory management, inventory tracking, and so on, the next level is inventory optimization. (And most importantly, the 3 elements of successful inventory optimization. See below.) So, what’s inventory optimization, then? Well, let’s put it this way: According to the…

Why You Need a Stock Control System Among our clients, the oft forgotten distinctions between terms like “inventory” and “stock” are as important as they are contentious. And we already have an article on inventory control systems. So, here’s the short version. Inventory is pretty much anything your company keeps on hand in any of…

How To Use Inventory Cycle Counting To Optimize Your Warehouse A full inventory count is an absolute pain. There’s really no getting around that. Some large, inventory-centric businesses need to shut down operations for an entire week to perform a full physical inventory count. That kind of all-encompassing disruption to a warehouse can have a…

Perpetual Inventory: The Real Benefits And How To Get Them Perpetual inventory systems were a warehouse manager’s fondest pipe dream until just a few decades ago. Perpetual inventory was one of those great ideas that had always existed in theory, but only got to be real when the technology caught up. You can think of…

Supplier Relationship Management: Going Beyond Simple Purchasing How to Tell Your Average Vendors Apart from Your Strategic Allies Supplier relationship management (SRM) is one of those ideas that seems obvious once someone describes it to you. It’s a subcategory of supply chain management, and it basically boils down to an acknowledgement of this fact: “No…

ERP vs. CRM: Which Does Your Business Need? If you’ve ever shopped around for either ERP (enterprise resource planning) software or CRM (customer relationship management) software, you probably noticed that the definitions can be fuzzy. People throw around the TLAs (three-letter acronyms) as easy as breathing, but nobody can tell you what features make something…