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The 2022 Top 10 ERP Systems Report
This report highlights the ERP vendors and systems that our consulting team has found to be innovative and strong in[…]
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The Role of ERP in Inventory Management: 9 Benefits
In your quest to simplify and streamline your manufacturing operations, have you considered how well your current inventory management system is working? An inefficient or outdated platform can slow production times, frustrate customers, and impact your bottom line....
Low-Code ERP: Everything You Need to Know
While ERP software is more necessary than ever before, IT team members in many organizations are too consumed with operational challenges to handle a software implementation. Add to that growing customer demands, and it’s easy to see why no-code or low-code ERP...
Top ERP Systems for Manufacturing: 10 Systems to Consider
Many manufacturers have been responding to supply chain disruptions by replacing their legacy systems with modern technology, including emerging technologies, like IoT. If you’re thinking about following suit, you’ll soon discover just how many options you have. To...
ERP vs EPM: Do You Know the Difference?
While there are many different enterprise solutions on the market, enterprise resource planning (ERP) software and enterprise performance management (EPM) software are two solutions that many companies, across industries, consider for their business. While these two...
ERP vs CMMS: Do You Know the Difference?
In your quest to find the best enterprise software for your organization, you’ve likely come across plenty of platforms that sound like they could meet your needs. In fact, you might have found that many of these systems have similar, overlapping functionality. ...
HRIS vs HCM vs HRMS: What’s the Difference?
According to a recent global report, nearly 50% of companies are currently using some form of HR software-as-a-service (SaaS) or platform or a hybrid solution. In 2019, only 20% of companies had adopted such strategies. Are you thinking about implementing HR...
Predictive vs Prescriptive Analytics: What’s the Difference?
The field of business analytics is rapidly expanding. Organizations are finding ways to capture large volumes of data and leverage advanced tools to help them turn these insights into action. Without the right approach or the right technology, it can be difficult to...
Predictive HR Analytics: Understanding the Basics
Traditionally, HR has been a high-risk field based largely on soft science. While an interviewee might seem like the ideal candidate, you won’t know for sure if they’re a good fit until you hire them. Similarly, when looking at existing employees, it can...
Supply Chain Predictive Analytics: What You Need to Know Before Diving in
Optimizing supply chain activities has always been a laborious and time-consuming task. Now, those efforts are more challenging than ever before. As a result, business leaders are looking closely at supply chain predictive analytics. These tools help businesses...
Voice Directed Picking: Should You Include it in Your Enterprise Software Project?
The world of inventory management is constantly changing. As the innovation continues, more and more enterprise software applications and capabilities enter the market, helping companies improve their warehouse processes. One of these innovations is voice directed...
ERP in Financial Management: 7 Features You Can’t Live Without
Finance professionals are tasked with handling the day-to-day transactions that keep a business afloat. When those processes are automated, organizations can gain new efficiencies, increase accuracy, and lower overall costs. Wondering about the benefits of ERP in...
How to Select a Tier 1 ERP System: 5 Tailored Tips
Every year, we conduct an independent analysis of the Tier 1 ERP vendors. The analysis, known as Clash of the Titans, is based on data we collect from organizations that have implemented SAP, Oracle, Microsoft, or Infor products. As we release our 2022 Clash of the...
What is Distribution ERP Software? (Find Out so You’re Not Left in the Dust)
What is distribution ERP? This is a specific type of ERP software that’s designed to meet the needs of companies within the distribution industry. In addition to basic operational components, such as accounting and HR, distributors also gain access to unique...
What is Shelfware and How Can You Prevent Those Cobwebs?
What is shelfware? This is a common term for software that is unusable or inoperable. In other words, it metaphorically “sits on the shelf” at an organization. Enterprise software is a significant investment intended to improve your bottom line. When it doesn’t...
Important Features of ERP Systems Available Within End-to-End Solutions
All-in-one ERP systems – or end-to-end ERP systems – are systems that provide a breadth of functionality within a single solution. In other words, you don’t have to integrate them with third-party applications to obtain key features. These robust systems are...
Business Intelligence and AI: Understanding the Potential and the Best Practices
More than half (54%) of business leaders cite cloud-based business intelligence (BI) as being vital to their current and future initiatives. For many of these leaders, the need for BI was fueled by the pandemic, which rapidly moved their operations online. For others,...
Machine Learning in Accounting: What You Need to Know Before Evaluating ERP Systems
According to one recent report, seven in ten finance teams spend up to 10 hours each week, or 520 hours a year, on manual accounts payable (AP) tasks that could be automated. From invoice processing to payment reconciliation, these tasks consume a good portion of...
RPA Overview: Robotic Process Automation Explained
Machine learning and artificial intelligence are becoming more prominent across industries. Now, robotic process automation (RPA) is the latest buzzword to join the ranks. Spending on RPA is expected to reach $2.4 billion in 2022. However, there is still much to learn...
Top 10 ERP Software to Fulfill Your 2022 Goals
Organizations evaluating ERP software have hundreds of systems to choose from. To give you an idea of how many there are, we track more than 250 systems in our internal ERP vendor database. Clearly, the ERP comparison process can be daunting, which is why we developed...
