Panorama’s ERP Blog
Digital Transformation
& ERP Best Practices
Need some quick tips for your digital transformation or ERP implementation? You’re in the right place.
Can Machine Learning Predict Supply Chain Disruptions?
Key Takeaways Machine learning in supply chain management analyzes operational data, supplier performance patterns, and external risk signals to predict supply chain disruptions. Many organizations use machine learning in supply...
ERP BlogOrganizational Change ManagementSoftware Implementation
Educating the Executive Level About the Value of Organizational Change Management
Problems with out-of-date or poorly functioning ERP software often are abundantly clear to anyone working within the system. But a disconnect can arise when those tasked with making decisions about the...
ERP BlogSoftware Implementation
Start Me Up: Planning for a Successful ERP Implementation
We recently kicked off a multi-site ERP implementation for one of our large aerospace and defense clients. Given the fact that, according to our 2012 ERP Report, most ERP implementations...
ERP Blog
Guest Blog: Eliminating Spreadsheet Madness in the Corporate Budgeting Cycle
Corporate finance managers often think of budgeting like Sisyphus thought of his boulder. A seemingly never-ending, futile task that just keeps repeating itself over and over again. Does the following...
ERP BlogSoftware Selection
The Real Reasons to Upgrade Your ERP System
Organizations that use modern ERP systems typically spend millions of dollars per year just to maintain their enterprise software packages. One of the benefits of implementing a modern ERP system...
ERP BlogSoftware Selection
Three Years Later: Did Our ERP Industry Predictions for 2009 Come True?
Over each of the last several years, we have published our widely recognized predictions for the ERP software industry for the upcoming year. These predictions are typically based less on...
ERP Blog
Guest Blog: U.S. Manufacturing Activity Continues to Expand — Can Your ERP System Handle It?
Recent news reports, including an article just published in the Wall Street Journal, suggest that the long industrial decline in the U.S. is in reverse. March 2012 data shows that...
ERP Blog
ERP System Usage Audits
Once organizations have an ERP system up and running, they tend to heave a big sigh of relief and back-burner it for months, quarters or even years. It’s a natural...
ERP Blog
Lessons Learned from Best-In-Class ERP Implementations Q & A Podcast
This interview was taken from the interactive Q&A discussion following Panorama’s recent webinar: Lessons Learned from Best-In-Class ERP Implementations. The conversation is led by Eric Kimberling, President of Panorama Consulting and...
ERP Blog
Should an Organization Ever Build its Own ERP System?
“ERP systems cost a ton.” “ERP vendors can be hard to deal with.” “There is no ‘perfect’ ERP solution for us; all of them have major drawbacks.” Truth be told:...
ERP BlogSoftware Implementation
Five Critical Errors in ERP Implementations
On the heels of Monday’s post, Five Critical Success Factors for ERP Implementations, we thought it would be pertinent also to present a list of some of the critical errors...
ERP BlogGovernmentSoftware Implementation
Why Can’t the Federal Government Seem to Implement ERP Systems?
ERP implementations are always difficult, and often times even more so for government organizations. An interesting recent Computer World article discusses how the Government Accountability Agency (GAO) recently uncovered the...
ERP BlogSoftware Implementation
Five Critical Success Factors for ERP Implementations
At Panorama, we write and talk a lot about the critical success factors of ERP implementations. Although organizations certainly vary across industries, and industries themselves have a large amount of differentiating...
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Panorama’s ERP Blog
Welcome to the ERP Blog from Panorama Consulting, your central source for cutting-edge information and insight in the enterprise resource planning industry.
Digital Transformation and ERP Best Practices
Are you in the market for some quick tips to expedite your digital transformation or ERP implementation? Then you’ve come to the right place. As leaders in ERP consulting, Panorama is excited to provide valuable details about digital transformation and ERP best practices to those looking to expand their understanding of these vital practices and put them to use.
Enterprise resource planning (ERP) is a huge concept that essentially boils down to software that manages some of the most important day-to-day operations of businesses, such as accounting, project management, and procurement.
What makes ERP so valuable is the fact that it facilitates a flow of information between these different processes and departments for a level of consistency that would not otherwise be possible.
The result is an organization whose functions are more streamlined due to the use of a central database; employees from entirely different areas of a corporation can trust that they’re relying upon the same information and following the same practices when ERP is utilized.
There are many benefits for businesses that utilize ERP, including decreased costs of operation, boosted insights, greater efficiency, and an overarching sense of collaboration which serves to improve morale and company culture, so it’s no wonder that so many organizations invest time and resources into robust ERP efforts.
To stay up to date with current trends in ERP and to get more out of your current system, follow our blog.
If you aren’t currently investing in ERP for your organization, or if you feel that you aren’t properly leveraging this technology for your success, contact us to speak with one of our experts!
