
Successful Digital Transformation Isn’t About Tech
Hint: It’s about your processes. Manufacturers have an uphill climb to stay competitive, and when they inevitably take on the complicated task of a company-wide digital transformation, it is common

Hint: It’s about your processes. Manufacturers have an uphill climb to stay competitive, and when they inevitably take on the complicated task of a company-wide digital transformation, it is common

Business process improvement (BPI) is an approach used to identify inefficiencies, and analyze, redesign and improve existing business processes to optimize performance, enhance workflows, conform to best practices and improve the user experience.

Enterprise resource planning software links most of today’s business management systems, and thus ERP software implementation is a necessary part of today’s digital transformation for manufacturing and distribution companies. To remain competitive and relevant in a fast-paced, globally competitive economy, senior executives know that an ERP system implementation with new technologies is unavoidable.

To be managed effectively, achieve client goals and deliver value, ERP projects require structure. On every Ultra project this framework is provided by our methodology, which organizes the transformation process into four phases – business process improvement (BPI), enterprise technology selection, solution implementation management and business value realization.

Successful, goal-achieving ERP projects require structure. At Ultra, this framework is provided by our methodology, which organizes the transformation process into four phases – business process improvement (BPI), enterprise technology selection, solution implementation management and business value realization. And within each of those phases are five milestones.

The post-COVID business environment is challenging distributors in ways they’ve never experienced. And a number of problems – the disruption of supply chains, forecasting difficulty and the pressing need to change the interface and interaction with customers – are forcing significant changes.