How to Overcome User Resistance to New ERP Systems & Increase ERP Adoption
A scenario that happens more than it should: A company invests in and implements a new ERP system, but its users don’t fully adopt it.
Food & Beverage ERP Insight: The Best Solution May Not Be a Big Solution
Most Food & Beverage organizations start ERP selection with a list of the biggest and best-known names in the ERP software marketplace, then research features, functionalities and total cost of ownership, and then schedule multiple rounds of sales presentations and demos.
The Second Deadly Sin of ERP Implementation: Less-Than-Thorough ERP Requirements Gathering
Organizations invest in ERP to enable greater execution and efficiency. So it makes no sense to implement a solution that simply automates your existing processes.
Making the Case for Business Process Improvement in 2020
Thinking ahead to 2020? Making the case for Business Process Improvement (BPI) is likely on your mind.
Stories from the Field: The Importance of Change Management
As part of Ultra’s independent ERP consultant team, I spend my weeks out in the field teaming with Ultra’s manufacturing and distribution clients on business process improvement, ERP evaluation, selection, and implementation projects.
Your 7-Part Checklist for a Winning ERP Implementation Project Kickoff
When is the right time to consider what it takes for an effective ERP implementation project kickoff?
We’ve all heard the expression “don’t put the cart before the horse” which warns us against placing tasks or items in the wrong order.
4 Potential Solutions for the Manufacturing Labor Shortage
Skilled manufacturing jobs continue to go unfilled, despite the ongoing economic recovery from the pandemic downturn, strong job growth overall, rising wages across nearly every vertical and high unemployment in the service sector (and others). The result is production bottlenecks, reduced capacity, unfilled orders, low inventories and lost sales. What…
Global Consumer Goods Organization Improves Business Processes and Prepares for Growth
Global organizations, particularly those dealing in Consumer Goods, often struggle with piecemeal systems, which create inconsistent approaches to business processes and financials.
5 Guidelines for Evaluating ERP Systems for CPG Manufacturers
Today’s ERP systems for Consumer Products Manufacturers (CPG) must drive true transformation. In order to compete, consumer goods companies must keep pace with customer demand while managing margins and complying with ever-changing safety and environmental regulations
