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Many companies think material handling automation is a nice idea, but something for the big guys. After all, computers and automated systems cost money. Automation is designed for high-volume sho

Recently I was walking through a warehouse with the owner of a small distributor, when one of his employees brought him a widget that had been damaged by a forklift. The owner told him to trash the widget, and tell accounting to write it off; the val

Despite the benefits and flexibility of the cloud, IT decision-makers still have to worry about costs. Although negligible at the outset, businesses often find cloud costs rise exponentially over time and take away valuable resources from other IT pr

Making informed decisions is essential to business success. Managers who have access to information about their own businesses, their competitors, and the market as a whole will be able to set goals and devise strategies more effectively than those w

It is important to know the processes that a company is involved in and master them for a more efficient production output. Logistics management, on the other hand, is a critical component to achieve business goals. This is defined as the organized m

It seems that every manufacturing company is now trying to adapt the Lean Philosophy, invented and mastered by Toyota Corporation. Lean manufacturing has also spilled over into non manufacturing industries.

Unfortunately, many companies don’t complete

As per various surveys done on ERP customers, 70% say that their implementation was a 'success' and only 30% say it is a failure.

Gives a neat quaint picture, doesn't it?

Only 30% failure, thinks a prospective customer. May be all those stories about '

Answering the question of what Supply Chain Management is, is as simple as breaking down the phrase into its component parts. Supplies are those inputs that a company relies upon to produce the product that will ultimately reach its customers. The ch

We have visited all the ERP functional areas during this journey and discovered how Artificial Intelligence gives its strength in suggestions, automation, and metric calculation, empowering every specific operation.

In this chapter, we will flush

The ERP's Project Management area enables the company to shape, follow, and predict long term plans. It delivers efficient orchestration of resources and actions for adapting to the occurrences happening during the project's development.

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Human capital is a crucial area in the ERP because it represents the engine of the company. Lately, some organisations have started a new strategy in recruiting involving AI.

Alternatively, people management needs always the usage of human choice

During my many years in ERP implementation, I have observed this. Many companies approach ERP Implementation from a project mindset, not with a transformational vision.

What is the difference?

Project mindset asks the question 'How do I complete this p

The best way to fail at an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) implementation is to choose the wrong software up front. Choosing software without following some basic guidelines is a sure-fire method for disaster. Probably the worst thing that someone

Financial management is the primary area of an ERP. It provides the tools for letting your company perform its work. Money availability is essential for personnel wages, for purchasing items to be sold, for parts you need to assemble into your prod

The service and maintenance area of the ERP is responsible for keeping up customer satisfaction minimising their downtime. Also, it assures the standard level of functionality by performing maintenance plans.

On the other hand, it involves order

The logic of stocks is complex. Starting from the management of (non-) perishable items with techniques like LIFO (Last-In-First-Out) or FIFO(First-In-First-Out), continuing with logistic costs, going ahead with lost, damaged, stolen or expired ite