Change Management: Reducing Resistance to ERP

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Among all the unknowns surrounding a new ERP system deployment, one thing is certain: change. A new ERP system can mean long-term structural transformation, a permanent and significant impact on virtually every business function, process and department across the enterprise. Previously manual processes may be automated; steps within a department’s long-established processes could be eliminated, […]

The Intersection of Business Process Management and ERP Implementation

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The decision to implement a new ERP system isn’t made in a vacuum; the ramifications of that decision will touch every part of the organization, nowhere more acutely than in the organization’s business processes. The extent to which an organization defines, manages and optimizes its business processes at the outset of an ERP implementation is […]

5 Questions You Should Ask Before Customizing Your ERP Solution

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It’s one of the most important questions a small or mid-size manufacturing organization faces as it gears up for a new ERP implementation: What is the optimal balance between leveraging the ERP solution’s standard functionality and customizing it to fit my company’s existing processes? No doubt, the processes embedded across an organization – in finance, […]