As the name suggests, a data silo is a set of data only accessible to one department or team in an organization. To some extent, data silos are unavoidable. Each department accumulates data pertaining to its responsibilities, focusing on its particular roles and...
With 2019 just around the corner, it’s time for manufacturers and distributors to start looking to the future and mapping out their IT strategies. Unsurprisingly, the fast-paced world of enterprise technology isn’t slowing down, which bodes well for businesses looking to...
With business intelligence, workflow automation and other innovations, manufacturers have started to reimagine their shop floors. But don’t think robots are replacing your job anytime soon—instead, these developments are making operations safe, efficient...
Manufacturers and distributors often tremble at the idea of disruption. Whether it’s a mass change in the workforce or an impending strict regulation (ahem, the GDPR), enterprises look at disruptions as threats. However, disruption can also take...
Whenever we discuss ERP implementations, manufacturers and value-added distributors ask us how much their project will cost and how long it will take. However, the complex factors, time and technology that is involved in an ERP implementation means that...
Project failure, stunted business growth, fixed processes—throughout our blog, we often credit these problems to a lack of collaboration. When information and departments are siloed, software projects tend to go astray as a result of scope creep or deficient ...
While cloud-based ERP systems have certainly taken off in popularity in the past couple of years, many businesses are still concerned about transferring their ERP to the web and an outside vendor. Whether those concerns are related to data security or...
As the cloud and cloud-based services gather more traction within the enterprise technology world, it’s hard to think of a software solution or platform not making the move to the web. The trend of shifting hosted software towards the cloud is hardly a surprise....
