You might have several reasons for needing a new ERP system, but with so many options, how do you make the right choice? If you’re wondering whether a generic or an industry-specific solution is the best fit, or how to start the ERP selection process, you’re not alone. This article suggests ways to simplify your [...]
Eight Simple Steps On How To Successfully Select An ERP System
An Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system is a series of software applications or modules that collects data from your sales, purchasing, finance, inventory, supply chain, manufacturing and quality functions into a common database so that your company can share the information, coordinate activities and collaborate. If you’re looking for your first ERP system or looking [...]
Inside-ERP: Compare 19 Leading ERP Solutions 29 Ways
Hot off the Presses! Q2 2012 ERP Comparison Guide The ERP Comparison Guide shortens the time needed to purchase ERP software for companies looking to get their quarter off to a successful start! Begin accurately controlling costs, inventory and revenue forecasts. Thoroughly researched by our ERP analyst community, it is an unbiased comparison of and [...]
Top 10 Questions to Ask When Choosing an ERP Solution
Have you put together the most important questions to ask your potential ERP vendors? Before buying a midmarket or enterprise-level ERP system, you must get answers to these top 10 questions compiled from our ERP analysts who speak with 1000′s of Finance, Manufacturing and Operations buyers. Learn what other ERP buyers have said should be [...]
2011 Inside-ERP MRP (Material Requirements Planning) Comparison Guide
Compare the Top 13 MRP Products Side by Side Up to date and down to details, see how the top MRP solutions stack up with this FREE guide. Take a look beyond the product types and prices for the company financials, funding and partners insights you need before you buy. You’ll get: * Side by [...]
Best Practices for Managing Just-in-Time (JIT) Production
Just-in-Time (JIT) manufacturing is “not procrastination, but making a commitment once the scales are tipped in the favor of certainty,” explains Focus Expert, Jerry Durant. How do you keep your company from falling prey to decision failures? In this guide, Focus Experts share their top 7 best practices for deftly managing JIT manufacturing. Download Whitepaper
A Chat with Silver Spring Network’s Eric Dresselhuys
Smart grid is evolving so rapidly that it is hard to catch a glimpse of what’s really going on at a given moment. I gather information by reading lots of articles, blog posts, and tweets, going to conferences, and talking to experts. To many of us, smart grid is smart meters and home network/home energy [...]
6 Best Practices for Selecting ERP Software
Learn 6 best practices from Focus Experts for selecting the right Enterprise Resource Planning solution for your business. ERP solutions are, by nature, large and complex. How do you select the solution best-suited to your firm? In this guide, Focus Experts share their top 6 best practices for selecting ERP software. This guide covers: Understanding [...]
Will Social Networking And Empathy Converge On The Promised Revolution?
In Esteban Kolsky‘s latest 2010 piece on social networking and the convergence of it with Enterprise 2.0, a topic he lists as "one of [his] key topics of 2010," he says, "smart organizations will start their move towards it in 2010. And they will make inroads". He estimates convergence will continue over a three to [...]
Buyer’s Guide: ERP Systems
Quality research is hard to come by and nothing is more important when considering IT solutions for your business. In this extensive, 40-page ERP Systems Buyer’s Guide, Focus analysts have gathered all of the information you need into one definitive document. Explore all aspects of the ERP market, and get insight into specific areas of [...]
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