Accounting & ERP Software

For the last several years we have seen the adoption of Software as a Service (SaaS) as a viable, and sometimes preferred, delivery and acquisition model for enterprise software. Examples like salesforce.com, Google Apps, Taleo, and Workday show how SaaS can be an advantageous model for some software categories while other categories such as...
Read more »

Think back a couple of decades. If you were a facsimile machine salesman, and had the chance to evaluate enterprise email as it begun to take off, would you have leapt at the opportunity? Or would you have stuck to what was comfortable, and risk getting relegated to the sidelines in the wake of...
Read more »

Nobody likes a forcing function. But sometimes, it takes one of those to compel action. In today’s blog, I wanted to touch on how a made-to-order manufacturer finally decided to commit to moving their ERP to the cloud after a black swan event that has shaken up the organization. This was a tip-off that...
Read more »

You should never be locked into one vendor, and should ALWAYS be able to walk away from a service provider that is providing service levels that are below par. But how realistic is that when it comes to cloud service providers? If you’re not happy with the service that you receive, take your business...
Read more »

In a recent CRN article, Sage became the most recent vendor to create new SaaS (subscription based) pricing for their ERP products. If resellers make more money from SaaS in the long run, does that mean that customers pay more? SaaS ERP more expensive in Long Run In the CRN article, Joe Langner, EVP...
Read more »

Editor’s Note: This article addresses supply chain issues in the form of a memo written to the operations management department. Memorandum To:      Operations Management From:  Doug Potter Re:      No more spreadsheets for Purchasing Supply Chain management would be so much better off without spreadsheets. I see this over and over. Purchasing and operations management has a spreadsheet...
Read more »

This is part 3 of a 3 part series by Ronald Laxton from Computer Initiatives discussing aging and obsolescence with ERP systems.Part 1: Obsolescence and the ERP system.Part 2: What becomes of aging ERP technology and its users? It is inevitable that despite upgrades and constant development, enterprise systems will age and eventually become...
Read more »

This is part 2 of a 3 part series by Ronald Laxton from Computer Initiatives discussing aging and obsolescence with ERP systems.Part 1: Obsolescence and the ERP system.Part 3: The decision making process for switching to new technology. Nothing lasts forever, especially not in the information and communications technology industry. Even those enterprise systems...
Read more »