Here’s Stuart Lauchlan, writing for businessCLOUD9: In the increasingly febrile battleground of Cloud HCM (Human Capital Management), Oracle’s racked up a couple of nice deals for its Fusion HCM from existing PeopleSoft users – the kind of wins it needs to stave off competition from Workday and SAP. First up, banking and financial services group
Read More...Good article from Mike Schmidt over at Manufacturing Business Technology about how a lack of proactive, intelligent asset management is a true risk to the organization: If you’re not managing assets properly, you don’t know what the cost of those assets are and (what the cost is) to repair those assets,” he says. “That creates a
Read More...A Clear And Present Danger How often does it happen that an organization moves from an old legacy ERP type system to a new, up-to-date ERP system and it fails to meet expectations and to improve system and business process efficiency? Too often! One of the primary reasons is that the project is way underfunded
Read More...In these days of tight times, the most common modus operandi/strategy of IT and Business Process re-engineering or Optimization projects has been twofold: Keep the wheels on the wagon, or Fund only projects that have a good opportunity for real ROI. If you have had problems getting funding (like everyone else) for worthwhile projects, consider
Read More...I’d like to add something that stems from my personal experience to the commentary my colleague Dave Cohune wrote a few weeks ago: K-12 organizations can realize cost savings though wise investments in IT infrastructure. An example of this is might be to enable the improvement of business processes and decision making, thereby enabling management to provide
Read More...(Our previous blog post, entitled The Cost of Custom Interfaces, is good pre-requisite reading for this one. Not necessary, but perhaps helpful. Check it out.) At a high level, and all nuances not considered, let’s look at a typical process for custom interface development: Document detailed requirements analysis Identify all tables and fields tables to
Read More...CFO/CIO alert! Have you reviewed the cost of your custom interfaces lately, particularly those associated with your “third party” software systems? Best-of-breed app systems have been on the decline for years, as clients realize enormous savings in Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) by going to mature, integrated ERP software add-on modules, by such providers as
Read More...Whether you are in a C-Staff position, middle management or a line person in a business unit, many people concerned about job security in today’s costs cutting business environment. One strategy that everyone should embrace is to seize the opportunity to “thrive, not just survive,” through distinguishing one’s self through exceptional performance.
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