In the late 90’s all of the buzz talk was around ERP, and understandably so. A lot of the buzz I hear today is about Business Intelligence (BI). There are probably a variety of reasons for this. Chief among them, in my experience, is the notion that ERP was pervasive in the 90’s because of
Read More...The ravages multitasking inflicts upon your mental state and productivity are (finally) getting some ink. Multitasking used to be something highly-evolved corporate warriors did well. It used to be a badge of honor, like calluses on athletes. I remember the days when you’d ask an employee to manage another project on top of his already-full
Read More...If you observe Easter, we’re heading into a holiday weekend. As such, you need things to talk about. I would give you all you need about playoff hockey, but since about 9% of the population seems to care, I’ll instead arm you with all sorts of web esoterica. Hang on. Google announces Project Glass, their
Read More...Just a month ago (February 16 to be exact), Oracle provided the latest version of Financials and Supply Chain Management (FSCM) in its Feature Pack 2 (FP2) release. At MIPRO, we’re pretty excited about the new capabilities within this FP, and believe that this one is for you. From Oracle’s press release, FP2 delivers “…new
Read More...When was the last time you asked a person, “Where are you going on vacation?” and they said, “I don’t know!” Or you asked, “How are you getting there?” and they shrugged and said, “No idea.” Doesn’t happen, does it? The reality is that vacations are so important that we make plans. We define the
Read More...Life, Links & Stuff I Found While Clicking on Things It’s been a while since I’ve blasted our readers in the face with a nonsensical, wandering post about lots of disjointed topics and links, so I figure I’d fix that right now. Get ready to become stupider. Definitely DO NOT read this while drinking alcohol
Read More...(Editor’s Note: Michelle Randall is MIPRO’s Accountant, and is key to its operations. This is her first blog post. Give her a warm welcome!) Can a term as shapeless and overused as company culture be a key in retaining your best employees? Can it compete with the two main pillars of pay and benefits? Actually,
Read More...Whatever Happened to Grit? I just finished reading Laura Hillenbrand’s Unbroken, which — let me say this up front — is a book I’d recommend to anyone. It’s a great piece of nonfiction, but more importantly, it got me thinking about something nobody is talking about, but should be. That thing is grit. One thing
Read More...(Editor’s Note: As we close in on the beginning of the 6th Annual Oracle Maintenance Summit in Nashville, TN (March 26-29th), I thought it would be a good idea to introduce you to our own Tina Thames. Besides being an outstanding PeopleSoft consultant, Tina is gained fame in MIPRO for knowing “there’s an app for
Read More...Is disaster just a mistake away? The annual Maintenance Management Summit is quickly approaching and our team is fast and furious in preparation. I always enjoy being part of the planning process and then watching it all come together. We are also attending the Alliance (formerly known as HEUG) Conference as well. The PeopleSoft Asset
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