Why is the budgeting process so awful? It’s a question that seemingly pops up annually—usually right after the budgeting process wraps up. Here’s the thing. It doesn’t have to be. Here are just a couple ways to help it evolve. As we discussed in our last blog on the budgeting process, too often, the process … Read more
It happens every year. Fire up the email and spreadsheets, it’s budgeting and planning season. The email leading up to the beginning of the process is sent out and a collective ‘ugh’ runs through your organization. Why? Because despite being a necessary way to set aside money, this annual tradition is inefficient, inflexible, and relatively … Read more
With Thanksgiving right around the corner, employees are heading home to see their relatives. It’s also a time for us all to take a second to look at the things we are thankful for, possibly eat a bit of turkey, and brace ourselves for the holiday season ahead. Are Manual Processes Replacing Gratefulness with Dread? … Read more
The sales process is incredibly important to your business—why are so many organizations leaving their sales teams with inadequate technology and tools they need to get the job done? Unfortunately, companies leave their sales team high and dry in a variety of steps in the sales process. It could be an issue getting from lead … Read more
If not making a decision to implement or upgrade to a cloud ERP is the decision you choose to make, there may be a delay in growth. Read about the financial effects of your non-decision in the new Aberdeen Group Whitepaper, The Cost of Doing Nothing: Why You Can’t Afford to Sit on an ERP … Read more
The ERP landscape has shifted from traditional, on-premise client/server deployments to software-as-a-service, ERP in the cloud. Buyers have realized this shift has major benefits for their business, including: Scalability Reliability Elasticity Cost Savings Gartner www.gartner.com projects huge growth of core ERP systems in the cloud by 2025. IT leaders also say maintaining hardware, software and … Read more