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The Solution Provider Ecosystem for Discrete Manufacturing Enterprises
- October 18, 2016
- Posted by: Tom Ryan
- Category: Vendor Profiles
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For many Discrete Manufacturing Enterprises, technology solutions are not all just about ERP. In addition to the core roles played by ERP solutions, many other areas often are necessary to provide full support for the broad range of requirements that many discrete manufacturing companies now face. This focus has led us to develop a different view of the solution providers from the traditional analyst view.
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Smart Software Selection Consulting Decision
- October 12, 2016
- Posted by: Tom Ryan
- Category: Thought Leadership
Smart companies are discerning. They save money and use external consultants only when it makes business sense. And the smartest firms are exceptionally savvy in choosing the best consultants for a given assignment.
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Farm to Fork, the Solutions Requirements Model for Food & Beverage Manufacturing (The “Slider Model”)
- September 29, 2016
- Posted by: Tom Ryan
- Category: Thought Leadership
Food & Beverage Manufacturing is all about moving food from the farm through a manufacturing/distribution process to the fork at the dinner table. This article discusses the high level functional requirements needed to go from Farm to Fork and develops a model by which technology solutions can be compared.
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Challenges Cost Justifying ERP in F&B
- September 29, 2016
- Posted by: Tom Ryan
- Category: Thought Leadership
We are often asked how do you cost justify ERP? What will be the payback? How will we measure it? Where can we get it? How do we convert it into dollars and cents? The reality is that justifying ERP in the F&B industry in the classical cost/benefit analysis with hard numbers is very difficult. There is often no quantifiable way to develop a credible IRR for a new ERP project.
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Business Process Re-engineering – Getting the Cart Before the Horse
- September 29, 2016
- Posted by: Tom Ryan
- Category: Thought Leadership
There are two, conflicting schools of thought about the interrelationship between business process reengineering and software selection. One school of thought says that process reengineering should be done first prior to executing a solution selection. The other school would have business process reengineering done in parallel to the software selection or during the implementation of the new software solution.
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