Articles Tagged with ''enterprise resource planning (ERP)''

Several months ago I wrote about the Cynefin Model and the benefits of keeping things simple to the decision-making process. And a large part of decision making has to do with choice, or more accurately, the number of choices we have. Enter the “psychology of choice.”

People often talk about the high failure rate for software implementation projects. Stories abound about failures in CRM, MES, SCM and QMS, but the stories are especially disturbing when they involve ERP. 

With cloud-based devices becoming a more integral part of manufacturers’ personal and professional lives, the question remains: Is this influx of new technology actually improving the work-life balance?

In the mid 1980s my company got its first PC for accounting and a database of client/case records. It was a revolution!

If you’re like most companies, you already use ERP software. While enterprise resource planning software is commonplace at most manufacturing companies, the way it is used may not be.