Category: Trends in ERP

ROI Calculator for ERP Software

Panorama Consulting Group has been hard at work creating a web-based ROI calculator for ERP investments. Hopefully all the hard work will pay off for users as well, as the product is finally being launched. Panorama designed the ROI calculator to assist website visitors who want to calculate the potential ROI on ERP software investments. […]

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Computer Economics report: ERP is top investment among IT categories

In its report “Technology Trends 2010/2011,” IT research consultancy Computer Economics finds that ERP software, out of 19 different technology areas, has the most investment and development. The analysis was conducted between January and April of this year, and included extensive surveying of 210 senior IT managers from various businesses. As quoted from the report: […]

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Epicor Teams Up with Intermec

Recently, it was announced that Epicor and Intermec were teaming up to deliver their mobile computing solutions. Intermec recently established a partner program, and they named Epicor a Platinum Partner. The program was built in order to expand and enhance the delivery of their mobile solutions, and to take advantage of new business opportunities. PartnerNet […]

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Role-Based ERP

Recently, WorkWise introduced a new approach to ERP solutions. This new approach is featured in WorkWise v9.2 Role-Based ERP, and the new software takes a function-centric approach to ERP. The suite of Role-Based ERP systems are carefully designed around actual roles within manufacturing enterprises to leverage employees time and knowledge. The WorkWise software enables every […]

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Environmental ERP for Greener Businesses

Going green is a necessity. However, with increasing government regulation around the world on carbon output, businesses will be the first to feel the economic squeeze. Companies are going to have to find some emissions leak in their operations to comply with requirements. To calculate and account for carbon output, a company may try extending […]

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Open-Source ERP’s Popularity Rises at SourceForge.net

Oh, what have those open-source hippies been working on these days. An interesting development over at SourceForge.net is that the two most active projects for the past week, as listed Wednesday, are two ERP projects – PostBooks ERP, Accounting, CRM by xTuple; and ADempiere ERP Business Suite. These aren’t two arbitrarily large outliers. Openbravo ERP […]

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Advantages of Open Source ERP

Open source ERP systems are growing in popularity, thanks in part to the state the economy. Open source ERP software gives businesses the ability to optimize their business processes while minimizing IT expenditure. ERP system implementation is the key to streamlining business operations, however some ERP solutions can be expensive to install. Open source ERP […]

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The Future of ERP: SAP, Plex and Rootstock

Much of the press the last few weeks has concerned SAP and other vendors as user conferences were everywhere in May. SAP’s Business ByDesign SaaS solution has been getting a lot of visibility. Another to note is Plex Systems. While Plex Systems’ install base primarily has a North American focus currently, we expect this to […]

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ERP and Cloud-Computing: Making Upgrades and Innovation Easier

The traditional sentiment of what it takes to implement enterprise resource planning (ERP) and similar large, complex packaged applications is that it’s a big, lumbering, exhausting process. Standard procedures such as installation, configuration, testing new systems and then moving them into production can take enormous time and effort, and software changes often just layer on […]

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Godlan Launches New Mobile ERP Software Solution, InSync Anywhere

Godlan launched its new InSync Anywhere mobile sales application, a solution for Infor ERP SyteLine users wanting a mobile cloud-based application for remote workforces, at the SyteLine User Network (SUN) conference in Nashville, TN. The new mobile ERP software solution, InSync Anywhere, utilizes the emerging cloud technology (SaaS) and delivers critical customer information to any […]

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