Not all WMS systems are created equal when it comes to agile implementation. Here we examine: A) attributes of a WMS system that lower risk and increase speed in implementation, B) type and size of benefits you can expect, and C) tips for getting started.
ERP
Anything related to ERP technology, implementation, impact
Ten Signs It’s Time for WMS: Part Two – An Incremental Approach to De-risk WMS Implementations
The leap from manual systems to a WMS can be trepidatious. However, the risks can be controlled by taking an agile, incremental, approach to implementation and by ensuring change management issues are proactively addressed.
Agile ERP: Part Two – Examples of Rapid, Incremental Implementation and Value Realization
Two examples of companies that have been able to rapidly implement ERP and continually gain incremental value, using agile deployment principles.
ERP Innovations Digging Deeper
ERP companies continue to broaden their reach and deepen their solutions…
SYSPRO’s road to IoT and Machine Learning.
Agile ERP: Part One – Continuous Improvement Through Rapid, Incremental Implementation and Value Realization
Big bang ERP implementations are out. Rapid, incremental ‘little bang’ implementations are in. ERP implementers are adopting agile software principles to speed initial deployments and realize value incrementally.
Inforum 2016 – Diverse Innovation on Display
At Inforum, we got a good sense of the energy, innovation, and ability to evolve that is keeping Infor competitive.
SuiteWorld 2016 Augers Continued Dramatic Growth for NetSuite
NetSuite’s annual conference was big and bold (as always) with some really significant announcements and an abundance of interesting and illuminating customer stories and presentations.
Epicor Insights 2016
At the annual user conference of Epicor Software, aptly called Insights, we saw their strategy for bringing along their customers as they continue to modernize their rich portfolio of mid-market enterprise solutions.
JDA Focus: Thought Leadership in Practice
As usual, there was a plethora of thought leadership at Focus, JDA’s annual conference. It seems they also realize thought leadership only counts if people actually implement it. They are increasingly focused on ease of implementation and use and broader adoption & so that all that integrated end-to-end intelligence turns into realized value.
Developing a Contemporary Supply Chain
TG16 ToolsGroup Customer Conference.
Infor Alchemizing Legacy Solutions
Infor provides a great example of ongoing reinvention of a software firm: taking a collection of decades old applications, leveraging the deep and rich functionality developed and lessons learned over generations of actual on-the-ground use, and migrating all that IP and knowledge into modern cloud/network-based architectures that can compete well against ‘shiny new’ best-of-breed applications.