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ERPSeptember 19, 2019

ERP Selection: Why Working with Smaller Vendors Yields Big ROI

Selection criteria for your business management software is an important “hot topic” — review sites and resources abound. Selecting your next — or your first — Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is literally betting the success of your business on which software you use. Gathering functional requirements is the usual place to start. Be sure to add Vendor selection benchmarks to your list. Why?

ERPSeptember 10, 2019

Manufacturer’s Value Proposition: Secret to Outshine Competitors

It takes more than a flashy website and clever promotional emails to compete in the manufacturing marketing arena. Chances are, your larger competitors are pitching similar products and services to the same client base. Your company’s industrial solution may be to offer state-of-the-art features at a reasonable cost, but do these benefits really outshine your larger competitors? Why should a potential customer choose you from a sea of manufacturers? To stand out in the crowd, you must first define your company’s unique value proposition.

ERPSeptember 9, 2019

QuickBooks Alternative: Is ERP Right for Your Manufacturing Business?

The situation: Your small manufacturing company has run fairly well on QuickBooks software to handle the basic accounting needs you’ve required to get established. All the while, you’ve worked hard to determine your competitive advantage and build a value proposition — and customer base — that says you’re going to be one of the lucky ones that makes it!

Corporate NewsSeptember 6, 2019

Maritech launches Purchase and Sales

Maximize your profitability Maritech’s latest solution is a native cloud application that streamlines seafood procurement and sales from any device, anywhere. For more than 40 years, Maritech has delivered software supporting the purchase and sales of Norwegian seafood. At this year’s Aqua Nor in Trondheim we launched DGS Purchase and Sales. The solution allows you […]

ERPSeptember 4, 2019

Technology Evaluation Centers: ERP Selection & Experts Survey

TEC’s mission is to provide expertise on the enterprise software industry through thought leadership, data, and consulting. [TEC] recently invited other industry experts to provide their views on the enterprise resource planning (ERP) software landscape. The goal was to gather a cross-section of insights that will help companies of all sizes make informed decisions on ERP software. Here's some highlights with a link to the complete report.

ERPSeptember 4, 2019

Report: MRP Software Buyer Trends

Each year thousands of manufacturers contact Software Connect for help selecting Material Requirements Planning (MRP) software to support their processes. These regular conversations provide us unique insight on market trends and software buyers’ needs.

ERPSeptember 4, 2019

451 Research: Moving to cloud — Are there technology speed bumps?

Cloud computing is causing a rethink and gradual change with regard to how IT is consumed. Enterprises are getting started with cloud and as-a-service deployments wherever possible instead of starting new datacenter builds or developing infrastructure services that offer no differentiated value. Enterprises are increasing their use of third-party vendors to host business services, using private and public tenant options to complement or replace on-premises systems rather than source hardware and software themselves.

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