Understanding the New Client Architecture of Prophet 21
Software development never stands still. I remember a time where I felt like I had finally come to understand DataSets, DataTables, DataRows and DataViews, only to have a much more experienced developer inform me that the System.Data namespace was old, antiquated, and...
Getting Selective with Software Selection
Begin by gathering both business requirements & software requirements After all that inward looking, it is time for some more inward looking. It's now time to set a basis for communication that will help keep current and future software projects on track. It's...
Manufacturing Cybersecurity by the Numbers
Old Cyber Risks, New Cybersecurity Rules Longtime NHL coach and living legend Scotty Bowman once famously claimed that “statistics are for losers.” For a game filled with numbers, that was a pretty bold statement. Around the same time, business author Peter Drucker, a...
How Manufacturers Can Prevent a Cyber Security Breach
Cyber security solutions are technological processes and practices designed to protect networks, computers, programs and data from attack, damage or unauthorized access. Over the years, they have become a necessity in order for industrial firms to succeed....
How To Begin Your Software Selection
Toward a Simple Software Selection Process A very typical software selection process begins by clicking on “I am interested” after reading about a software product. Someone replies, and pretty soon a salesperson has you convinced their product will have you living the...
Three Ways to Make Compliance Everyone’s Business
Compliance acronyms often become the “inside jokes” of an industry, a sort of alphabet soup, but the language of business governance can quickly result in confusion. Clever letter combinations echo the rules and regulations of businesses, especially for companies in...
Five Ways to Ensure ERP Satisfies Financial Compliance
Every business has financial compliance requirements from many sources. ERP is your primary tool — helping you prepare the required reports easily, timely, and consistently.Set up ERP to produce the reporting needed. The first step toward financial compliance is a...
cGMP Compliance & ERP
What is cGMP? cGMP stands for current Good Manufacturing Practice and, more than just initials, it is at the center of the US Food and Drug Administration’s efforts to protect citizens from potential hazards related to food and beverages, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals,...
ERP Training After Go-Live
Make Training Part of your ERP Project Plan Your employees just had a grand celebration. Your ERP project is complete! The months of hard toil, testing, trepidation, and training are in the past. Or, maybe the education has only begun?Here are some considerations for...
3 Ways to Spring your Epicor Installation Ahead
Spring Cleaning & New Growth for Epicor ERP While individuals differ in their opinion of daylight savings time, the metaphor of “springing ahead” feels perfect for the enterprise resource planning (ERP) season. Spring is, after all, the time of growth and...