The Distribution Industry Heads to Texas
On August 29th, EstesGroup heads to Texas for one of the most important events in the distribution industry. Visit us in booths 6 and 7 at P21WWUG CONNECT 2022 in San Antonio August 29th - August 31st! We are proud to be the Platinum Sponsor for this year's show!What...
Common Epicor Project Terms You Should Know
It seems that every discipline has its share of jargon. You see it when accountants throw around terms like “EBITDA”, engineers speak of “TQM”, and I.T. staff reference “API” or “DMZ”.These are the words and phrases used by specialists as they discuss their work. The...
Walk for Charity at P21WWUG CONNECT in San Antonio
Technology is on the move. Chase it down at P21WWUG CONNECT in San Antonio this August. Cloud options, web client deployments, integrations, middleware installations: the road ahead is replete with opportunities and obstacles, with shortcuts and fast lanes — not to...
Low Code or No Code: Citizen Developers on the High Road
I’m a project manager. So I was looking at some Project Management information on the web. And something caught my attention. I noticed that there is a new certification for a “Citizen Developer”.Hmmm. What’s that about, I wondered. I found that this is a new persona...
Introducing Epicor Automation Studio
There’s always something new with Epicor Kinetic and P21. And here’s something new that is coming!At the annual Epicor Insights conference, in Nashville, there was an announcement about “Epicor Automation Studio”. The word “Automation” caught my attention because it...
Taming Your ERP System With Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure
Cloud ERP: Confused as a mollusk and dumber than a brick wall? In discussing integrated application ecosystems, metaphors are often helpful in understanding the challenges associated with cloud migrations and the implications associated with the options selected when...
Out-of-the-Box vs. Best-in-Breed Credit Card Processing
The (ERP) Credits Are Rolling ERP was once a battle between “comprehensive” and “best-of-breed” solutions. While the “comprehensive” solution providers claimed to offer a one-stop-shop of business functionality, providers working under a “best-of-breed” model...
ERP Vendor Bender: How To Manage Vendor Relationships
Managing ERP Management from Selection to Upgrade Your business is not alone. Manufacturers and distributors operate in an interconnected web that is often as expansive and elusive as the internet, or even the galaxy. Add constant digital connectivity to this already...
How ERP Deployment is an Environmental Decision
Have you wondered if your business is making sustainable decisions when it comes to choosing and managing the hardware and software systems that maintain your enterprise? Let's look at enterprise resource planning (ERP) deployment options to see why hosting your...
Doctor Who Regeneration for Digital Transformation
Regeneration as a Metaphor for Digital Transformation As a Canadian living in the American diaspora, I’ve had fun, at times, playing with my adopted country’s misconceptions of my homeland. I once convinced a room full of Texans that I had a pet wolf back home, à la...