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...
P21 Integrations: Best Practices & Lessons Learned
Epicor Prophet 21 System Software Integrations The most challenging part of a Prophet 21 migration are the P21 integrations. For many companies, third-party integrations are a necessary component of their P21 ecosystem. Compared to many ERP applications, Prophet 21...
Putting Your Software Testing Strategy to the Test
Testing is the process that should use the most time in any software implementation. Why test? You selected this software and, of course, it should process transactions, shouldn't it? Start testing, and some surprises will be exposed.Testing basics, testing methods To...
Cloud Migrations: “Lift & Shift” vs. “Build-from-Scratch”
EstesGroup is excited to announce that we are sponsoring Third Stage Consulting Group's Digital Stratosphere event on February 8th - February 10th, 2022. “Lift & Shift” vs. “Build-from-Scratch” Cloud Strategies Our keynote presentation at Digital Stratosphere 2022...
Two Sides to Every Cloud ERP Adoption Story
Understanding Your Move to the Cloud Cloud adoption is often as unique as your company culture. However, the common benefits of cloud adoption abound. You can save time and money while increasing security, availability, and scalability. If you choose a cloud-based ERP...
Epicor Kinetic Upgrade: A Customer Perspective
An Interview with an Epicor Kinetic User I recently had the opportunity to sit down with an Epicor customer to discuss their recent upgrade to Epicor Kinetic 2021.1. For many Epicor customers, this is a decision they will be facing in the next 12 months since the...
What Cloud is Your Cloud Provider On?
ERP Hosting is Better Than a Trip to the Ice Cream Parlor The age of “mass customization” pervades many areas of our business and personal lives. The general populace has grown accustomed to being able to “dial in” solutions as needed, especially when it comes to...
Leveraging Union Queries in Epicor Kinetic BAQs
BAQs — Becoming One Data A fundamental value of your Epicor ERP system is the data that it holds — all that data sits there, nicely organized and begging for consumption. But good data needs to be converted into information to be of value. As such, getting good data...