How to Manage Tariff Risk in Distribution
In today’s global economy, tariffs can shift overnight — and for distributors, those changes ripple quickly across pricing models, supplier relationships, and customer expectations. While tariffs are nothing new, the pace and complexity of trade updates in recent...
Epicor Classic UI vs. Kinetic UI: Time to Get Moving
In the fast-paced world of business technology, staying ahead means embracing innovation and adaptability. As organizations strive to streamline operations and meet the demands of a dynamic market, the tools they use must evolve. Enter Epicor Kinetic, a transformative...
Electronic Signatures (eSignatures) in SYSPRO
A "Signature" SYSPRO Admin Tool Electronic Signatures (also referred to as eSignatures) is one of SYSPRO’s most powerful administrative tools. It allows you to audit and monitor transactional data against any type of event you can imagine throughout SYSPRO. In...
Frenetic to Kinetic: 5 Tips for Epicor Kinetic Upgrades
Transforming ERP Upgrades into Smooth Operations As your manufacturing company considers upgrading its current Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system to Epicor Kinetic, the prospect of navigating potential challenges and complexities might seem daunting. However,...
ChatGPT Security? Tell Me About Your Motherboard
ChatGPT security concerns reveal that business owners are hesitant to let AI replace humans. In November 2022, OpenAI introduced ChatGPT, an artificially intelligent, natural language chatbot. ChatGPT interacts with its users in uncannily humanistic and intelligent...
How to Prepare Your Supply Chain for 2023
Over the last few years, I've seen companies perform every possible inventory management tactic to mitigate the supply chain challenges that afflicted the nation as a function of the pandemic. Some strategies proved to be detrimental, with manufacturing and...
ERP Culture & Digital Transformation
Who says you have no culture? Eric Kimberling and the team at Third Stage Consulting serve as thought leaders in the digital transformation community, helping customers through software selection, change management, system implementation, and the integration of...
Don’t Avenge a Cyber Attack – Prevent It
One cyber world story that captivated me as a youth was the character of “Ultron,” as depicted in comic books and in the movie adaptation of The Avengers. The character was a breed of artificial intelligence created with the intent of protecting the earth. But he...
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....