Organizations often dive head first into their enterprise software initiatives without considering the multitude of options at their disposal. There are simply too many enterprise technology options beyond traditional ERP systems to myopically assume that this one technology is going to be a silver bullet for your organization. This may have worked for organizations 10…
Digital transformation is making waves across every vertical, and the manufacturing industry is no exception; how can solutions like Dynamics 365 help manufacturers take advantage of this new era of innovation?
When the Titanic sank, researchers furiously worked to determine the causes, so all future ocean liners could safely transport passengers. When an organization experiences an operational disruption, it should work just as furiously to determine root causes, so it can learn from its mistakes. Often, these mistakes are related to business process management. Excavating the…
“HRMS” can be a slippery term. Some vendors use it to describe a basic employee database with limited functionality, onto which can be bolted a number of compatible modules, each providing software support for one of the different HR functions listed below. Others use it as a blanket label for a broader system that actually includes most if not all of the following modules in a single streamlined package. Whatever the definition, here are brief descriptions of the ten most common modules by HR function, together with the key features for each.
No ERP implementation can succeed without employee training. Because ERP implementations entail significant change to the way employees work, training must be an integral part of a large system deployment. The problem, however, is that ERP training is not necessarily effective ERP training. Many enterprise system training initiatives erroneously focus on transactional training. In addition,…
Organizational change management. That’s the only way to successfully change your people, processes and technology. You may have heard it called people enablement, workforce transition or business process implementation, but the most accurate term is organizational change management, as it encompasses everything from communications to training.
A co-worker on an agile project was showing me a feature he was perfecting, and it was looking pretty good with features to add and remove various settings as per the design. I wanted to try it. He said “sorry, the create function is not implemented yet.” It got me thinking…. Start any development project…
Given the exponential rise in reported adverse events (AEs), automation in Pharmacovigilance is now a necessity. However, digital process automation (DPA) enables far more than just faster turns of the crank. Let’s take a look. It Does Reporting and Case Handling Better than Ever DPA is already used by many for simple case reporting and…
At TEDxZurich 2013 Nicolas Perony gave an excellent talk about complexity that has relevance in the collaboration technology field. He has some excellent examples of how complex systems differ from complicated, machine oriented system, as well as the risks of thinking of complex systems as if they were machines. The more complicated you make a…
There is a broad misconception that RPA about “business process” by itself. I have heard people say that they were going to switch from BPM to RPA. That is strange because the capabilities are quite different. It makes sense to use RPA and BPM together, and sometimes you can use one without the other, but only to solve different problems.