Erprofit - Successful Erp Selections & Implementations

What happens when companies don't engage with ProfitFromERP - well, here's three stories. One spent half a million dollars on a $200,000 project. One spent all their budget and completely failed and one Project Leader lost his job betting on a big name.

. BREAKING NEWS - In this week’s episode of the ERPodcast, we examine a QuickBooks system that ultimately cost the State Department $657-thousand dollars. We’re reporting on a source document -  a May 1 Department Of Justice Press Release, and additional reporting -  links are attached below. Upfront Summary – many accounting teams choose QuickBooks, but lack of security features are an incredible risk, plus the unseen costs mean QuickBooks is ultimately more expensive than entry-level ERP software – examples to follow. So QuickBooks cost the US State Department $657-thousand dollars. And wait, you’re saying, QuickBooks software was available at Costco for like $300 just a year or two ago – QuickBooks is now mostly deployed Online, and the licensing price is around $120 a month, plus users. That’s the price. But Then there’s the Cost! Two different things. We talk about it today. I’m Gene Hammons, Founder and Managing Director of an ERP Consulting team called ProfitFromERP. Here’s the news We first

It's not another Top Ten ERP list, not a Top Five, not a shootout or comparison, but the Best ERP for Your Business.

E31 SuiteWorld 2023 Timestamp Subject 5:36 Sponsored by Acura MDX 15:45 Apple Never Introduced a Category Killer 20:15 NetSuite Keynote Coverage 22:43 The Hype that is AI 26:01:00 Suite Up 31:30:00 NetSuite New Releases 35:08:00 AI Becomes Real 38:00:00 Peak Outliers in ERP Marketing 42:00:00 Importance of ERP Development Links of note Keynote SuiteWorld 2023 Evan Goldberg, CEO Details on New NetSuite offerings, Gary Wiessinger's Keynote Global Smartphone Market Share PFE Open/PFE MFX up and Under October 2023. NetSuite is hosting SuiteWorld, the annual gathering of users, partners, developers, consultants, and anyone else affiliated with the NetSuite universe. It’s been a busy year in ERP in general, NetSuite in particular. There are now over 37,000 companies running on NetSuite – phenomenal growth. Around 2019? They had just broken the 18,000 companies on NetSuite mark – so the user commun

ERPodcast Episode 29 The Perfect Time for ERP MFX/Intro Welcome to the ERPodcast Episode #29 – The Perfect Time for ERP – that’s the title and theme of today’s examination of just that - when should a growing company undertake an ERP project? And it’s not a simple question. Any ERP project is massive, whether you’re a $12m annual revenue company going from Quickbooks to Sage Intacct or a $200m company replacing DynamicsGP with a new cloud-based ERP. ERP is an intensive project, needs a ‘all hands on deck’ approach and the stakes are high. There’s legendary stories of Hershey’s Chocolate almost losing the company when a failed SAP effort meant they couldn’t ship product in the middle of the peak Halloween to Christmas season – not good – and there’s also scores of those types of stories from lesser known and more private companies. So when is, The Perfect Time for ERP? We’ll talk about 3 real world examples of recent ProfitFromERP clients and the drivers behind those examples. There’s also a world of

It's Crazy Out There! We can't control the outside world, but as Uncertainty reigns externally, Business Equilibrium results when we create better data certainty within our businesses. See how other leading companies have managed the raging seas of uncertainty in the boat of Cloud ERP  ERPodcast - Ranked #3 in Top 15 ERP Podcasts!   Recently - Feedspot.com a digital content aggregator assymbled a Top 15 ERP podcasts list - and the ERPodcast came in at #3 - Unfortunately, we dropped in the recent rankings and today's episode contains the original recording we posted on LinkedIn when the original rankings came out - apologies for any confusion!   About today's ERPodcast MIsaligned incentives - budget

Digital Transformation What don't you know about ERP? Industry secrets, mis-aligned incentives and drivers of behavior all impact your final result - Today's ERPodcast let's you get a handle on some of the largest pitfalls threatening your project before you start.  LinkSources   ERPodcast E27 CEO/CFO Report 2021 Links   Links mentioned in today’s Episode 26 of the ERPodcast SaaS Success Series - an online seminar series brought to you by Sage Intacct. Register for this week's sessions and find links to previous panel appearances by Gene Hammons Here ERPodcast Episode 24 and Episode 25 Is a case study on one company, Nice Link Home Furnishings, who implemented the Cloud ERP Acumatica in the middle of the pandemic – here’s the link to the ERPodcast ERP News Page.  

Digital Transformation 2020 saw companies who's approach to digital transformation allowed them to quickly pivot - oftentimes capturing entire markets before the competition could respond. 2021 shows an increased demand for new market technologies - we talk about who did it and how you can too. LinkSources   ERPodcast E26 CEO/CFO Report 2021 Links   Links mentioned in today’s Episode 26 of the ERPodcast   ERPodcast Episode 24 and Episode 25 Is a case study on one company, Nice Link Home Furnishings, who implemented the Cloud ERP Acumatica in the middle of the pandemic – here’s the link to the ERPodcast ERP News Page.   Arizona Coyotes NHL Hockey   In the Wall Street Journal’s recent 2020 Review, journalist Tom Vanderbilt cites his new book, You’re Never Too Old to Become a Beginner.  Fender Play The Software Eats World blog of Andressen Horowitz. In a recent article The CFO in Crisis Mode: Modern Ti

Acumatica, The Cloud ERP  Cloud ERP creates incredible opportunities for integration - with internal apps but more importantly with outside vendors and customers - Through EDI and digital connection, Nice Link was able to open sales channels with Wayfair, Costco, Overstock.com, Macy's and many others - Find out how interconnected sales channels can work for you. Net at Work is not only an Acumatica reseller,  but with experience in multi-channel distribution, warehousing, and the accounting behind it all, it's more than simply implementing software - it's implementing best practices, lean staffing functionality and cost effective operational integration, with the end result, Nice Link Business Performance - Unleashed!

Acumatica, The Cloud ERP  Cloud ERP creates incredible opportunities for integration - with internal apps but more importantly with outside vendors and customers - Through EDI and digital connection, Nice Link was able to open sales channels with Wayfair, Costco, Overstock.com, Macy's and many others - Find out how interconnected sales channels can work for you. Net at Work is not only an Acumatica reseller,  but with experience in multi-channel distribution, warehousing, and the accounting behind it all, it's more than simply implementing software - it's implementing best practices, lean staffing functionality and cost effective operational integration, with the end result, Nice Link Business Performance - Unleashed!

The Truth of ERP  Cutting through Conventional Wisdom isn't hard for experienced ERP Selection Consultants - using tried and true methods instead of what 'everybody knows' can save time, money, even the project manager's job - How to reach the goal for companies looking for Profit from ERP.  ERP software comes with many different features and modules. It also comes with huge expectations, false understandings, simplifications, over-promised results and undersold concepts --- But the Truth of ERP is.... About today's ERPodcast   Episode 23 The Truth of ERP – Post Election Editi

Acumatica, The Cloud ERP  One of the early made-for-cloud ERP offerings - Acumatica -  has long been included in Profit From ERP client software evaluations. A favorite of consultants from it's initial release, Acumatica has matured into a more feature rich offering and is winning more and more client selection processes. The ERPodcast welcomes a new sponsor, Net at Work, an ERP and Technology leader with over 6,000 clients since 1996. Net at Work has been a go-to resource in Profit From ERP evaluations for their leading Sage x3 practice for several years, besides Sage, they offer NetSuite, Acumatica, HRMS, CRM and eCommerce   - all geared toward their tagline - Business Performance Unleashed.

Acumatica, The Cloud ERP  One of the early made-for-cloud ERP offerings - Acumatica -  has long been included in Profit From ERP client software evaluations. A favorite of consultants from it's initial release, Acumatica has matured into a more feature rich offering and is winning more and more client selection processes. The ERPodcast welcomes a new sponsor, Net at Work, an ERP and Technology leader with over 6,000 clients since 1996. Net at Work has been a go-to resource in Profit From ERP evaluations for their leading Sage x3 practice for several years, besides Sage, they offer NetSuite, Acumatica, HRMS, CRM and eCommerce   - all geared toward their tagline - Business Performance Unleashed.

Cloud ERP Explodes The Covid Pandemic caused a slight pause in digital transformation and cloud technology adoption by businesses...then we packed two years' conversion into the last two months! The ERPodcast welcomes back Mark Lee, CPA and former Deloitte consultant to examine industry trends and cover RISK - especially the greatest risk, the RISK OF DOING NOTHING About the ERPodcast ERPodcast Episode 20, we’ve titled this episode Cloud ERP Explodes and DecisionPoint Digital – it’s a cloudstrike changing the way businesses are approaching the market, the tools, the reporting, the workflow, effici

Evaluating ERP is more than grids and diagrams. You need a bit more depth to create the right results.

Stories From the Jungle Digital Transformation - the Case Studies - how, what and why the pandemic reset to Digital is saving companies and doubling revenue increases. Here's concrete examples of companies who's Digital approach is yielding early results. Along with who, how and what Digital Transformation can mean for your company.     Success! Email Subscribe Digital Transformation NetSuite Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Life Sciences Replacing QuickBooks

Hidden Dangers Over the years, more and more companies are growing far past the design point of QuickBooks. Risk, Staff Inefficiencies and simple lack of features all add up to hidden costs far in excess of what it would take to upgrade to ERP Success! Email Subscribe Digital Transformation NetSuite Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Life Sciences Replacing QuickBooks Proven Methodologies

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ERPodcast Episode 14 (& 15?) Bhushan Parikh Get Digital Video   Open MFX Up and under   It’s the ERPodcast Version Mayhem.  For the past few weeks, we’ve been doing a couple of things. One, working with as many sources and collecting as much information as we can to help our clients survive the Coronavirus lockdown and thrive in the business environment to come. Two, we’ve been creating a digital transformation of our own – relaunching the Profit From ERP concept, offloading our past business model in exchange for a more concept that focuses on what we do best, emphasizing our strengths and partnering with others who can do a better job in areas that used to bog us down. There’s new podcasts, white papers, websites, digital tools, analytic developments, as well as broader partnerships and alliances - all digitally connected and delivered with one thing in mind – to better serve our clients – companies who are looking for the Best ERP  - and what is the Best ERP? It’s the one that best solves a client’s