ERP Articles

Eliminating ‘unfettered averaging’ one of the goals of new accounting standards… The changes to Accounting Standard IFRS15 is just one of four new IFRS standards coming into force over the next few years as part of a move to enforce new global accounting rules aimed at transparency

Is cloud a good idea when on-premise works better? That’s a ‘no’… With the wave of enthusiasm for cloud software having well and truly broken, there is another problem creeping into the industry. Without any rhyme or reason, many customers are requesting ‘cloud’ purely for the sake

Subscription business heralds a new era, if subscription software vendor is to be believed… While it was essentially throwing the covers off a couple of new products, subscription software company Zuora reckons the implications are much deeper and wider. Indeed, hot on the heels of our feature

Our analysts reflect on the current state of the ERP software market… The established ERP vendors are under increasing pressure from ‘cloud-native’ ERP products as well as the allure of well-designed user-oriented point solutions which are unencumbered from the constraints of financial or supply chain integration requirements.

These are the commonplace business processes which should kick digital transformation into gear… Regular readers know that we like to keep an eye on Panorama Consulting, because among other things it provides comparative insights into the top ERP vendors – and who doesn’t like winners and losers

Plug in a few of your favourite business services… The app centre is the delivery end of SAP-owned company Concur’s API, which has allowed a number (around 60) of local software providers to develop apps and services which integrate with the Concur mothership to ‘take better control

Panorama Consulting’s ‘Clash of the Titans 2017’ report compares SAP, Oracle, Dynamics and Infor… Assessing ERP solutions against one another is a devilishly difficult thing to do owing to the complexities of the software and the environments in which it is implemented. Be that as it may,

Value of human experience likely to increase on the path to 2040… Imagine how weirded out people from the offices of the 1970s would be should they be teleported into the workplace of today. They’d probably find it a bit perplexing. Now, imagine the office of the

The main reason ERP implementations fail to deliver adequate return on investment is because they are categorised as software, rather than business improvement, projects…

The manufacturing industry can be slow to take on new technology, but new technology can drive higher customer engagement and growth opportunities… The manufacturing industry has been expanding for the past eight months, according to the Australian Industry Group Performance of Manufacturing Index. This is due, in