ERP Articles

Low-profile vendor says yes, you probably are… Ever had a nagging feeling that those invoices for business software are bigger and more frequent than they should be? Do you wonder why ‘support’ and ‘maintenance’ bills are both frequent and eye-watering? Do upgrades frighten you, not only because

Selection an ERP solution is one of the most important decisions a business can make. Panorama offers up some evaluation criteria… If you’re a large, complex organisation evaluating ERP software, you’re likely considering Tier I vendors like SAP, Oracle and Microsoft Dynamics. How do you decide between

A new report finds that while ERP implementation numbers have surged since last year, customer expectations around costs, time and the overall human impact are way off… Panorama has published its latest report summarising almost 300 ERP implementations around the world across manufacturing, retail and distribution, construction and

It’s supposed to be a heady new high-tech world for CFOs, industry’s most transformed role. So where’s the tech?… Take a look at the reports: CFOs everywhere are embracing the staggering possibilities offered by new technologies like AI, automation and advanced analytics. Exhibit A: According to a recent

Queensland software startup Kradle hopes its blades will carve out a niche… And if you thought ‘shucks, must be hard to gain traction in a market that well traded’, the company’s boss Michael Haddon tells iStart he’s had to tone down the social media marketing in the face of

Probably not – and that’s likely because you don’t know what, or even where, it is… Information management vendor Veritas reckons businesses down under should put a value to their data and put it on the balance sheet as an asset. Which is all well and good

As defence gets a boost, vendor secures key partnership… With moves to spend serious money on defence and South Australian manufacturers looking likely to benefit from a substantial slice of that pie, a top player in the manufacturing industry is positioning itself to address more sophisticated software

Rushing into an RFP process wastes everyone’s time… Buying a new car? Long before hitting the showroom, you’re probably across every specification, option, bell and whistle. You probably know the details of the vehicle better than the unfortunate salesperson and you’re not afraid to show it. So

The double-edged sword of right-sizing your systems… For businesses growing beyond small, an inflection point arises which almost immediately becomes a double-edged sword. Existing systems start groaning under the strain of increased complexity and scale, and the time comes where a more sophisticated enterprise resource planning solution

Billion-dollar Excel buster steps up APAC activity… Spreadsheets are ubiquitous in business, but while flexible and astoundingly capable, they are also often an indicator of a breakdown in process or software capability. It’s something we at iStart routinely encounter when discussing ERP upgrades or implementations: the spreadsheet is the