Opportunity Benefit Matrix and the Business Planning Process
In a previous blog on the business planning process, we discussed the post-go-live steps for creating the foundation of your business transformation process journey. These included: Understanding the...
View Article8 Steps to Creating a Continuous Improvement Team
This is the third blog in our Transformation Journey series, which will discuss the 8 steps necessary to form a continuous improvement team. This team is in place to manage the process and immerse the...
View ArticleBusiness Performance Measurements & Goals: Setting the Rules of the Road
The next step in the business transformation process is to define a set of business performance measurements to use as opportunities are achieved through various projects. In my first three blogs of...
View ArticleManaging the Business Transformation: Realizing the Return on Your ERP...
With this final blog in the business transformation series, I’ll share some thoughts on how to manage the business transformation process to realize the return on your ERP investment. In the first four...
View ArticleBusiness Improvement Processes: Defining the Future State
We blog regularly about the benefits an organization can derive from Business Improvement processes (BPI) and the initial steps required to set up the project for success. The steps of a BPI we have...
View ArticleTransitioning from Legacy ERP and Work Arounds to a Consolidated System
A U.S. make-to-order specialty metal packaging and lithography company, Independent Can Company, faced challenges from a poorly functioning legacy ERP system tied together with software bolt-ons and...
View ArticleOpportunity Benefit Matrix and the Business Planning Process
In a previous blog on the business planning process, we discussed the post-go-live steps for creating the foundation of your business transformation process journey. These included: Understanding the...
View Article8 Steps to Creating a Continuous Improvement Team
This is the third blog in our Transformation Journey series, which will discuss the 8 steps necessary to form a continuous improvement team. This team is in place to manage the process and immerse the...
View ArticleBusiness Performance Measurements & Goals: Setting the Rules of the Road
The next step in the business transformation process is to define a set of business performance measurements to use as opportunities are achieved through various projects. In my first three blogs of...
View ArticleManaging the Business Transformation: Realizing the Return on Your ERP...
With this final blog in the business transformation series, I’ll share some thoughts on how to manage the business transformation process to realize the return on your ERP investment. In the first four...
View ArticleTransitioning from Legacy ERP and Work Arounds to a Consolidated System
A U.S. make-to-order specialty metal packaging and lithography company, Independent Can Company, faced challenges from a poorly functioning legacy ERP system tied together with software bolt-ons and...
View ArticleIs Your Business Ready for the Bot Economy?
The Ultra ERP Blog keeps pace with the IT and enterprise software market activity – especially as it relates to ERP selection and enterprise software implementation. This guest post takes a close look...
View ArticleLooking for Business Process Transformation – Is It Possible?
Looking for business process transformation? Selecting and implementing a new ERP program are just the first steps in the full transformation of your business. What comes next must include a review of...
View ArticleERP and Digital Transformation – Realizing Value Through Business Process...
We’re seeing the term “digital transformation” in the industry press lately, and naturally our attention turns to how this term relates to the manufacturing and distribution sector, and in particular...
View ArticleStories from the Field: Improving Processes with ERP for the Construction...
My colleague Dennis Gilhooley, Jr. recently shared an Ultra ERP blog post entitled “Stories from the Field: Benefits of ERP Cut Across the Enterprise.” The business process transformation stories he...
View ArticleThe Digital Transformation Journey: Align Technology and Processes Along the Way
I recently presented my thoughts about “real world scenarios in digital transformation” at the SME Smart Manufacturing event last month. It was a good chance to connect with industry and manufacturing...
View ArticleDoes trade promotion management software make sense for your organization?
Considering business process improvement? Guest blog post looks at an aspect of enterprise technology known as trade promotion management software. Managing trade promotion programs is a multifaceted...
View ArticleLooking Ahead: Ultra’s Perspectives on ERP in 2018
It’s that time once again when we look to the coming New Year and plan for what’s ahead. In this two-part blog post series, we examine some of the disruptive trends we’re seeing in enterprise...
View ArticleConsidering ERP Software in 2018? Stay on the Human Side of ERP
Many teams we talk to are evaluating ERP software in 2018. To help shed light on the topic, Ultra’s ERP Blog recently looked at key trends in a recent blog post entitled Looking Ahead: Ultra’s...
View ArticleImplementing a Business Process Improvement (BPI) Culture – Introduction
The process of implementing a continuous business process improvement culture in manufacturing companies. is one of the most effective approaches we’ve seen when it comes to enterprise technology...
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