Moving Walkways — The Metaphor

Moving Walkways is a perspective viewing change and resource management. Future articles will build on the foundational terms in this article. The Jetson’s did a fine job of subliminally implanting the idea of “slidewalks”—high-speed interconnected transportation platforms that took all the pain and worry out of life. Moving Walkways are only rarely used in the […]

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Why Automate?

By Dan Jeppson — Why Automate? It seems like such a silly question these days… Technology is good. Automation = ROI. Why WOULDN’T an organization want to automate everything they possibly could? Some pretty common issues that muddy the waters for most companies: Cost – There’s always a limit to what we can spend Momentum […]

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How to Choose the Best ERP

By Dan Jeppson Your current system is lacking–a change is needed.  What now? Life isn’t perfect.  Hardware isn’t perfect.  Software isn’t perfect.  Budgets are always under pressure.  It’s difficult to agree on priorities internally.  Salespeople have self-serving agendas. With all this confusion and pressure, how is it possible to select the right software, the right […]

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Mobility in ERPs

By Dan Jeppson Why in the world would you want to access your ERP system on your phone? While this might seem like a relevant question, consider instead asking this question: Why WOULDN’T you want access to your ERP system from your phone? With today’s modern human-interface technologies, the ability to drill down on your […]

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Does Your Accounting System Need an Upgrade?

By Dan Jeppson Is it time to upgrade your accounting system? While there are many reasons to consider upgrading your accounting system to a true ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning), you may be avoiding the perceived pain of change. Why change? Why incur the extra investment? Why retrain, retool, and rethink your paradigm? All of these […]

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