Top 10 Supply Chains in the World [Lessons from Amazon, Wal-Mart, Alibaba, McDonalds and others]
When we’re trying to learn about what makes a supply chain effective and how to navigate supply chain management here in the 2020s, it’s helpful to look at some of the leading organizations throughout the world that have built very robust, highly successful, and highly effective supply chains.
So, what we want to do today is provide a top 10 countdown of the top 10 supply chains that you should be familiar with as you look for ways to incorporate those best practices into your supply chain.
What Are the Business Benefits of ERP Systems?
One of the most common technologies that organizations deploy as part of their transformation is ERP software. There are dozens, if not hundreds, of ERP systems out there in the marketplace, but I won’t dive into the details of the differences between those systems or what some of the options are. Instead, what I want to do is talk about some of the key business benefits of why organizations implement ERP software. If they implement ERP software effectively, what is the business value that they typically achieve?
Independent Ranking of Top ERP, CRM and HCM Systems of 2023
Digital transformation can be overwhelming, with many different options available. It can be challenging to evaluate all the different types of software vendors across various categories like ERP systems, customer relationship management (CRM) systems, human capital management (HCM), supply chain management, and business intelligence tools.
Introduction to Data Analytics, Business Intelligence, and Big Data
Data analytics is one of the most important areas we evaluate when helping clients through their digital transformation. Organizations have more data than ever before, they are accumulating it faster than ever before, and the tools available to make sense of it are evolving at a remarkable pace. The opportunity is significant, but so is […]
Introduction to Digital Enterprise Management and Digitalization
When we’re talking to organizations, a lot of times they come to us with the attitude and mentality that they want us to help them become a digital enterprise. A lot of times we ask ourselves, what exactly is a digital enterprise? That’s what I want to talk about here today – what is a digital enterprise, and what can you do to become more of a digital enterprise with a digital mindset?
Die 10 wichtigsten Vorteile der digitalen Transformation
Kategorie: Digitale Strategie,Digitale Transformation,Fallstudien zur digitalen Transformation,ERP-Implementierungen,ERP-Softwareauswahl,HCM-Implementierungen Geschrieben von: Eric KimberlingKimberling Datum: September 9, 2020 Die Komfortzone ist ein angenehmer Ort, bis man merkt, dass man über das, was man zurzeit bearbeitet hinausgewachsen ist. Das haben wir alle schon erlebt. Daher ist es wichtig, dass Sie sich mit Ihrem Unternehmen auseinandersetzen, um herauszufinden, wann Ihr […]
Lessons From My Company’s Digital Transformation Failure
We here at Third Stage Consulting are independent digital transformation consultants, we help organizations through complex digital transformations every day but when it comes to eating our own cooking or eating our own dog food, I experienced something different than what we advise to our clients.
What Is a Software Expert Witness? [Analyzing Implementation Failures and Lawsuits]
Software expert witnesses are often the key, core component of determining who’s right and wrong during a software related implementation lawsuit but what exactly does a software expert witness do? One of the things that I’ve been working on over the last 15 years is serving as an expert witness to some of our clients […]
La consultoría y la formación no son suficientes
Cuando las empresas compran un nuevo sistema ERP como parte de su transformación digital, generalmente se dan cuenta de que se requerirá alguna formación específica del sistema. Más allá de eso, también deben darse cuenta de que algunos consultores pueden ser necesarios para asegurarse de que eligen el sistema adecuado (para ellos) y para obtener […]
How to Integrate Operations During a Digital Transformation
One of the primary reasons why so many organizations go through digital transformations is because they want to start to act like one company, they want to integrate and standardize operations but what exactly does that mean to become one company as part of your digital transformation?
Most of the clients that we work with throughout the world are mid to larger organizations that are growing through acquisition or they’re growing organically and over the years they’ve developed multiple operating models and multiple ways of operating as a business. In some cases they’ve acquired other businesses that have continued to operate independently or differently than the parent company or they end up with a bunch of different companies that all have different ways of operating.
Emerging Tech in Supply Chain Management
Much of the work we do with our client base involves Supply Chain Management. When we’re helping clients through Digital Transformations, oftentimes, the core of what they’re changing is their supply chain and as we’ve seen over the years, technology is changing very quickly, there’s a lot of new emerging technologies and supply chains are changing quite a bit as well. What we want to do today is talk about the emerging technology that you should be most aware of and cognizant of as you think about potential supply chain and or digital transformations.
Top 5 Digital Transformation Strategies During Economic Recession and Uncertainty
In times of economic turmoil or recession it’s more important than ever to have a solid recession-proof digital strategy. One of the things we often help our clients with is defining digital strategies. Digital strategies are very important regardless of when or where you might go through a digital transformation but in times of economic uncertainty and recession, whether you’re in economic uncertainty at the moment or whether you’re anticipating potential economic uncertainty, having a solid, right size digital strategy is more important than ever. So what we want to do today is talk about the various digital strategies that are most effective if you want to recession proof your business.