Small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) often reach the point where their executives are considering, or should make, a significant change and/or investment in business management IT. What used to be ruled out as an option for these types of organizations, but now needs to be strongly considered, is ERP. Read this research report to learn more. 

During past economic slowdowns companies didn’t plan ahead to safeguard the ability to grow profitably. While the current economic downturn shows a need to reduce costs, many SMMs are also pursuing growth. They’re responding to market pressures and rising costs by targeting IT solutions like industry-specific ERP to set the stage for future growth. 

Cloud computing has emerged as one of the prevailing IT trends today. Cloud computing can help organizations become more nimble, reduce operating costs, improve application performance, and better allocate their compute resources. Inside, learn more about this emerging technology and what it can do for your organization. 

While the consensus around the benefits of ITIL is virtually universal, ITIL initiatives run the gamut – both in terms of costs and benefits. Learn how your service management platform can play a huge role in the degree to which you realize the potential benefits of ITIL in your organization. 

Selecting a supplier for manufacturing ERP solutions is more important than ever before, due to the increasingly complex set of business processes involved.  Manufacturers now require the ability to share data in real time across all functional areas touching the manufacturing process. This paper takes a fresh look at manufacturing ERP options. 

In this ERP Selection Checklist, provided to you through our ERP Decision Center, two experts with broad experience in ERP implementations give their advice on matching business requirements with product features in five key categories: functional fit, integration, business intelligence and reporting formats, deployment model and customizability. 

More and more, SMEs turn to Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) or Business Intelligence (BI) solutions to provide control and visibility. Each provides value, but the marriage of the two becomes the perfect storm, igniting improved performance and visibility. Read this white paper to learn more. 

This e-book provides tips on how to increase the value of your ERP – and your supply chain – with tools for more effective collaboration. 

This paper describes the warning signs that an ERP system is killing a business, and suggests how companies can thrive with a new approach to business systems. 

Selecting a supplier for manufacturing ERP solutions is more important than ever before, due to the increasingly complex set of business processes involved.  Manufacturers now require the ability to share data in real time across all functional areas touching the manufacturing process. This paper takes a fresh look at manufacturing ERP options. 

In this report, discover the ways in which modern enterprise resource planning (ERP) strategies increase business agility. 

This videocast compares manufacturing organizations that have implemented an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system to those that have not. Discover the differences and what non-ERP manufacturers have to gain from deploying an ERP platform. 

This white paper describes how enterprise resource planning (ERP) technology can improve efficiency by automating business processes, offering a fully integrated suite of business management applications, and providing flexible and customizable reporting.