Four wheel drive vehicles are built to handle dirty environments. ERP systems are not. If you’re implementing a new ERP solution it’s critical to ensure your data is clean, accurate, and correctly formatted with consistent field names and content. As data is typically used across multiple functional areas, it should...
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The animal kingdom is all about survive or die. Implementing a new ERP for your business can sometimes feel very similar. Our role at CMC is to ensure our clients not only survive but thrive with the implementation of a new ERP. This means not only helping you select the...
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The ERP and CRM Vendor and Solution landscape is changing constantly. Following CMC's ERP Evaluation 12 Step Methodology will provide you with a pragmatic and auditable process, with clear decision points along the way that will lead to a deterministic outcome. It will also provide you with detailed documentation you...
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An ERP Evaluation is a complex undertaking for most organisations. This is because there are a lot of moving parts (software, services, risk, staff workload and vendor management and support). Making the right decision is imperative given the financial investment and commitment to organisational change that will be required. The...
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The ERP industry has evolved over the last 2 decades from just a few large ERP providers to hundreds of ERP Vendors providing dozens of solutions (large and small) that are designed for specific vertical markets. If your company is looking to replace or upgrade your current Finance or ERP...
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The coronavirus crisis has thrown the spotlight on Australia's manufacturing sector. The sudden restrictions in overseas markets and the extraordinary global demand for products such as medical supplies have laid bare Australia's over-reliance on supply chains out of China. Overall, manufacturing in Australia has been gradually declining for the last...
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One of the key challenges organisations face when they are looking to scale their businesses is the realisation that their current ERP or business systems will not support the growth they are looking to achieve. Most organisations have not upgraded or replaced their business systems for over a decade, and...
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Your Evaluation Team have made their decision on your preferred ERP or CRM Vendor and Solution and you are now ready to move forward with the Design and Implementation Stage. There is usually such a strong race to the finish to select your preferred Vendor and Solution that this Stage...
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There are many reasons why ERP Projects either succeed or fail. However, the reasons can never be attributed or reduced to only one or two factors. It is also rarely about the technology and more often about the way the technology gets implemented. On the surface, it may look like...
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There are a number of reasons that an organisation may decide to upgrade their business systems. However, the move to a new solution can be time consuming and disruptive, so it is important to be able to measure the cost vs the benefit before committing to the organisational change and...
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