by Eric Kimberling | May 30, 2020 | ERP Failures, SAP failures
It has become clear in recent months that many companies won’t survive the pandemic and recession of 2020. Hertz recently filed for bankruptcy – the latest in a string of casualties in an uncertain economic environment. What did Hertz do wrong? While this may not be a...
by Eric Kimberling | May 14, 2020 | Digital Strategy, ERP software selection, Small Business ERP Implementations
Disclaimer: Third Stage Consulting is an independent ERP consulting firm. Third Stage has no financial ties to ERP vendors, either directly or through parent companies or affiliates. Accordingly, the below analysis is completely technology-agnostic and 100% free of...
by Eric Kimberling | May 7, 2020 | Business Transformation, Digital Strategy
The 2020s are forcing organizations across the world into business transformations – whether they want to or not. Most of the companies we were speaking with just a few months ago were focusing on strategic digital transformations that were meant to leverage top...
by Eric Kimberling | May 1, 2020 | Digital Strategy, HCM Implementations
As we recently pointed out, HCM systems will be increasingly important because of the health pandemic of 2020. If anything, the health and economic crisis has placed unusual strains on HR departments across the world – while at the same time exposing opportunities to...
by Eric Kimberling | Apr 24, 2020 | Digital Strategy, ERP software selection, Supply Chain Management
Supply chain management is back! When I began my career in the ‘90s into the early 2000s, supply chain management was a pretty hot topic. Manufacturing and distribution companies were focused on outsourcing functions to other locations across the globe, which led to a...
