Why Finding the Best Functional Fit is Not Enough in Selecting Your New ERP
It is a daily conversation, companies wanting to know which ERP system best meets their functional requirements. This is not an easy question to answer and requires evaluation, but it is also not the only question that should be answered. Even when you find an ERP software that matches your functional requirements, you may still […]
Top 10 Benefits of Digital Transformation
Comfort zones are a pleasant place until you realize you’ve outgrown what is currently in front of you. We’ve all felt this personally, and it’s important to be in tune with your business to figure out when your company is feeling it too. You may be at the tipping point – silos from team to […]
What is Business Intelligence?
Over the years, organizations have invested billions of dollars in new ERP systems and other enterprise technologies. However, most fail to extract better information, decision-making, and overall business value from these investments. We recently wrote about a common dynamic along these lines: most organizations fail to achieve the last mile of digital transformation. They focus […]
Back to Basics: Organizational Change Management Fundamentals
As our current business climate continues to move through a time of immense change, we have experienced a new emergence of Organizational Change Management needs from our clients. It’s very easy to get caught up in the technical details of a digital transformation, especially as an internal stakeholder, and potentially overlook the basics of preparing […]
Who Are You Voting For? Key Decisions for Your Digital Strategy
Many countries throughout the world are approaching election season. As we often see in US politics, elections are often controversial and divisive with no clear-cut “right” answers. Similarly, decisions related to digital strategy are also divisive and controversial with no clear-cut answers. Software vendors and systems integrators often peddle their products and services with “best […]
A Day in the Life of an Independent ERP Consultant
The job of an ERP consultant is a tough one, sometimes filled with late night international calls and client deadlines. In this blog let’s recognize not all consulting firms work the same way. The intent of this blog is to give you a glimpse into how our consultants at Third Stage Consulting spend their time. […]
Is the Grass Really Greener? Assessing the Need for a New ERP System
Getting a brand spanking-new ERP sounds awesome, right? Automated everything, the latest and greatest functionality. Like a new car… until you realize the new monthly cost, plus satellite radio, plus the new insurance premium. All of a sudden, your 2013 Camry, and your legacy ERP aren’t looking all that bad. So how do you really […]
Is Your Organization Suffering from Transformation Change Fatigue?
When we see opportunities for improvement in our organizations, it is tempting to swing for the fences with a big transformation. After all, if things are broken, why wait to fix it? But there is a problem with this approach: people inherently don’t like to change. Even if they are excited on the surface for […]
Minimizing Risk in ERP and Digital Transformation Projects
Sam Graham Too many ERP and digital transformation projects fail, and fail unnecessarily. Risk comes from different directions, including: consultant selection system selection a misalignment between software and business strategy the company’s own people post go-live requirement changes lack of previous experience Taking these in turn; it is perhaps ironic that, whilst companies hire consultants to […]
Top 5 Organizational Change Management Methods for Back to School 2020
How-to return to school safely during the Covid-19 global health pandemic has been a hot topic in our national conversations. Obviously, the health and safety of our teachers, students, and administration is the main priority, however, there are many opinions on how to open the doors of our education the “right” way. While there is […]
Why Thought Leadership Strategy Is So Important to Digital Transformation
The digital transformation space is full of opportunity and potential upside, but it is also severely flawed. Despite leapfrog advancements in technology (blockchain, artificial intelligence, internet of things, etc.), the industry seems to be repeating the same mistakes of past decades. Key challenges with the digital transformation industry Over the last two decades of being […]
The Status of the Healthcare Industry & ERP
This is one of those topics that can’t be fully explored in a blog, but let’s talk about some of the more obvious impacts that we are seeing. Unfortunately, the pandemic appears far from over and challenges abound. The Surge and Acceptance of Telemedicine As a digital transformation company, we can’t help but notice the […]