- 21. EDIINT, VANs, But Not SaaS?
- (EDI)
- ... of a surprise to anyone who has been watching the industry over the last decade or so. While the results of the study are limited in scope, I found one aspect particularly interesting. Specifically, the ...
- 22. SAP's Bug
- (News)
- When you're running SAP, or really any ERP, you know that you'll have bugs to fix. Many bugs. So many that some shops are getting increasingly agitated about it. In an Information Week article, Ericka ...
- 23. The ERP Project Champion
- (News)
- Anyone who's been through an ERP implementation knows they generally don't run perfectly. That's an understatement. However, the best projects usually have one thing in common: a champion.In a VAR Guy ...
- 24. Setting Project Expectations
- (News)
- Jennifer Lonoff Schiff, in a CIO article, tries to give us a few ideas on how to to set and control expectations for your projects. Based on the sheer number of project failures, this may be a critical ...
- 25. The ERP Project Playbook
- (News)
- ERP projects are really fun, aren't they? Except when they aren't. When a project goes south, there's no playbook on how to get it back on track. Or is there?In an article by Brett Beaubouef on his blogsite ...
- 26. RFID Update
- (News)
- If you think RFID is only for products in your warehouse, you should check out Douglas Alexander's blog on the EBN site. It looks like there are uses that are a bit broader in scope. Read it here. ...
- 27. Google Wallet: High Risk, High Reward
- (Retail)
- ... now appears every other Thursday. During its launch, the "The Payoff" ran each Thursday--once a week--for its first quarter. Now it's time to switch to a slightly more relaxed pace that provides more scope ...
- 28. Is Cloud-Based Integration on Your Horizon?
- (News)
- B2B communication between partners is a lot more complex than it used to be, but there are many options on how to address the challenges. In an excellent post on the Forrester site, Stefan Ried discusses ...
- 29. XML or EDI… Is There a Choice?
- (EDI)
- ... issue in most shops, but there are a lot of legacy systems still being used. Yet another consideration we’ve used at the partner level is the skill set of available mapping analysts. From a project scope ...
- 30. Broaden Your Thinking
- (Retail)
- ... My problem is with teams who narrowly define their scope as ‘EDI’ and impose limitations on their involvement in other ecommerce activities. They hear about a project outside what they consider to be ...
- 31. Connections that Might Be
- (Integration)
- ... and timelines, and it was taken out of scope near the end of the development stage. Although it didn’t go in, that was a good example of something we were able to recognize and get escalatd. Minimize ...
- 32. To Outsource, or Not…..
- (Management)
- ... that requires a high degree of company-specific business and system knowledge that could not be successfully outsourced. If your team is under the microscope and is being evaluated for outsourcing, what ...
- 33. De-stress for Success
- (Management)
- ... together. While this, in most cases, is a good thing, stress can arise because of varying expectations (“I thought we were celebrating with MY family this year?”), unclear scope (“Instead of having a potluck- ...
- 34. ASN - The Most Valuable EDI Document
- (EDI)
- ... have the scope of impact on multiple departments that the ASN has. Below are typical values - Ecommerce (Drop ship) – Customer Service – In the world of Ecommerce it’s essential that Retailers ...
- 35. Your Project- Passion or Poison?
- (Management)
- ... holiday completely. The enjoyability of this holiday can be circumstantial to what situation you are in. If you are in a new relationship, Valentines Day can act as a finely tuned microscope on your relationship, ...
- 36. Project Pitfalls
- (Management)
- ... and changes once development starts should be few and far between. 'Scope Creep' isn't some project manager's goofy nickname, it's a painful condition that should be avoided at all costs. The ...
- 37. When is Your Supply Chain Considered Completely Automated?
- (Supply)
- As companies continue to look at automating more and more of their suppliers, several have moved beyond the scope of the traditional merchandise purchases. They have found that with different partnerships ...
- 38. What's It Cost
- (Management)
- ... analysis using continuous improvement methodology, defining objectives and goals, developing SIPOC (suppliers, inputs, process, outputs, customers), identifying issues, in/out-of-scope, etc. (we didn’t), ...
- 39. The Impact of a Big Project
- (Management)
- ... Those are just a few of the benefits the individuals on my team experienced. Certainly, your 'mileage may vary' based on the type of work you do, the scope of the project, and so on. I'd be remiss, though, ...
- 40. What Can Go Wrong? Anything!
- (Management)
- ... can sabotage an implementation. Another possibility is that too broad of a project scope can cause a failure... "we're going to implement EDI company-wide," although an admirable goal, is too broad for ...
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