Enterprise resource planning (ERP) software is hard to implement, and any denial of this fact by a vendor or value-added reseller is either naïve or dishonest. As we continue our series on the ERP implementation success and pitfalls and how to avoid them, we would...
Today’s CFO faces new challenges. Rather than wondering how long a report will take to generate, you need to inform your company’s next steps. While a seat at the table may sound luxurious, you know that your ever-expanding role requires new tactics if you hope to...
The role of the CFO is in a constant state of change. Once the “chief numbers person” and “head of the ‘no’ department,” today’s Chief Financial Officer has new roles, new responsibilities, and new opportunities. Following our last blog on the signs that CFOs may see...
Enterprise resource planning (ERP) software can be difficult to implement, and the success of any implementation project takes a team for success. At Milestone Information Solutions, we’ve been in this business long enough to understand this fact, and even if we may...
The business world is full of jargon. From “shifting paradigms” to “touching base,” “bleeding edge” to “synergy,” we are surrounded by the meaningless fillers that seem to exist more for grammatical transition than they do in communication. However, there are some...
Why is it so hard to implement ERP? For nearly half a century, businesses have been deploying some iteration of this software—material requirements planning (MRP) software in the 1960s, manufacturing resources planning (MRP-II) in the 70s and 80s to a wide variety of...
It has been an exciting time in the business world for the past decade. With new technologies, rapid growth, and increased flexibility, today’s business has more opportunities than ever to grow and evolve. However, this isn’t without challenges, as today’s CFO also...
ERP decisions are one of the hardest things that a company needs to complete. Not only does the process of selecting a product take months to complete, the implementation process itself represents a high-risk, high-reward proposition—nearly three-quarters of ERP...
Today, we’re talking about the reporting features in Acumatica. Your company needs access to your data, the problem is some vital information isn’t tracked correctly, and what’s available can be difficult to make sense of. That’s where Acumatica comes in. Acumatica...
The cyber threat to businesses is growing year after year. In 2017 we saw large, high-profile attacks of companies including Uber, Deloitte, Equifax, and the fallout out from Target's breach in 2013 was continuing to make headlines as they worked to wrap up their...