Business Intelligence, Information Technology, Information Technology Strategy, Information Technology value, IT Roadmap, IT Strategy
Google alerts are Great! I found a great blog by Steven Romero at CA Technologies on the importance of IT Strategy. I have discussed IT strategy here based on the concept of aligning the IT Strategy with the Business Strategy. Steve discusses embedding IT into the...
Business Intelligence, Business Process, General, Information Technology, Information Technology value, IT Strategy, Mobile Device Applications
Are you frustrated because you have to wait until after the financial month end close to obtain any information about your company or departments operating results? This happens in too many companies today! In my last post, The Real Value of...
Cyber Security, Information Technology, Information Technology Strategy
In my last blog post I discussed the importance of evaluating risk of cyber crime in business and 5 steps to protect your company. Well in the news in the last couple of weeks are 2 high profile examples of cyber crime and the affects to the victim firms’...
Business Process, Finance Department, Lean Accounting, Lean Business
I attended an APICS event last night and the presentation by Robert Fox focused on lean & Six Sigma and why we would want to implement them. Most of us associate ‘lean’ with manufacturing as the concepts which originated at Toyota were...
ERP Selection, ERP systems, General, Information Technology, System Requirements Definition
I have spoken with several prospects in the last couple of weeks all of whom are wrestling with how to select an ERP system. I am encouraged that they are wrestling with it and contemplating getting professional support. Selecting and implementing an ERP...