The cloud ERP benefits debate doesn't go away - nor should it. Customers don't magically achieve business benefits by flipping the go-live switch. But in a customer-first era, is ERP even relevant? That's a good place to start this epic - which includes my updated ERP benefits stages.
The clogged global supply chain has exposed the fragility of what Thomas Friedman called our 'flat world'. What are the enterprise implications?
Imperial Dade has consolidated data from multiple ERPs into Planful and is now giving finance teams better and regular insights.
LifeStance Health was spending too much manual time on budgets and reports and has since created a ‘single source of truth’ with Planful.
Whoever uttered that old phrase “The more things change; the more things stay the same”, must have been thinking of payroll software. Some thorny payroll technology problems are like bad houseguests: they won’t ever go away! Before you change your payroll or HR technology, read this!
Data in motion is headlining in the golden age of customer experience
If your data remains still, so does your customer experience. Peter Reeve of Confluent shares three industry examples of data in motion that have kept customer attention.
Speaking at Perform 21, the finance team at top cycling brand Specialized describes how they used Planful to streamline global workforce planning
Where's the competition in cloud ERP? In IaaS, the answer is clear...
How to align sales and finance to achieve a customer-centric approach
One view to rule them all - Ravi Narula, CFO of FinancialForce, shares three steps to align sales and finance in the interests of your customers and your organization.
Workday deepens its proposition for the services industry with the acquisition of services CPQ specialist Zimit.
There is an explosion of new capabilities and opportunities possible with ERP today and many of the most innovative are coming from non-ERP vendors. All of this innovation should be making us re-think the value we are or should be getting from ERP software. Here are some ideas.
A strong Q2 for Coupa as Business Spend Management remains a compelling imperative for organizations across multiple sectors.
How AI can help transform finance professionals into strategic influencers
Finance teams using artificial intelligence (AI) are outperforming their peers — and many professionals look destined to become strategic 'influencers'. Gordon Stuart of Unit4 shares the new research revealing some intriguing shifts within businesses.
Workday's had a good first half of the year and the pent-up demand is still coming through.
Zuora's Q2 results provide evidence that the subscription economy specialist has been making the right strategic choices on product and go-to-market
There's been a lack of detail around SAP's Signavio integration plans, at least in the public domain. But the more intriguing question is how Signavio impacts RISE with SAP - and how it reveals SAP's deeper transformation agenda. Here's the Signavio CEO take - and my analysis.
