What does the future hold for Business Management Systems?
We have come a long way
since we started out with this series. From how to know
when it is time for a new system to specialised topics
like Business Intelligence! With all the topics we have
discussed, it should have become clear that every
business’ situation is unique to some extent, and the
solution or system that will work for you will depend
on your business’ specific needs and requirements.
However, my approach has always been to look at the
options of fulfilling all or most of your needs with
one system, especially the businesses in the SME sector
that do not always have a million dollar IT budget.
There are two things that you can be 100% sure of that
will always be present in your business, Accounting and
IT, and you can also be 100% sure that these two
“factors” are constantly evolving, so I would like to
look at the bigger picture for a change and discuss the
future trends of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) /
Business Management Systems and how it will affect your
business in Namibia.
A fresh look at IT and Business Intelligence (BI)
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A fresh look at IT and Decision Support Systems (Part II)
I discussed the definition
of a DSS and looked at some of the different types of
DSS. The article concluded with the statement that
a DSS is
a highly specialised and powerful tool that can add
tremendous value to your business, but that it is not
always affordable or necessary for every business. So
this week we will investigate how your ERP / Business
Management System can be utilised to help you make
better decisions.
A fresh look at IT and Decision Support Systems
I am always putting
emphasis on the fact that the real value of having the
right ERP / Business Management System is because it
allows you to take better decision, since you will have
correct information available in real time.
“Better” decision in this sense is obviously very wide,
but it can be anything from better timed decisions
(early warnings of products selling more or less than
expected), decision that will save you money (e.g.
keeping less inventory of a certain product) or a
strategic decision (e.g. spend more/less money on
marketing for a product).
Welcome Schoemans
We look forward to a fruitful business relationship!
A fresh look at IT and Forecasting
This week we will look at forecasting, a business process that is used in almost every business area, whether it is done on the back of a cigarette box, or with sophisticated computer systems!
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This week we will look at
another “sub-component” of the whole supply chain, the
warehouse function. This is such an important function
in most supply chains that we will deal with this in a
separate article.
Welcome Orbit!
We look forward to a fruitful business relationship!
A fresh look at IT and Supply Chain Management (part III)
Rikus discussed the concepts of Supply Chain Management and Just in Time last week. To elaborate on this, I am going to discuss two concepts of a more advanced nature relating to supply chain management today, namely Inventory Optimisation and Supply Chain Visibility. I will kick-off with Supply Chain visibility, as this is a fundamental concept applicable to everyone.
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