#Picture an empty water glass. Now place a bunch of rocks into the glass filling as much of the glass as possible. Is the glass really filled? Of course you know the answer is ‘no’, since you’ve probably heard this metaphor before, but it’s the perfect symbolism to describe the world of IT business…
If you are a Supply Chain or IT Professional using the QAD Enterprise Application (EA) and are responsible for setting up Items in QAD, you know the challenge that can be, especially if multiple people within your organization need to be involved in the process. You know that for certain types of Items there are…
If you are a Supply Chain or IT Professional using the QAD Enterprise Application (EA) and are responsible for setting up Items in QAD, you know the challenge that can be, especially if multiple people within your organization need to be involved in the process. You know that for certain types of Items there are…
QAD Users can now Charge a PO to multiple Cost Centers and GL Accounts Is your organization creating multiple unnecessary Purchase Orders because the PO needs to be charged to different Cost Centers and GL Accounts setup in QAD? In this recorded how-to presentation we demonstrated how your organization can use ISS Group’s iPurchase™ PO…
Why is configuring YOUR companies Business Rules within an Approval and Workflow solution important to you and your organization? – Automate Policy – Enforce Process Control – Reduce Communication Lag – Standardize Procedures Automatic routing and approval of business rules give you operational efficiency as well as an audit trail and record keeping. Approvers can…
How can you improve Purchase Order cycle time? Each time you’re confronted with an important decision there is mental tension. This can lead to fatigue and stress. Harvard Business Review recommends the use of routines to reduce decision making. For instance, if you are a morning person, then get the difficult decisions out of the…
Workflow flexibility and agility on a global scale, knowledge work redesign, and workflow speed are the way organizations can maintain an agile workflow and survive this decade, according to Harvard Business Review. An agile business process improvement and workflow helps organizations control their business processes. For example, a company that rents equipment can avoid hidden costs due to…
The old way – business process management – moved at the speed of a caterpillar, resulting in methodically and bureaucratically slow solutions. Today’s Agile business process improvement is more like a butterfly – able to move in any direction that will produce the best and fastest results. Here’s what we know today about Agile BPI versus traditional business…
When there are global disruptive events, like the recent oil price collapse, companies strive to increase agility and improve their financial picture, according to The Hackett Group. “Economic and political volatility remain high, and the drive to improve enterprise agility and innovation is greater than ever before. Finance has to be able to play a…
Even though most companies have been through change management, lean manufacturing and process improvement, the speed at which technology moves will require companies to continue changing and improving processes. But change is more than installing new software and hoping your team figures out how it will make the business better – because now you have…
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