Ongoing investment in software and infrastructure projects by enterprise is fuelling demand for program managers, according to the [[xref: www.hays.com.au/report|April-June quarterly report]] by recruiting group, Hays.
The Australian division of global cookware manufacturer, Meyer Cookware, has signed a six-figure deal with ERP developer, Pronto Software, to implement Pronto-Xi across the enterprise.
A person doesn't shop for a mattress too often, and the process takes time. Typically, a customer looks over mattresses on display at a store, asks a salesman a few questions and says she will go home to think it over. The salesman hands the shopper his card and urges her to come back soon.
SAP has seen its share of executive upheaval and customer discontent in recent months, but a newly inked agreement with global conglomerate 3M is giving it reason to celebrate.
Food production company Simplot Australia will implement a new enterprise business intelligence package from September 2009 in conjunction with a new ERP system.
Microsoft is buying technology from four of its partners in order to bolster its Dynamics AX ERP (enterprise resource planning) product with commonly needed functions across various industries, according to a senior company executive.
The United Nations has been in the news recently, with the UN Summit on Climate Change making the headlines.
However, less well known is that the organisation is embarking on a huge project to overhaul its ERP systems.
An early-stage planning document for the UN's ongoing global ERP project calls for a budget north of US$300 million and provides a detailed look at the challenges the project must overcome.
Whether it is a truck, a tsunami or an economic downturn, the same general rule applies: You are better off if you can see it coming from a safe distance.
On-demand ERP vendor NetSuite is targeting large SAP users with a new offering that links its OneWorld application to SAP systems.
While some areas of IT are seeing a downturn in demand for employees, there’s no shortage of work in ERP, says Steve Gillingwater, director of recruitment firm Robert Walters’ IT division.
It used to be that companies weighed the purchase of a vendor's software mostly by its merits — whether the packaged application was robust enough for a company's needs, how it would play with the company's other back-office systems, how long it took to implement and, of course, whether the customer could get a good price from the vendor.
Strong local financial results from enterprise software vendors last year are just one sign that many organisations are replacing or upgrading their core applications.
When your revenue grows 80-fold and you have 10,000 parts to keep track of — and supply 80 shops — you need a top-notch forecasting system.
Big annual operational savings of $4 million are anticipated by The Warehouse, following the modernisation of its core enterprise resource planning system.
Since Colorcon consolidated all of its global offices and seven manufacturing sites onto one ERP system in 2001, the benefits have been indisputable. The chemicals manufacturer has increased its annual inventory turns by 40%, closes its books each quarter more than 50% faster than it once did and has improved its production lead times. "It was a significant improvement," says CIO Perry Cozzone.