Search for “best cloud ERP systems” and you’ll find listicles that rank platforms based on criteria that sound objective but are largely meaningless. Feature counts. Analyst quadrant placements. Awards given by publications whose business model depends on vendor advertising revenue. These lists exist to generate clicks and affiliate referrals, not to help you make a […]
The cloud ERP pitch has been repeated so many times it’s practically background noise at this point. Lower costs. Greater flexibility. Anytime, anywhere access. These talking points appear on every vendor’s website, in every analyst report, and on every conference slide deck. They’re not wrong, exactly — they’re just incomplete. And incompleteness, in enterprise software, […]
Migrating to a cloud ERP platform is one of the highest-stakes projects a distribution company will undertake. It touches every department, every workflow, every data point that keeps the business running. Get it right and you unlock real-time visibility, operational speed, and a foundation that scales with you. Get it wrong and you’re looking at […]
The enterprise software industry has a terminology problem. Vendors use “SaaS,” “cloud,” and “hosted” interchangeably when they mean very different things — and they’re counting on the confusion to obscure what you’re actually buying. A legacy ERP system running on a rented server in a data center is not the same thing as a platform […]
When most businesses evaluate cloud ERP, they focus on features, pricing, and the demo experience. Almost nobody asks about tenancy architecture — and that’s exactly how legacy vendors like it. Because once you understand the difference between multi-tenant and single-tenant cloud ERP, the economics, the upgrade path, and the long-term cost of ownership become impossible […]
Every year, the enterprise software industry rolls out a fresh batch of trend predictions loaded with buzzwords and light on substance. Vendors chase whatever acronym is trending, analysts publish quadrants and waves that look suspiciously similar to last year’s, and the people who actually run businesses are left wondering what any of it means for […]
Most cloud ERP implementations fail — not because the technology is flawed, but because the approach is broken from the start. Companies hand the reins to IT departments or third-party consultants who don’t understand daily operations, and then wonder why the system never quite fits the way people actually work. This guide takes a different […]
Cloud ERP is one of those terms the software industry has managed to make simultaneously ubiquitous and confusing. Every vendor claims to offer it. Analysts write reports about it. Conference keynotes declare it the future of business. And yet, when a distribution company’s operations director or CFO sits down to understand what cloud ERP actually […]
It’s 4:15 PM on a Friday. A customer calls asking why their order hasn’t shipped. Your customer service rep checks the order management system—it shows the order released to the warehouse yesterday. She checks the warehouse management system—it shows the order still pending because inventory isn’t available. She checks the ERP—it shows 47 units on […]
Your purchasing manager has been with the company for twenty-three years. She knows the business cold—which customers order what, when the seasonal bumps hit, which vendors take forever to ship. When she places replenishment orders, she glances at the numbers but mostly relies on experience. And honestly, she’s usually right. Until she isn’t. Last spring, […]
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