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Explosion of ERP

The market of Enterprise Resource Planning is continuously growing. It is projected that it is stepping into the ‘billion dollar’ group. SAP B1 partners in India say that ERP is the single largest enterprise application which doesn’t come as a surprise considering the high rate. Hence companies are making ERP an integral part of themselves. The long list of benefits is one of the reasons why ERP is growing. However, the explosion has to be attributed to some other factors, other than ‘a list of benefits.' The onset of recession period brought in bad news for a lot of people. However the ERP market was an exception to this dark phase. Recession forced industries to streamline their operational processes to increase efficiency at a lower cost. They found the answer in an ERP solution  as companies continuously seek for solutions that support and enhance their processes. During the recession phase, even the companies, which were sceptical about having an ERP solution, implemente...

Mistakes to avoid in a Business Intelligence Project

Business Intelligence tools have now become an inseparable part of companies. The expectations are that they will help them achieve success and win the competitive race. However, at times things spiral out of control and the effects are reversed. Instead of efficient work and great results, the BI solution starts to fail. This creates a lot of confusion and frustration amongst the concerned team members and other employees. There are some mistakes that the companies tend to commit over time repeatedly in their respective BI projects. Taking insights and learning from them, we have jotted down three major mistakes that every company should avoid when they go ahead with QlikView implementation. 1)      Not defining the business goals properly This has been the first and foremost mistake that companies have made time and again. This comes as a surprise since if the goals are not defined clearly; there is no way that the implementation stage should be considered eve...