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Equipment-as-a-Service Part 2: How manufacturers can enter the services market

September 14, 2021September 7, 2021 by Kevin Dherman

Reading Time: 5 minutes Manufacturers are shifting their focus from selling physical equipment to value-added services based on their equipment’s core capabilities. This trend has given rise to a new type of business model called Equipment-as-a-Service (EaaS). There are a lot of advantages for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) who offer a service-based model. An important competitive advantage of offering … Read more

How low-code / no-code can be used in ERP

September 14, 2021September 2, 2021 by Russell Hollick

Reading Time: 7 minutes The pandemic not only spurred significant digital transformation but also accelerated the adoption of low-code and no-code software, driven by the urgency of the application challenges that organizations faced to address operational and customer needs, and which IT was unable to meet due to workloads. In 2021, the low-code/no-code movement is shifting the balance between … Read more

How an ERP application benefits batch manufacturing

September 14, 2021August 31, 2021 by Darren Edwards

Reading Time: 6 minutes Manufacturers of everything from computer chips to frozen chips use batch processing as their method of production. Probably the most famous example is the Swedish furniture manufacturer Ikea. Using batch manufacturing gives the company flexibility to produce similar items of its product range as the market demands. Even though a company has a great product, … Read more

Equipment-as-a-Service Part 1: Exploring the new opportunity for manufacturers

September 14, 2021August 26, 2021 by Kevin Dherman

Reading Time: 5 minutes For several decades, manufacturers have developed their strategies based on relatively stable assumptions. But in the last few years, the business model of original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) has started shifting to where firms increasingly have to provide services along with their traditional physical products. Adding services to products was originally termed the servitization of business … Read more

Learning in the flow of work: The future of ERP training

September 14, 2021August 24, 2021 by Tiffany Gierke

Reading Time: 3 minutes Over the past year, manufacturing and distribution industries have noted just how drastically the nature of work has evolved, from the shift to remote and more flexible environments to the growing importance of skills over credentials, which have all impacted L&D. Corporate training has been through a number evolutions, each driven by technological and economic … Read more

The benefits of automation in ERP

September 14, 2021August 19, 2021 by Deirdré Fryer

Reading Time: 3 minutes Within African manufacturing organisations, there is a need to educate the industry on new technologies, what they are, and how they can be effectively deployed within their business operations. For years, manually inputted spreadsheets have gone hand-in-hand with ERP, which often result in manual capturing errors, and siloed information. There are a number of benefits … Read more

The benefits of ERP for manufacturing

September 14, 2021August 17, 2021 by Matthew Gordon-Box

Reading Time: 5 minutes Technology is causing significant transformation, and that transformation is ongoing. Primarily, organizations have sought to improve collaboration within teams, and to streamline business processes throughout the internal value chain so that different departments work more efficiently together. There is a focus on integrating the processes, transactions and information within and between functions. To achieve the … Read more

Executive Guide to ERP Part 4

September 14, 2021August 12, 2021 by Johan Du Toit

Reading Time: 8 minutes Part of the process of selecting an ERP system is to appreciate how the software is going to be used. In Part 2, I discussed the ‘Dimensions of Change Model’, a method of how to think about the process, system and structural changes that an organization will go as a result of an ERP implementation. … Read more

Introducing more women to STEM to diversify the technology pool

September 14, 2021August 10, 2021 by Marilize Wessels

Reading Time: 5 minutes Barbie had a spacesuit before Neil Armstrong took his “giant leap for mankind“ on the moon. Six decades later, the percentage of women in computer occupations is waning, leaving mainly men to build the systems shaping the world in which we live. Being the mom of two young girls, I have learned to embrace the … Read more

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