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Roger Franklin

As the Senior Solutions Architect at SYSPRO Australasia, Roger is responsible for providing expertise in selling, shaping, defining, implementing and quality assuring SYSPRO ERP solutions in the region. As a solution driven leader, he identifies gaps that exist in systems to ensure our solutions meet industry needs. Roger has a wealth of experience in delivering quality and innovative solutions that add tangible business value to manufacturers and distributors as they digitally transform.

Posts by Roger Franklin

ERP for ManufacturingERP systems

Improving agility in metal fabrication manufacturing

Reading Time: 5 minutes With the fabricated metal industry receiving government grants and incentives, it now ranks as one of the fastest-changing sectors in …

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ERP and TechnologyERP and Technology

Closing the gap between employee 1.0 and industry 4.0

Reading Time: 6 minutes ‘A new, end-to-end synchronized supply network is needed, where suppliers, manufacturing sites, customers and experts’ partner efficiently within a seamless …

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Managing-Operating ERPSelecting ERP

How the Manufacturing CFO can Spearhead Industry 4.0

Reading Time: 4 minutes As we enter a new year, research shows that optimism and business confidence is returning amongst manufacturers and distributors. This …

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ERP ImplementationBusiness software

How the Modern CFO can Contribute to Software Selection and Use

Reading Time: 6 minutes In the past, the role of the CFO was about ensuring accounting and reporting of past activities and booking transactions …

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ERP and TechnologyBusiness software

CFO 4.0 – Manufacturing & Cybercrime – Assessing your Financial Risk

Reading Time: 6 minutes Sometimes it takes an unfortunate occurrence, initiated by malicious actors, to drive home the realization that we operate our businesses …

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Digital Business and ERPBusiness software

Risk Management in the Digital Age

Reading Time: 3 minutes Over the last few decades manufacturing has changed profoundly, in response to factors that include: the opening up of world …

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Digital Business and ERPERP and Analytics

Artificial Intelligence in Manufacturing – the Power and the Risk Mitigation- Part 1

Reading Time: 4 minutes As a Chief Financial Officer specializing in manufacturing, I enjoy working to mitigate a wide variety of risks. Mitigating risk …

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ERP for FinanceERP and Analytics

Why CPM Helps Finance Workers Sleep at Night

Reading Time: 4 minutes If I had ever, in my youth, invented an acronym, I believe it would have been ‘GARR’. GARR represents the …

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ERP for ManufacturingERP and Analytics

Why Industry 4.0 is the New Financial Paradigm

Reading Time: 5 minutes It’s a fascinating time to be in finance, especially for those of us who enjoy a challenge, change, and personal …

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