Regarding the post from February 12, 2014. This writer expressed an opinion about Epicor that apparently was not construed as an opinion by Epicor. Such statement was as follows: “Sometimes I think that I read too many 10-Q’s and other public documents. Many […]
Publicly Justify your ERP purchaseNow we are seeing some people/companies publicly justifying their purchases to gain productivity, like AirGas below.A quick ERP Business ModelERP companies have operated their business with a model where they: Put as little functionality into their base package […]
2013 Electrical Distributor Performance Here we are in early 2014 and you’re looking at your company’s performance wondering how you did. Many will tell us, and tell their close “friends”, that “we only did 2-3%”…which makes everyone feel good because […]
As we mentioned Monday, a number of distributors, and some manufacturers, discussed e-marketing and more importantly e-commerce (commerce enabled websites) at the recent NAED Eastern Conference. It appears that the impetus for this has been the continued growth, and competitiveness, […]
For months ElectricalTrends has raised a red flag about the long term viability of Epicor’s products as many clients and friends have struggled to complete installs and gain or continue support. Recently Pemeco Consulting’s Jonathan Gross ( click his name […]
Over the past couple of weeks I’ve had a number of conversations with manufacturers and distributors about “e” and inevitably the conversation comes around to Amazon Supply (AS) and Google’s Shopping for Suppliers (GSS) program.But first, a couple of things […]
Changing Thought ProcessesDon’t let other programs in!ERP systems were sold to the masses of Distributors with all of the most common features and functions that a software company could put under one banner. In the early days of ERP software, […]
The revolution has begun…look at it in your hand…it started out as a mobile phone. It is now a cell phone that exchanges data from different platforms and allows you to make decisions while on the move.From years back, distributors […]
July 10th 2011 revisitedIn a posting titled “Is your ERP software system a Mother-ship” or a satellite software drifting into outer space, I suggested that there would be a number of software systems that had been ‘rolled up’ and would […]
Support Fees for your ERPThere is one thing that most electrical distributors will gladly complain about and that is the support fees that they pay to a software company like Epicor , Infor, SAP and others. Some distributors question what these […]
