A peek at some evolving trends in the B2C start-up space

B2C is one of the fastest evolving technology spaces within the start-up arena since consumers today have a very short attention span and are also experimenting a lot more. Can you blame them? With the multitude of options to choose from, consumers are spoilt for choice. Additionally, we now find Continue Reading

How Digitization can Improve Oilfield Operational Efficiency and Profitability?

Today many fi­eld service organizations still rely on legacy systems and business processes when managing oilfield operations. Remote locations limit the visibility into field activities and manual processes impede efficiency, customer service and profits. Paper tickets and disconnected systems often lead to incorrect data entry and increases the likelihood of Continue Reading

How can your organisation identify strategic cost drivers?

Modern day sourcing requires the procurement department to fully understand the cost drivers and be able to leverage appropriate sourcing tools to reflect savings in budget.

Spend Analysis and How It Can Benefit Your Business

Now that we have introduced Strategic Sourcing and Industry 4.0 in our previous blogs, let’s dive right into the very foundation of Strategic Sourcing and how it helps create value through the purchasing process. Most companies are already involved with some form of Strategic Sourcing initiative. However, Strategic Sourcing can go beyond cutting costs Continue Reading

How can you leverage ERP to drive Lean Manufacturing?

How can you leverage ERP to drive Lean Manufacturing?Everyone in the manufacturing world is familiar with Kanban, the scheduling system for lean manufacturing and just-in-time manufacturing. This system was Toyota’s disruptive force to improve manufacturing efficiency. Based entirely on demand, organisations using this system significantly reduced waste as inventory is Continue Reading

The 5 rules you shouldn’t break when choosing an ERP vendor

We all know how hard it is to choose the right ERP software for your organisation. The months and months of planning and shortlisting the top ERP software’s in the market, going through countless reviews, reading a 100 brochures, it’s definitely a long and arduous road.But just when you think Continue Reading

The Strategic Importance of Payroll

There has been a major shift from HR’s traditional function of tactical management of employees to the development of strategic insight and value creation. But payroll remains predominantly a tactical function in most companies. It is easy to under evaluate and under appreciate the payroll function so long as employees Continue Reading

Procurement 4.0: leveraging procurement capabilities as a strategic weapon

Let’s take a step back from Strategic Sourcing and talk a little about how Industry 4.0 has been great for Procurement. Industry 4.0 is commonly referred to as the fourth industrial revolution. A revolution defined by new trends in automation and data exchange in manufacturing technologies. But what makes this revolution different Continue Reading

3 Reasons to Calculate ROI of your ERP Implementation Project

No matter how difficult your current operational and technical environment, convincing senior management to invest in ERP is far worse. The bottom line is everyone wants to earn money but nobody wants to spend it. Well, the secret lies in a simple ERP ROI calculation or ERP ROI Analysis. Remember Continue Reading

The Impact of Technology on the Retail and Distribution Industry

This morning’s read of Deloittes analysis on 2018 retail, wholesale and distribution industry trends gives the reader a sense of optimism on the marriage between technology and the retail, wholesale and distribution industry. The report introduces the readers to the current trajectory of retail. According to Deloittes projections, the retail Continue Reading