What is ERP and How Does It Work? You should look into ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) systems if you’re seeking a productive way to manage your company. It can assist you in minimizing overhead expenses while enhancing the effectiveness of your company. Every business owner goal is to operate with the most efficiency...
The Benefits & Importance of ERP ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) is elevating the management and general operation of organizations to a new level. Is ERP software beneficial? What function does it serve in managing business operations? Let’s examine numerous more crucial factors and determine why ERP systems are necessary for modern-day corporation management! What is ERP?...
“Quiet Hiring” In today’s world, “Quiet hiring” is the new method of hiring for many employers. Companies like Google are trying to hire people who work in overdrive, despite the fact that some people want to be on record as working in cruise control. More specifically, Google employs “quiet hiring,” a covert recruiting approach. It...
An efficient process is like a beautiful well-oiled machine. Each part firing as it should, everything seamlessly flowing together without issue. While we target this as the goal, it’s unfortunately not always reality. We often see businesses stuck in a cycle of inefficiency because they fail to update and innovate their processes. They hang on...
What is Human and Organizational Performance? Human and organizational performance examines the coming together of systems and people. Where as people are highly variable, systems tend to be static and constant. These characteristics are very important to overall success. We want stability and predictability in our systems, but we need variability in the people who...
Healthy cash flow is vital to improving operational efficiency, and one way to free up that trapped cash is through effective accounts receivable management techniques. Below we will discuss 8 Tips to Improve A/R Management. Most businesses wish they could snap their fingers and be paid on time. While that’s not quite how effective accounts...
There has been so much chatter lately about the bill that congress is trying to pass for a four-day work week. Now, you may be thinking “Oh, that’s great!”, not necessarily for a lot of people. It’s a very fine line of who’s all for it and who’s all against it. It’s probably now...
Whether you own or manage a small business, Fortune 500 company or multi-location firm, you need to maintain a positive online reputation to establish your thought-leadership brand and gain better online recognition. Online reputation management allows you to do just that. Reputation management is the practice of safeguarding the online reputation of an individual, company...
Consulting selling is a sales technique in which the salesperson acts as a consultant to determine the customer’s needs. Rather than trying to sell a product, consultative selling focuses on establishing a relationship of trust between the salesperson and the customer. Consultants have been referred to as value-added vendors, need-satisfaction sellers, and professional sellers over...
It’s coming up to summertime and vacations are being requested, but what do you do when you just started a new job? Perhaps you have a yearly summer beach vacation you take with your family and need the time off. You don’t have to abandon your travel plans because you’re a new employee. Here we...
Whether you’ve been recently laid off, changing career paths or just starting out looking for a job, here are some tips and tricks to land that interview. All of us will be there again, as we have all been there in the past. It’s difficult to talk about yourself in an interview. What should I...
There are a lot of different topics and opinions on how one should compensate their employees. No matter if you are a small business owner or a large corporation, you need to make sure your employees are well compensated for. Compensation is key in keeping key employees and driving them to be more productive and...
PLANNING, IMPLEMENTATION, MIGRATION WHAT IS ERP CONSULTING? Accounting, human resources, sales and inventory management are all considered part of enterprise resource planning (ERP), which is a set of integrated and integrated business applications used to manage and automate numerous business functions. Additionally, depending on your ERP choice, you may be able to take advantage...
Once upon a time, ERP solutions were used strictly as back-office IT systems for large companies who focused on supporting the centralization and integration of work for certain business functions. That is, until recently. ERP systems are swiftly becoming the operational core of organizations worldwide- small, midsize, and large- unlike before, where a significant number...
By now, we are sure that you have heard about it on the news, or maybe have seen it during your weekly grocery run, empty shelves in supermarkets across the country. The omicron wave, supply chain issues, and extreme weather conditions have strained several major grocers, and this crisis is starting to hit businesses everywhere...
In an increasingly globalized and multi-path supply chain, accountability is everything. Many businesses are most likely familiar with the term “lot traceability” and its relation to creating transparent and accountable commerce worldwide. But what exactly is this important concept, and what implications does it have for today’s manufacturing operations? While the key concepts of lot...
Today is not a day to worry about your calendar and your to-do list; it’s a day to unplug cherish time with your family and friends. From our team to yours, we wish you all a wonderful and happy Thanksgiving. In light of today, our MCDA CCG team also want to express our appreciation for...
Until recently, Operational Technology (OT) and Information Technology (IT) have worked separate from each other in many industrial establishments. However, modern advancements towards Smart Manufacturing Methods and increasing recognition of collaboration benefits propels industry leaders to close this gap. Businesses that master this cutting-edge convergence ahead of their competitors will see significant advantage and substantial...
What would you do if you walked into your workplace one day and found the following message: “YOUR FILES ARE ENCRYPTED – IF YOU WANT TO RESTORE YOUR DATA YOU MUST PAY” This is a ransomware attack. These messages always include a second line demanding payment within a very short timeframe, typically with Bitcoin to...
We see it every year; less than sufficient ERP systems and practices creating impacts on companies who fail to treat it as a top priority. To maintain your company’s competitive edge and future stance, it’s required that you can readily adapt and transform to meet current challenges while your software continues to advance for the...
Automated business systems are implemented to effectively streamline operations, speeding them up while simultaneously providing real time measures and progress. As the digital revolution continues to advance and accelerate how we conduct business, manual efforts have gradually become our worst enemy. For those companies still relying on paying their suppliers manually, their inefficient practices continue...
How many times have you looked at an advertisement and thought, “How did they think that was a good idea?” Well, more often than not, you are not the only one with that same thought. Below we have compiled a list of, in our professional opinion, the worst marketing failures in the last decade, as...
Automating your business processes is a critical step in scaling growth and expansion. There are so many different opportunities that arise through automation. There are still a large amount of business specific tasks that need individual attention to continue prospering. Business process automation helps those individual minds focus on their specific talent areas instead of...
When you miss deadlines, you lose customers. This fact is evident across all industries and throughout various sectors, whether you are in the business of delivering food, shipping products, or performing installation services, customers anticipate that you will deliver your product/service on time. Fortunately, to avoid delivery-related delays and interruptions, two proven scheduling strategies exist...
Leading an entire business or even just a specific department is a tough job, you rely on your teammates to tell you the truth so that you can make decisions and feel confident in what is going on. While most of your employees will repay your trust with honesty, some will occasionally mix in a...
