Selecting ERP for Your EPCI Contracting Business

How Engineer, Procure, Construct, Install (EPCI, EPC) can identify technology designed to manage risk across design, fabrication and construction activities. In this whitepaper, we'll examine the unique demands that an EPCI contractor places on an enterprise application. We'll also offer a few suggestions for how to evaluate potential vendors and enterprise software products to make sure they completely address the needs of the EPCI contracting discipline.
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Is Construction Ready For Project-Based ERP Yet?

Examining the construction industry's move from point solutions towards project-based ERP.
For years, enterprise resources planning (ERP) software was to be found primarily within the manufacturing sector. Other forms of enterprise application were employed in other industries, and an increasing number of businesses have been enjoying the efficiencies that come from using a common technology platform and database. The construction industry, however, seemed reluctant to embrace the enterprise application concept and tended to stick with the 'point solutions' that had been developed over the years for each of the various stages of the construction processes.
In this paper we'll look at some of the factors and drivers behind the trend toward construction ERP and examine the types of functionality and other requirements contractors need to look for when selecting what is often their first-ever enterprise-wide application.
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Six Fatal Mistakes to Avoid In ERP Implementations

This whitepaper explores six fatal mistakes" in ERP implementations, along with methods that can be employed to avoid or, at worst, rectify them.
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Best Practices for Selecting ERP Software

Learn 6 best practices from Focus Experts for selecting the right Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution for your business. ERP solutions are, by nature, large and complex. How do you select the solution best-suited to your firm? In this guide, Focus Experts share their top 6 best practices for selecting ERP software.
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Essential Features of Manufacturing ERP Software

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems can seem like giant beasts when you realize how integrated they can be with nearly every function in your business. From the Sales and Quoting process through Material Planning, Procurement, Scheduling, Shop Floor Control, Quality Management, Outside Services, Shipping & Logistics, Customer Service, Finance and Human Resource Management, an integrated system can be tied into nearly every function. This brief will help you understand how the functions link together, help reduce the overwhelm and highlight where you can realize the most value.
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The 2011 Focus Experts Guide to Enterprise Resource Planning

In this Guide, you will find a wealth of insight, analysis and information intended to help you understand and select an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system. Despite being a backbone enterprise application, ERP is often misunderstood. This Guide demystifies ERP so you can make an informed buying decision. The contributors to this Guide are all top experts, so you can have confidence in their suggestions and recommendations. The audience for this Guide consists primarily of small and midsize enterprises. While core ERP principles hold true regardless of company size, large organizations and government agencies have distinct needs from those of smaller companies. When evaluating ERP, small to midsize organizations should look for ease of use and simplicity of implementation. Check Vendor Considerations on page 18 as a starting point in your search. Even though small companies may have complex requirements, often there is insufficient budget or human resources available to devote the required effort to maintaining IT infrastructure. Therefore, Web-based, Software as a Service (SaaS) products are worth serious consideration.
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2011 Trends Report: Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)

In this guide, Focus Experts Steve Christensen, Dana Craig, Tim Hourigan, Robert Israch and Michael Krigsman share eight of their 2011 predictions for ERP, so you can plan around changing tides and trends. Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) automates many aspects of an organization’s operations, cascading across traditional boundaries of operations, finance, manufacturing and more. As such, changes in the ERP market can cause a ripple effect in your business. In this guide, Focus Experts Steve Christensen, Dana Craig, Tim Hourigan, Robert Israch and Michael Krigsman share eight of their 2011 predictions for ERP, so you can plan around changing tides and trends.
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10 Ways to Use ERP to Lean the Manufacturing Supply

Four tips for lean supply chain improvements in manufacturing operations and six technology tools to automate these best practices. Lean in a supply chain context is about a holistic view of procurement, manufacturing distribution and sales order processing. This means that some level of enterprise technology is necessary to view the organization in an integrated context instead of as functional islands. However, before technology can facilitate the lean supply chain, manufacturing executives need to start thinking in lean supply chain terms. We will be reviewing those terms and sharing the key concepts that are the foundation for the lean effort. In short, this white paper gives four tips to help you bring lean supply chain improvements to your manufacturing operation. Additionally, it discusses six technology tools that help automate these lean supply chain practices.
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Usability as an ERP Selection Criteria

ERP software is often criticized for being complex and difficult to use. Learn how to evaluate ERP software for usability. In this whitepaper, we will discuss how the complexity of a system like ERP can be reduced, and how the huge spectrum of functionality and information that an application encompasses can be made easier to navigate. In short, we will discuss ERP usability, with special attention to allowing you to consider usability as a criterion in your enterprise application selection process.
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ERP Can Be a Barrier to Agility in Electric Power Sector

In this whitepaper, we'll examine the different enterprise agility barriers reported by study respondents and discuss how energy industry executives can select software for enhanced enterprise agility and change readiness.
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