Articles Tagged with ''enterprise resource planning (ERP)''

Socrates said, “The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.” Another great mind, Ed Morse (in his keynote address at this past year’s Coordinate Metrology Society Conference), said, “Data is only as good as what you can do with it.” If you were so inclined to put these two thoughts together, you could see the current dilemma regarding Big Data.

Several months ago I wrote about the Cynefin Model and the benefits of keeping things simple to the decision-making process. And a large part of decision making has to do with choice, or more accurately, the number of choices we have. Enter the “psychology of choice.”

With cloud-based devices becoming a more integral part of manufacturers’ personal and professional lives, the question remains: Is this influx of new technology actually improving the work-life balance?

In the mid 1980s my company got its first PC for accounting and a database of client/case records. It was a revolution!

If you’re like most companies, you already use ERP software. While enterprise resource planning software is commonplace at most manufacturing companies, the way it is used may not be.