ISA Highlights the Critical Role of Supply Chain Automation

Supply Chain Brain The International Society of Automation (ISA) released a 2024 position paper, highlighted in a recent article from Supply Chain Brain, outlining the importance of automation across the supply chain industry. The ISA notes the essential role automation plays in building supply chain resilience, and offers guidance for decision makers on incorporating these technologies into existing operations. As …

What Is ERP?

Perhaps you’ve heard the term “ERP” floating around your online circles. Maybe you’ve heard it mentioned by someone in your organization. With increasing popularity (and huge benefits for businesses of all kinds), it’s no surprise that ERP is making its way into water cooler chats and strategy sessions. So, in case you aren’t already familiar with what ERP is – …

ERP in the Financial Sector

All industries rely on resources. Those “raw materials” can include people, models, intellectual property, and so on – not just commodities or fuel. Managing resources of all kinds is a critical part of running a successful organization. Today, we’re looking at how ERP can be implemented in the financial sector to keep track of the unique “resources” of the industry. …

Tips for Implementing HR Software

Maybe you can remember the time when taking care of employee issues was simply looking around the office, making a few decisions about employee time-off, sick days, hours worked and occasionally advertising for and hiring a new employee. Then, because your business grew before your eyes,  those previously simple tasks became complex, and time-consuming. This is where HR Software steps in …

How Epic Systems Helped Reveal the Flint Water Crisis

One of the reasons that physicians are given to encourage them to adopt electronic health records is the capability of the technology to improve how physician practices manage large volumes of patient information. But the lead contamination of the Flint, Mich. water supply brings to light another benefit of EHRs: they can support public health. The physician who brought to light …

How SAP is Providing Hope to Millions Around the World

Despite dramatic advancements in technology, there are still millions of people around the world who do not have access to a banking account. This makes the simplest of money management tasks very difficult as well as risky. SAP is an example of a company that’s using groundbreaking technology to provide easier access to financial services to the “unbanked” around the globe. …

How HR Software Will Boost Productivity

Without a doubt, skilled and experienced personnel are necessary for any business that wants to prosper and thrive for the long-term. However, in this day and age, technology is becoming increasingly important to the bottom line of most companies. Here are some of the ways HR software will boost productivity. Streamlining Processes One advantage of HR software is that it …

Utilize SAP To Maximize Your Business’ Performance

Running a successful business requires time management, precision, and coordination from you, your employees, and your software. Only you can manage yourself and your employees but SAP might be able to help on the technical side of things. First of all, what exactly is SAP? SAP is an acronym for systems, applications, and products. The software itself is an Enterprise Resource Planning, …

Affordable Care Act Reporting and PeopleSoft HCM

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) came with some new reporting requirements for employers with over 50 employees. These new forms took effect in the 2015 tax year. This has left the HR departments in many medium and large businesses scrambling to learn the new requirements and complete the forms. Form 1095-C must be sent to all full-time employees eligible for …