Lisa Dodson
208 Articles Published
Supply Chain Management
What Does a Product Recall Cost a Manufacturer, and What Stops the Next One?
A recent survey revealed that 75% of manufacturers have faced product recalls in the last five years, with almost half attributing these to supply chain issues, underscoring the critical need for effective quality controls at the receiving stage to prevent costly recalls.
ERP Strategy and Planning
ERP vs Food Traceability Software: Choosing the Right Path for Food Manufacturers
Food and beverage manufacturers face increasing pressure to balance compliance and efficiency, leading to a strategic choice between standalone traceability software for immediate compliance needs and integrated ERP systems that enhance operational connectivity and long-term value.
ERP Strategy and Planning
How a Mid-Market Manufacturing ERP Cut Benchmade’s Year-End Processing Time by 75%
The article emphasizes that for mid-market manufacturers evaluating ERP systems, a solution like Syspro must not only showcase impressive features but also demonstrate resilience in real-world operations, as evidenced by Benchmade Knife Company's significant reductions in year-end processing time and enhanced operational efficiency through shared live data.
Analytics and AI
What Makes an ERP AI-Ready for Manufacturers?
Manufacturers seeking AI-ready ERP must prioritize a solid foundation of clean, integrated data and governance to ensure successful AI implementation, as using unreliable data only exacerbates errors and hampers decision-making.
Manufacturing Systems and Automation
Real-Time Visibility for Manufacturing Operations: The Foundation of Lean Growth
Real-time visibility in manufacturing operations enables companies to effectively track and manage production processes, improving decision-making, cost control, delivery timelines, and customer service while mitigating risks during rapid growth.
Manufacturing Systems and Automation
The Hidden Cost of Integration Sprawl in Manufacturing
Manufacturers often face "integration sprawl" by accumulating multiple disconnected systems with one-off integrations, which incur hidden costs, operational risks, and limit IT capacity, ultimately impacting productivity and hindering advancements like AI, thus necessitating a transition to a unified ERP platform that shares a single data model to streamline operations and reduce maintenance burdens.
ERP Strategy and Planning
How Langeberg Foods Gained Full Traceability in Its First Season on Syspro
Langeberg Foods, one of the world's largest deciduous fruit canneries, went live on Syspro ahead of a fixed seasonal deadline, replacing paper-based processes with electronic scanning and full traceability.
Supply Chain Management
How RFK Racing Tracks 5,000 Parts at Race Pace with Syspro’s Unified Cloud Platform
RFK Racing replaced a mix of legacy modules and spreadsheets with Syspro, giving its purchasing and accounting teams shared data across about 5,000 active parts and a 38-race season.
Analytics and AI
Syspro Whitepaper: The AI-Ready ERP Checklist
Twenty statements across four sections, from real-time visibility to job costing, test whether your ERP can support AI-driven manufacturing. Score your platform and see which gaps to close first.
ERP Strategy and Planning
Nucleus Report
See why Nucleus Research moved Syspro from Expert to Leader in a single year, citing its manufacturing depth and AI built into everyday workflows.
Supply Chain Management
WMS: Warehouse execution from dock to shop floor
Bin-level tracking and directed picking keep every pallet and job in view, from receiving to the shop floor, so teams handle more volume without adding headcount. Posts to Syspro ERP in real time. Click here to learn more!
ERP Strategy and Planning
Syspro ERP: One platform for the whole business
Finance, manufacturing, distribution and quality share one integrated data model, so every team works from the same real-time view. Multi-level BOMs and finite capacity scheduling come standard. Click here to learn more!
Analytics and AI
Syspro Torque: Industrial-grade AI for manufacturers
AI agents work inside the systems you already run, on Syspro or any other ERP, and show the rule and data behind every decision. You decide how much control to delegate. Click here to learn more!
ERP Strategy and Planning
Pacific Textiles Improves Response Time by 96% with Rimini Support™ for SAP
Pacific Textiles transitioned to third-party support from Rimini Street after experiencing dissatisfaction with SAP's slow response times and limited support, resulting in improved operational efficiency, a 50% reduction in maintenance costs, and the ability to invest in data initiatives.
ERP Strategy and Planning
Flexitech Drives SAP Roadmap Flexibility, Compliance and Innovation with Rimini Support™
Flexitech, a leading global supplier of brake and cooling hoses with production facilities across all major automotive regions, has shifted to Rimini Street's third-party SAP support to enhance system stability, reduce costs, and refocus resources towards strategic initiatives, compliance, and innovation in automotive technology.
ERP Strategy and Planning
Silicon Labs builds a future-ready SAP strategy
Radhika Chennakeshavula, CIO and Vice President of Silicon Labs, explains the decision to select Rimini Street as its strategic partner to maximize the value of its SAP ECC 6.0 investment. This collaboration provides the US-based semiconductor manufacturer with long-term SAP...
Analytics and AI
Rethinking ERP: A Conversation with Two Software Industry Futurists
Organizations are transitioning from monolithic ERP systems to flexible, best-fit solutions that extend the life of existing infrastructures while reducing migration risks and enhancing agility through multi-vendor strategies.
ERP Strategy and Planning
Decoding SAP Strategy: How CIOs are Taking Back Control
As SAP's cloud-first strategy compels enterprise leaders to make significant long-term decisions amid financial constraints and pressure for immediate results, CIOs are finding ways to extend existing systems, regain independence through streamlined solutions, and adopt AI and automation strategically, while prioritizing flexibility and optionality over irreversible commitments.
ERP Strategy and Planning
Sept 30th: The Date SAP Wants You To Forget
Despite SAP's push for customers to migrate to S/4HANA and cloud ERP by 2027, many organizations are hesitant to move from their stable and paid-for ECC environments, prompting speculation that nearly half may still be using ECC by 2027, making decisions about support contracts and considering third-party support crucial for future flexibility and cost savings.
ERP Strategy and Planning
Skip navigation Sign in The Reality of Third-Party Support for Enterprise Software – Fact vs Fiction
Organizations can explore alternatives to vendor-mandated support for their systems, which may lead to cost savings, increased flexibility, and better alignment with long-term strategies.
ERP Strategy and Planning
The Rimini Smart Path™: How SAP Customers Are Modernizing without Migrating
SAP customers can modernize effectively without full ERP migration by leveraging existing systems and adopting the Rimini Smart Path™ for enhanced performance, AI-driven automation, and improved budget efficiency.
Analytics and AI
Ypê Reduces Processing Cycles by 60% with Rimini Agentic UX™
Ypê, a Brazilian household brand established in 1950, aims to enhance its order-to-cash process and customer experience through AI-driven solutions to eliminate inefficiencies and improve data accuracy across its operations.
ERP Strategy and Planning
SAP roadmap decisions have become business decisions
Organizations are now approaching IT roadmap discussions as critical business strategies, addressing vendor deadlines, cost control, AI access, and operational risks by enhancing cost discipline and managing their SAP roadmaps effectively.
Cloud Platform and Technology
Rimini Cloud™ for SAP Cloud Operations and Support for SAP ERP Systems
Organizations running SAP ERP systems are under pressure to reduce infrastructure and data center costs while keeping mission-critical environments stable. Many still depend on dedicated data center teams to manage infrastructure, availability, security and ongoing operations — increasing cost and...
ERP Strategy and Planning
A Complete Guide to Taking Control of Your SAP Roadmap
This whitepaper outlines the challenges SAP customers face amid evolving technologies and budget constraints, highlighting strategies for CIOs to make informed decisions about system prolongation and modernization, while leveraging Rimini Street's support for confident ERP transformation.
Analytics and AI
Agentic AI Services
Traditional ERP Software is reaching its limits. Discover how to leverage Agentic AI to achieve ERP transformation for enhanced productivity, greater agility and reduced cost. AI is changing everything. While existing ERP Software can continue providing great value for many...
ERP Strategy and Planning
The Comprehensive Guide to Independent, Third-Party Support and Services for Enterprise Software
Enterprise software support was originally designed to ensure stability and access to expertise for mission-critical systems. And for years, organizations accepted vendor support as a necessary cost — even when the experience was less than optimal. But the traditional support model...
ERP Strategy and Planning
BKW Group accelerates digital transformation with SAP
The BKW Group partnered with T-Systems to modernize its SAP landscape and migrate operations to a private cloud environment, enabling greater scalability, efficiency, and operational resilience. By outsourcing SAP Basis services, BKW reduced infrastructure overhead, improved flexibility, and freed internal teams to focus on innovation and delivering greater business value.
Financial Management
Priority Payables
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ERP Strategy and Planning
General Business Edition
Modern ERP systems aren’t too powerful or too complex for the needs of small and midsize organizations. In fact, with the right cloud ERP, you can simplify and automate many of your processes for greater profitability. Acumatica General Business Edition...
Data and Data Management
Customer Success: Chery Republic
By implementing Acumatica, Cherry Republic achieved significant, measurable results that powered its expansion. The company sustained fifteen percent year-over-year growth, reduced reporting time by forty percent, and cut manual errors by fifty percent. This efficiency and data accuracy also enhanced...
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