Cloud

How to be more effective with remote working

Over the past few months while many businesses have struggled to deliver, In Cloud Solutions saw those with strong systems already in place maintain a high level of service.

This was the comment from one of our customers, Lloyd’s Register; "Taking a moment to reflect on how 'lucky' we were at Lloyd's Register for having implemented an end-to-end cloud-based ERP before the global pandemic hit. It ultimately meant we could keep all our lights on during global lockdowns and continue to support our customers who themselves perform such essential functions for the world at the moment."

What the future looks like for businesses after Covid-19

There is much more to the future Post Covid-19 than just pulling off the "dust sheets" and restarting business operations as they were before. Companies will be working out new ways to get their employees back in the offices and working safely. Supplies will need re-ordering and everyday processes re-booting. Sectors, like hospitality, may have to stay mothballed for a bit longer before it’s wise to re-open and demand picks up, but even if it's not happening at the moment– there is a feeling that now is a right time for preparations to be made.

There has always been a huge debate on what happens to a company's business technology when it merges with or acquires new businesses. Some of them typically try to integrate all of their new subsidiaries, industries and regions into an all-inclusive ERP.

3 Keys to Success for Rollouts Using a Global Template

David Leon, COO at Seidor, USA shares his top tips

A global template enables customers with multi-site SAP installations to efficiently manage their business processes as part of global rollout. It is a container that bundles standardised business processes and contains links to process-specific developments, configuration and test data. "I have three top tips to ensure a successful rollout when using a global template," says David Leon, COO at Seidor, USA.

What You Can Gain from SAP’s Cloud ERP Two-Tier Strategy

4 Astonishing Advantages of Running a Two-Tier System

Typically, growing companies attempt to integrate all of their new subsidiaries, business areas, and regions into one all-encompassing ERP system. Thomas Kramer, Head of SAP Cloud ERP at All for One Steeb, points out that “smaller subsidiaries, () often don’t need the complexity and functional depth from headquarters systems and might be overwhelmed by the so-called Tier-1 systems in terms of complexity and costs.” However, more often than not a tier-1 ERP system is the bottom-line, essential for reporting to headquarters, thus making it appear to be the only viable solution for smaller subsidiaries as well.

Beating the Brexit Blues

Why subsidiary companies could be the answer

Brexit uncertainty has reached fever pitch in the UK in the run up to Christmas with MPs voting almost daily on motions threatening to bring down the government.

UK citizens are speechless as each twist and turn takes us further and further into the unknown. Everything is up for grabs from hard Brexit, soft Brexit to no Brexit at all.

So, while businesses STILL don’t know what is going to happen there have none the less been some moves to prepare. After all businesses that sell and buy from the EU need to have contingency plans in place which are flexible enough to cope with a wide range of outcomes.

From financial services to manufacturing, British industry is suffering from uncertainty but tech is offering hope for the future.