The best way to save your ERP project

Companies implementing ERP systems are gearing for growth, responding to it, or both. By Gerrit Olivier, founder and CEO of About IT They’re spending a lot of money in the process. These systems cost anywhere from R1-million to R10-million or more for small to...

S/4 HANA migration: why making the right choice early is important

For many chief financial officers (CFOs), deciding when and how to implement SAP S/4 HANA could be the most significant technology investment choice of their career. It’s a big deal, writes Kevin Govender, Deloitte Africa ERP director. With the emergence of SAP...

A new era for application software

With technology innovation taking place at a more rapid rate than before, companies have access to new ways of doing things. And with the willingness to embrace change a priority amongst local decision-makers, these are exciting times for the market. By James van den...

Modernising Kenya’s ERP landscape to grow business

Most organisations began with automating just their core business processes when they first set up their ERP systems. By Stefan Jacobs, applications practice head: East Africa at Wipro Over the years, in order to extend functionality, additional applications were...

Custom ERP is dead …

Custom Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is dead, says epic ERP strategy director Dr Daneel van Eck. When it comes to ERP there has long been debate around whether to custom build or buy a Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) system. While it did make sense to custom...

Making the transition to Dynamics 365

Microsoft Gold Partner Decision Inc. discusses the benefits of upgrading from a Microsoft AX 2012 implementation to the more agile Dynamics 365 platform. Fundamentally, this presents more than just a new version of the software but a quantum leap into a different...