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Are These 5 Vulnerabilities Lurking In Your Organization?
#1 Over-Reliance on Internet Connectivity to Conduct Business Just because the internet works for you today doesn’t mean it always will. At some point, most businesses face at least a partial internet outage. Consider how an internet outage would affect your business and what safeguards can be put in place to work around such an outage? […]
Cumulus kicks off Community Partner program with Big Brothers Big Sisters
At Cumulus Consulting, we believe in the power of one person, mentorship and positive associations. So, we have chosen to actively support Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Detroit in its important mission to provide children facing adversity with safe, strong and enduring, professionally supported one-to-one relationships that change their lives for the better, forever. Big […]
How to put together an effective change management plan for your ERP project
How to put together an effective change management plan for your ERP project Change is the one constant in this world. And who knows more about change than those people who help organizations with change on a daily basis. As with all change management challenges, solid planning with clear objectives forms the foundation, but getting […]
5 Key Considerations When Choosing Your ERP
5 KEY CONSIDERATIONS WHEN CHOOSING YOUR ERP If you have been tasked with researching an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system for your organization, we know that you’ll have many questions: Should I choose a cloud or on-premise ERP? What are the benefits of a cloud vs. on-premise ERP? What factors do I need to consider to […]
25 Signs That You Need to Update Your ERP
25 Signs That You Need to Update Your ERP An Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system is critical to successful business operations, but only if it is performing optimally as a user-friendly, single source of truth for the entire organization. When your ERP doesn’t work the way it should, it can cause crippling problems across your […]
Cumulus Grows Certified Inductive Automation Team
Cumulus Grows Certified Inductive Automation Team Cumulus Consulting has increased its Ignition certified development team to five developers, after three more Cumulus team members recently completed Inductive Automation’s Ignition Core Certification Training. Cumulus’ Grant Acheson, Craig Snow and Anusha Maddineni each received their certifications after first completing the 40 hours of training and the 8-hour […]
What is Smart Manufacturing?
What is Smart Manufacturing? Over the last decade, the evolution of the Internet of Things, big data and the ever-present desire for increased productivity has driven the smart manufacturing movement. But what exactly is smart manufacturing? Today, manufacturers can see and react to the performance of their machines and integrated systems with analytics in real-time. […]
How ERP Optimization Makes Your Business Run Better
How ERP Optimization Makes Your Business Run Better Choosing an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system is a momentous responsibility. Part of the ERP selection process is establishing goals for the system based on your organization’s needs. Once you’ve chosen the right ERP and the implementation (another huge undertaking) is complete, you can exhale and enjoy […]
9 Rules to Help You Conquer Your ERP Implementation
9 Rules to Help You Conquer Your ERP Implementation An enterprise resource planning (ERP) implementation ranks right up there with the largest, most complex and critical undertakings an organization can go through. The right ERP solution is pivotal to a business’ ongoing success, but the implementation process is as critical as the ERP itself. Drawing […]
How RFID Technology Resolved Inventory Tracking Headaches
How RFID Technology Resolved Inventory Tracking Headaches In order to maintain an edge in today’s highly competitive manufacturing environment it is critical to have highly efficient and accurate processes and to execute orders accurately, deliver on time, and at an competitive price. So when Viking Products discovered that some critical manual processes were causing inventory […]