Implementing an ERP system can seem daunting, but with the right planning, the process can be relatively pain free. Everhard Industries is a 94-year-old, fourth generation, family-owned Australian manufacturer of drainage systems. For 20 years, it had relied on an … Continued
Employees are more engaged when they receive regular feedback on their performance, with an eye toward growing their career. A new SuitePeople solution, Performance Management, helps employees stay engaged with active, real-time goal monitoring, reflections on past performance and recognition … Continued
In a typical year, retailers would have placed their orders by now with manufacturers and distributors to stock up on inventory for the holiday season. However, the uncertainty of the upcoming season has made that difficult. Forecasting demand has been … Continued
In his life and music, Moses Sumney defies genres and easy categorizations. The son of Ghanaian immigrants who grew up in Southern California and in Ghana, he’s used to straddling worlds. While he studied creative writing in college, he was … Continued
It’s been a big three years for The Honey Pot Company. The brand started selling its plant-based feminine care products in Whole Foods in 2016, less than two years post-launch. Target took it up in 2017 and, when a Target-backed … Continued
Speedily-growing tech startups often get a hand from VC funding. But even with money in the bank, acquiring credit from traditional lenders is difficult, especially for very young companies. To solve this problem, Brazilian-born entrepreneurs Henrique Dubugras and Pedro Franceschi … Continued
Just because there’s a pandemic, doesn’t mean companies can’t raise equity. But for those companies looking to fight through a challenging time to tap into private equity (PE) investment dollars or pursue an IPO, a little creativity, a bit of … Continued
Typically focused on long-term, complex projects, professional services firms have faced significant challenges in recent years from greater competition and changing client needs. As professional services companies seek to reduce operational costs and increase their bottom line, they need to … Continued
Sometime during the first week of March, Michael Schmidtmann got a call from a client whose customers had stopped paying their bills. Schmidtmann, a peer group facilitator, business coach and sales consultant, was surprised by the news. He was aware … Continued
In 1997, Amazon and eBay were just two years old, and Walmart.com had been around for just a year. And it was that year that Dr. Joel Schlessinger first had the idea to sell skin care products online. A full-time, … Continued