Posts by Charles Rathmann

Layered application architecture delivers enterprise agility. Defining digital transformation is hard enough. Wikipedia defines it as “the change associated with…

IoT (Internet of Things) est le dernier des acronymes à la mode dans une industrie qui aime inventer des acronymes…

So a bunch of really smart people here at IFS had a brainstorm. If people would waste their time to take a quiz with no payback, why not offer up an interactive online quiz that would yield valuable business insight about their level of business agility?

In this entertaining post, blogger Paul Cooper takes a lighthearted look at business agility by deconstructing the egregious errors committed…

What we say makes little difference. So please — download this whitepaper, read it, and tell us what you think. When it comes to ERP software, does IFS walk the walk or just talk the talk?

According to a recent study completed by IFS and Advantage Business Media, the very largest of companies have the best access at this juncture to built-in BI.

…selecting and implementing enterprise software would be a lot easier. Sure, you would still need to ensure that whatever enterprise…

In a previous post on the importance of operational knowledge to business agility, we use a colorful analogy make clear that if…

La contre-attaque de Mohamed Ali exigeait une vision assez claire de la position et des mouvements de l’adversaire, un timing à la seconde près, et une conscience du corps que seuls les meilleurs athlètes possèdent. Et c’est exactement ce dont ont besoin de nos jours les responsables et les dirigeants issus d’industries complexes. Nous avons en effet besoin de savoir réagir plus rapidement aux menaces que nos concurrents, et aussi de capitaliser sur les opportunités au plus vite. C’est alors que votre logiciel d’entreprise joue un rôle primordial.

Next time you make this mistake, consider it as a lesson in business agility. It is dark in the house,…

What business are you really in? Today, you may be in the aerospace components business. Or the power generation business….

It is an old joke, that may sometimes target specific software vendors, that implementing enterprise resource planning (ERP) software or…