Sep10SNw 055 Business Process – irrelevant, distracting and dangerous Created by James Robertson on 9/10/2014 9:19:51 AM Business process is the focus of most business information system implementations and is highly ine...
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Aug18SNw 050 The Real Issues in BIS: Part 3 – Strategic Alignment and Precision Configuration Created by James Robertson on 8/18/2014 7:40:21 AM Strategic alignment, the alignment of system concept and solution architecture with the strategic es...
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Aug18SNw 041 Strategic Essence: The Missing Link: Part 2 -- Differentiation Created by James Robertson on 8/18/2014 6:31:18 AM A fundamental component of strategy and strategy determination is differentiation, understanding how...
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Jun12SNw 020 Unlocking ERP Value Created by James Robertson on 6/12/2013 4:28:06 PM
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Aug18SNw 045 Strategic Essence: The Missing Link: Part 3 -- The Essence IS Different Created by James Robertson on 8/18/2014 7:18:01 AM The strategic essence of the organization IS different, it is unusual, the competitors have differen...
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Jun12SNw 028 Thrive = right information + right decision well executed Created by James Robertson on 6/12/2013 1:55:52 PM
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Sep10SNw 056 The Alternative to Business Process – the RIGHT Approach Created by James Robertson on 9/10/2014 3:27:08 PM Having established that business process is irrelevant, distracting in dangerous in designing and c...
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Aug06SNw 059 Strategy: What is it? Created by James Robertson on 8/6/2020 12:05:00 PM This article examines the fundamental defintion of strategy as the Essence of the Organizaiton and ...
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Aug18SNw 043 Strategically Enriching your BIS: Part 1 -- Introduction Created by James Robertson on 8/18/2014 6:42:49 AM Introduction to the principles of precision configuration and strategically enriching your business ...
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Jun18SNw 019 A moral and ethical dilemma, systems that fail Created by James Robertson on 6/18/2013 1:55:49 PM
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Jun13SNw 008 Is I.T. "Rocket Science"? -- REALLY? Created by James Robertson on 6/13/2013 2:09:01 PM
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Jun12SNw 024 The Essence of Sustainable Wealth Creation Created by James Robertson on 6/12/2013 11:31:24 AM
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Aug18SNw 042 The Real Issues in BIS: Introduction Created by James Robertson on 8/18/2014 6:35:42 AM This article provides an overview of the main components of the approach to Business Information Sys...
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Jun13SNw 004 What IS Strategy? Created by James Robertson on 6/13/2013 2:29:21 PM
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Aug18SNw 047 Strategically Enriching your BIS: Part 2 -- Principles of Data Engineering Created by James Robertson on 8/18/2014 7:28:10 AM A discussion of the fundamental principles of data engineering which are vital to unlocking the full...
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Aug18SNw 052 Robust Procurement: Part 3 - Exec Engagement, Bid Compliance, Adjudication and other matters Created by James Robertson on 8/18/2014 7:50:36 AM A discussion of the importance of executive engagement, bid compliance evaluation, a structured appr...
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Aug18SNw 051 Strategically Enriching your BIS: Part 3 -- Steps in applying these recommendations Created by James Robertson on 8/18/2014 7:45:39 AM Steps in applying these recommendations with regard to precision configuration in terms of a method ...
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Jun13SNw 001 Competitive Advantage -- The Next Ten Years Created by James Robertson on 6/13/2013 2:41:24 PM
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Sep10SNw 054 What does a HIGH VALUE Business Information System Solution look like -- White Paper Created by James Robertson on 9/10/2014 1:16:42 PM An overview of the attributes of a high value business information systems implementation measured ...
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Jun12SNw 034 7 Steps to FIX your ERP Created by James Robertson on 6/12/2013 2:37:07 PM
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Aug18SNw 046 The Real Issues in BIS: Part 2 -- Mythology and Lack of Executive Custody Created by James Robertson on 8/18/2014 7:23:25 AM Information Technology Mythology, the wide spread of marketing hype driving misrepresentation of the...
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Sep10SNw 057 Business System Failure – HOW do you recognize it? Created by James Robertson on 9/10/2014 2:41:43 PM Many executives and managers do NOT know how to recognize business systems failure. They have fail...
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Jun13SNw 010 I.T. CAN add value Created by James Robertson on 6/13/2013 1:57:51 PM
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Jun13SNw 015 Content is Critical Created by James Robertson on 6/13/2013 1:00:01 PM
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Jun12SNw 035 Reflections on 25 years of ERP experience Created by James Robertson on 6/12/2013 3:10:36 PM
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Jun18SNw 036 The Tension Between Strategic Executives and Operational Personnel Created by James Robertson on 6/18/2013 3:48:12 PM
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Jun12SNw 022 Your ERP is a precision instrument - are you using it that way? Created by James Robertson on 6/12/2013 10:47:26 AM
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Jun19SNw 017 Survival of the Fittest -- by Leon Kaplan Created by James Robertson on 6/19/2013 3:35:17 PM
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Jun12SNw 027 What is a business systems laboratory? Created by James Robertson on 6/12/2013 1:49:23 PM
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Jun13SNw 006 Information Technology - The Harshest Judge of Governance?? Created by James Robertson on 6/13/2013 2:19:35 PM
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Jun12SNw 030 Why ERP can make the blood boil Created by James Robertson on 6/12/2013 4:06:31 PM
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Aug18SNw 049 Strategic Essence: The Missing Link: Part 4 -- The Essence should be the Point of Departure Created by James Robertson on 8/18/2014 7:36:42 AM The strategic essence of the organization should be the point of departure AND the focal point of ev...
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Jun12SNw 033 The coming demise of ERP in business Created by James Robertson on 6/12/2013 2:21:18 PM
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Aug18SNw 040 Strategic Essence: The Missing Link: Part 1 -- Strategy Defined Created by James Robertson on 8/18/2014 6:26:05 AM "Strategy" is a widely used, widely abused and little understood term. This article offers a robus...
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Jun12SNw 016 Effective discovery is Essential Created by James Robertson on 6/12/2013 4:53:45 PM
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Aug18SNw 053 Strategic Essence: The Missing Link: Part 5 -- Discovering Strategic Essence Created by James Robertson on 8/18/2014 7:56:00 AM Overview of a simple and reliable process that you can apply to determine the strategic essence of y...
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Jun13SNw 002 Measuring Competitive Performance Created by James Robertson on 6/13/2013 2:37:03 PM
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Jun12SNw 021 ERP Taxonomy Essentials Created by James Robertson on 6/12/2013 4:11:37 PM
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Jun12SNw 032 Understanding strategy and how ERP fits in Created by James Robertson on 6/12/2013 2:16:09 PM
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Jun13SNw 012 Engineer against Failure Created by James Robertson on 6/13/2013 1:47:56 PM
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Jun12SNw 029 CEO – is your ERP hijacking your business? Created by James Robertson on 6/12/2013 4:00:55 PM
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Jun13SNw 014 The Challenge of Paradigms Created by James Robertson on 6/13/2013 1:19:01 PM
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Jun13SNw 009 If you do not have Time for Strategy, you do not have Time to Thrive Created by James Robertson on 6/13/2013 2:03:06 PM
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Jun12SNw 025 Precision Strategic Taxonomies - The ERP (and IT) Missing Link Created by James Robertson on 6/12/2013 11:35:44 AM
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Jun12SNw 031 The CEO MUST be the custodian of ERP Created by James Robertson on 6/12/2013 2:09:35 PM
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Jun12SNw 018 Essential Business Knowledge for I.T. Effectiveness Created by James Robertson on 6/12/2013 4:37:51 PM
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Aug18SNw 039 Strategic Essence: The Missing Link: Overview Created by James Robertson on 8/18/2014 3:17:17 AM Overview of the main points of the series of articles on strategic essence, strategic essence being ...
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Jun13SNw 011 What IS Excellence? Created by James Robertson on 6/13/2013 1:52:28 PM
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Jun13SNw 007 Where in the World is I.T. Going? Created by James Robertson on 6/13/2013 2:14:41 PM
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Jun18SNw 037 Unlocking the TRUE potential of ERP -- 100 x the norm Created by James Robertson on 6/18/2013 3:53:30 PM
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Jun11SNw 038 The future of ERP -- 50 years on Created by James Robertson on 6/11/2013 11:44:22 AM This article examines where ERP and Business Information Systems will be in fifty years time
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Jun13SNw 003 Measuring Competitive Performance (Part 2) Created by James Robertson on 6/13/2013 2:33:11 PM
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Jun13SNw 013 Critical I.T. Issues in 2007 Created by James Robertson on 6/13/2013 1:12:58 PM
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Jun12SNw 026 The Power of an Executive with a Blank Sheet of Paper Created by James Robertson on 6/12/2013 11:41:19 AM
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Jun13SNw 005 Determining Strategy Created by James Robertson on 6/13/2013 2:24:52 PM
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Sep11SNw 058 The Critical Human Foundation Created by James Robertson on 9/11/2014 3:14:34 PM Everything we do with business information systems and is dependent on people. This articles addre...
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Aug18SNw 048 Robust Procurement: Part 2 -- Bill of Services, Laboratory, Go-live Certificate, etc Created by James Robertson on 8/18/2014 7:33:22 AM The importance of a formal bill of services, a business simulation laboratory, the issue of formal c...
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Jun12SNw 023 What is computer software? REALLY? and ERP? And what determines the sustainability and maintainability of business software? Created by James Robertson on 6/12/2013 11:16:32 AM Many people have mistaken ideas regarding what constitutes computer software. This article seeks to...
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