17 January, 2023 Thanks to our customers and partners for making 2022 the biggest year for ICG yet. We are expecting 2023 to be another great year for our manufacturing and banking verticals. ICG continues to invest in staff and partnerships that provide value and great customer service to our core customer base. Below are ICG’s three areas of focus for 2023:.1.Fourth Shift ERP and VISUAL ERP customers are key to ICG’s business.ICG is dedicated to supporting both ERP communities.– For the Fourth Shifters, we are excited about Tableau’s BI/KPI capabilities, and MFGStream’s enhanced functionality to replace VisiBar and VisiWatch.–...

14 January, 2023 ICG’s first focus for 2023 is that Fourth Shift ERP and VISUAL ERP customers are key to the success of ICG’s business. In an earlier blog, we reviewed our 3 cores areas of focus for this year. ICG remains committed to our legacy ERP customers. And we have a number of product and service enhancements that we believe are beneficial to those customer bases. The first is MFGStream. MFGStream is our recommendation for next generation data collection & process automation. This is because it offers unparalleled flexibility. It is device- and manufacturing software-agnostic. And, it runs on...

12 January, 2023 ICG’s third focus for 2023 is that your IT department is critical to the overall success of your business. We discussed this briefly in an earlier blog. Now we will take a deeper dive into what that really means. ICG has decades of experience with technology, and we’ve always had a security-first approach. For IT we focus on: Architecture – IT Process – End User Applications, Infrastructure Maintenance & Administration. These in turn underpin all business operations. And it’s important for that technology to be secure and to be resilient. It must be able to withstand internal...

11 January, 2023 ICG’s second focus for 2023 is that Acumatica Cloud ERP is the 21st Century ERP for manufacturers and distributors. We talked about this at a high level in an earlier blog. Roger Weidel, our Sales Director, has spent over 40 years working with manufacturers and manufacturing systems. Along with the rest of the ICG leadership team, Roger spent a significant amount of time evaluating move-forward ERP options. ICG continues to support all customers for whom their legacy ERP is still the best option. However, for those in need of a more modern platform, Roger is aligned with...

05 January, 2023 Credit unions, banks and other financial institutions rely on technology to serve their customers efficiently and effectively. Over the past decade, shifting needs and growing expectations of modern consumers have driven the development of new technologies, software, and applications that change the delivery of banking services. These new technologies necessitate a properly architected foundation and increased focus on security and compliance. The ever-tightening labor market makes it difficult to find and retain top information technology (IT) talent. Meanwhile, financial institutions are adopting increasingly intricate business processes and systems. As a result, internal teams struggle to respond to...