19 August, 2021 Companion Products – Paper-Less MV2 MES for Fourth Shift  ICG offers companion products that extend the life of Fourth Shift. These companion products are fully integrated and enable your ERP to function more powerfully than ever. ICG and Paper-Less have partnered to deliver their MV2 MES (Manufacturing Execution System) for Fourth Shift customers. This is a great new choice for shop floor reporting, visibility, and control over production partners. We chose to partner with Paper-Less because they:Have decades of experience in discrete manufacturing – supporting the shop floor is all they do.They also offer a dedicated professional...

16 August, 2021 ICG’s July webinar focused on answering the question, “What are the costs to replace your ERP application?” You can view the full recording and slide deck by visiting ICG’s Resource Materials page. Or, we’ve recapped the webinar here: There is often a watershed moment that prompts replacement of the ERP. Examples may include new executive hires, acquisitions and mergers, and attrition of old staff that knew the current system. But it’s important to keep in mind potential disruptions to the business and understand how to quantify those disruptions. First, it is critical to understand WHY replacing your...

02 August, 2021 Tableau: If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it!ICG offers companion products that transform Fourth Shift ERP into 21st century software. These companion products are fully integrated and enable your ERP to function more powerfully than ever. Tableau is an easy-to-use, customizable dashboard. The Tableau platform takes data from almost any system and turning it into actionable insights with speed and ease. By putting data front and center, our customers are finding new opportunities to measure their business operations. From CEO to operations management to finance, Tableau offers fully integrated visual analytics to different segments of...

20 July, 2021 When deciding whether a business should select and implement a new ERP, a lot of the focus tends to be on the price of the software. This may be for licensing an on-premise implementation, or a subscription for a cloud implementation. Either way, this expense is a smaller part of the overall implementation price tag. With time, this number should be the only ongoing cost. But in the short-term, the software cost is just one of many cost elements to focus on. Other costs to consider:. Changes to your network platform to support the new ERPConsulting resources...

13 July, 2021 ICG’s June webinar focused on answering the question, “Are you ever done implementing ERP?” You can view the full recording and slide deck by visiting ICG’s Resource Materials page. Or, we’ve recapped the webinar here: It’s important to view every business outcome with the same approach — technology as the foundation of your business. Without a strong foundation, your business will not be solid. A big part of that solid foundation comes from having a solid ERP system (with accurate and up-to-date data). The ERP system provides the data set that allows you to measure the business....