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Earlier this week I had my bi-annual visit to the dentist. I learned the hard way years ago when I put off going to the dentist for ten years and ended up making a sizable contribution to the new deck on his weekender at Whale Beach! Thankfully the nett result…

End-of-Financial-Year Frenzy: Time to Fix Your Systems The end of the financial year (EOFY) is a time of inevitable stress for many businesses. There's a frantic rush to finalize accounts, prepare tax returns, and perhaps squeeze in some strategic spending. Yet, the true opportunity lies in transforming how your business…

Back in the late 1980s a popular television program, built on the premise that a man could solve tricky problems and escape captivity with nothing but chewing gum, salt and a business card, gave rise to a whole new term. The amazing ability of the main character to save the…

While accessorising your favourite outfit with great shoes or some fancy jewellery may actually improve the overall look, doing the same to your business software is actually more akin to putting lipstick on a pig. Many systems start as single piece of software and, as a company grows or acquires…

It was a thick A4 exercise book and it was RED. The “Red Book” was the only place to record information about the job status and all work associated with each task. Sales would be the first to enter information into the “Red Book”, Operations would maintain it and Finance…

JANE (loudly across office): Hey Bob, there are two documents in the folder on the G Drive. Which one should I be using ... V.4.1 or "V.4.1_Final"? BOB: It was Final but I think Jim may have reverted to the other one again this morning. We were talking about it…

When we speak with owners and senior managers of SME’s about their business, the conversation is about their specific plans and goals with a focus on the challenges and pains they are experiencing due to their existing business processes. We actually start the discussion by identifying where they are up…

I’m back from Suiteworld and still find the breadth and depth of the Netsuite solution and ecosystem absolutely incredible. Six years ago at my first Suiteworld there were about 350 delegates and this year topped out at 9000. Netsuite’s annual revenue has grown form $US160 million to $US960 million in…

It seems that everywhere we turn these days we’re faced with smaller, slimmer, faster technology. It’s all around us. It’s on our wrist, in our pocket, on billboards and bus shelters. The digital age isn’t just this imaginary concept that business people think about and conceptualise, it’s truly become part…