Bader Mansour

In this article, we discuss data replication, the process of copying data from one location to another, as it seems this trend is coming back into fashion. Many companies are now moving their ERP systems into the cloud, which results in them losing the visibility of their own database, so they create a process of creating a data repository to run reports and analytics. Data replication is not a new concept; I began working with ERP systems in 1991. One…

The only thing I miss from the old days of writing and delivering reports to end-users is the joy these reports bring to users and the looks on their faces when they see the reports for the time. Right now, the people bringing the good news to the ERP users are the power-users who work with NAZDAQ’s tools, namely B2Win Suite. That’s why IT people that oversee B2Win Suite are usually happy people. 

The use of Excel is debated within large organizations that use ERP systems: some IT directors are strongly anti-Excel because of the potential of errors and islands of information it might create. However, practically, and because the world of data processing is imperfect, more than 90% of companies use Excel extensively for data calculations.One common business process for companies is to use Excel for consolidating reports that come from different set of sources. Here are some examples of where this…

Output Management System (OMS) is software that improves the creation, delivery, storage, and retrieval of outbound communications from systems like ERP, CRM, insurance, banking, billing, and other business systems. Recently, Gartner has broadened the name to Customer Communications Management (CCM) and defines it as “software as both a strategy and a market”. Other popular names for OMS are: Overlay Printing Form Designer Form Printing OMS software (CCM) is a collection of computer applications that performs the following on content from…