Adeaca Blog – Thoughts on doing Project Business in the Real-Time Economy
The Lean Project Enterprise – Making the Case
In a prior blog, Separation of Operations, Finance and ERP is Seriously Holding Back Project Industries, I wrote about the sorry state of project industries and their structural problems. In [...]
Separation of Operations, Finance and ERP is Seriously Holding Back Project Industries
Having been involved in designing major ERP systems for more than 30 years, it still surprises me how much project industries are stuck in the early 1990s, in a pre-internet [...]
ICM Adds $400,000 to the Bottom Line with ADEACA Project Management ERP
ICM cuts ERP costs by more than $400,000 while streamlining enterprise project management with ADEACA. ICM makes ethanol production more efficient for manufacturers around the world. ICM, Inc. also improves [...]
Getting Control Over and Growing Your Medium-Sized Project Business
So, you are a medium-sized project-based business. When your company was small it was easy to understand everything that was happening and control your business processes. Even though you may [...]
Don’t get mired in the ERP customization swamp … again!
Recently, I was speaking with a representative from a potential customer whose story is not unlike many others in his industry. The potential client is a large engineering firm that [...]
What the Real-Time Economy Means for Project-Based Companies
The new key to success for project-based companies is being able to continuously monitor their entire portfolio and react instantly when changes occur so they can deliver their projects on [...]
You should worry more about the information you pass on to your board!
As CEO you soon lose touch with the day-to-day workings of your company. Articulating and communicating a clear strategy; establishing the right structures and processes; selecting and managing the right [...]
Construction Companies Must Standardize Systems for Better Performance Management
Continuing our McKinsey & Co. blog series on how to build better megaprojects, I’m going to delve into another reason the construction industry often fails to bring projects in on [...]
The Importance of Self-Service BI for CEOs
As CEO, you’re constantly faced with having to make the tough decisions for your company. To make the best decisions, you need accurate, reliable and timely information. The problem is [...]