{"id":9258,"date":"2015-06-29T13:57:14","date_gmt":"2015-06-29T18:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/?p=9258"},"modified":"2015-06-29T16:58:46","modified_gmt":"2015-06-29T21:58:46","slug":"learn-how-other-companies-deliver-custom-erp-reporting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/learn-how-other-companies-deliver-custom-erp-reporting\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn how other companies deliver custom ERP reporting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-725\" alt=\"Education\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Education.jpg\" width=\"76\" height=\"100\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><em>Summary: ERP systems rarely provide a perfect fit for your company&#8217;s unique reporting needs. The problem is, you&#8217;re stuck in something of a \u201cCatch-22.\u201d If you don\u2019t customize the system, it won\u2019t perfectly fit your needs. If you do customize it, you\u2019re locked into that system. In this article, you\u2019ll learn how other businesses are creating custom reporting over their ERP systems, without locking themselves down.<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<a name=\"20150626\"><\/a><!--more--><br \/>\nIf your organization runs an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system, let me ask you a question: Does it fit your company\u2019s unique reporting needs? <\/p>\n<p>If the answer is, \u201cNo.\u201d or &#8220;Not always.&#8221;, read on. <\/p>\n<p>The fact is, reporting is one of the most common problems with ERP systems. The system doesn\u2019t offer the reporting options you need, or doesn\u2019t output the data in the way you\u2019d like.<\/p>\n<p>The result: You\u2019re stuck pulling data out of your ERP system and manually generating reports with other tools&#8211;usually Excel. This process wastes time, leads to data errors, and doesn\u2019t deliver real-time reports. <\/p>\n<p>Would you like to deliver custom, real-time reporting from your ERP system&#8211;without altering the system itself? <\/p>\n<p>Today, I\u2019d like to share some great examples of companies struggling with this very problem&#8211;and how they fixed it. <\/p>\n<p><a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Inside Link', 'Philip Dennis']); \" href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/customers\/philipdennis.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #1772af; font: normal bold 12pt\/1.2em Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;\">Philip Dennis Foodservice delivers real-time ERP data to their users<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nPhilip Dennis Foodservice couldn\u2019t get the information they needed out of their Chorus ERP system. They found themselves relying on Excel for too much daily reporting. Learn how they addressed this problem, and <a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Inside Link', 'Philip Dennis']); \" href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/customers\/philipdennis.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: red;font-weight: bold\">delivered real-time ERP data directly to their users<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Inside Link', 'Ermco']); \" href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/customers\/ermco.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #1772af; font: normal bold 12pt\/1.2em Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;\">ERMCO finds a multi-platform, end-user reporting tool<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nERMCO\u2019s end users couldn\u2019t create their own reports. Instead, they relied on the MIS department for reporting&#8211;a process that often required days, depending on their schedule. Learn how they <a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Inside Link', 'Ermco']); \" href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/customers\/ermco.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: red;font-weight: bold\">delivered end-user reporting over multiple platforms<\/span><\/a> (Optimum Solutions and Friedman Frontier ERP), and across different departments.<\/p>\n<p><a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Inside Link', 'Ermco']); \" href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/customers\/hutchinson.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #1772af; font: normal bold 12pt\/1.2em Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;\">Hutchinsons gains instant access to their ERP data<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nRunning on an M3 ERP system, Hutchinsons needed an easy way to access their data. They realized they were spending too much time extracting and collating ERP data into spreadsheets. Learn how they <a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Inside Link', 'Hutchinson']); \" href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/customers\/hutchinson.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: red;font-weight: bold\">eliminated these time-consuming Excel reporting tasks<\/span><\/a>, and put data at their user\u2019s fingertips.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re facing a similar problem, hopefully these stories inspire you. You can deliver customized reporting over your ERP software, without modifying the underlying system at all&#8211;and that&#8217;s just the tip of the iceberg. To better understand all of the different ways you can enhance your ERP system, <a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Inside Link', 'ERP PDF']); \" href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/research\/21waysmPowerImprovesERP.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: red;font-weight: bold\">check out this paper<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary: ERP systems rarely provide a perfect fit for your company&#8217;s unique reporting needs. The problem is, you&#8217;re stuck in something of a \u201cCatch-22.\u201d If you don\u2019t customize the system, it won\u2019t perfectly fit your needs. If you do customize it, you\u2019re locked into that system. In this article, you\u2019ll learn how other businesses are &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/learn-how-other-companies-deliver-custom-erp-reporting\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Learn how other companies deliver custom ERP reporting<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","slim_seo":{"title":"Learn how other companies deliver custom ERP reporting - mrc&#039;s Cup of Joe Blog","description":"Summary: ERP systems rarely provide a perfect fit for your company's unique reporting needs. 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