ERP – or enterprise resource planning – is a term thrown around fairly often when discussing the operations of a business. The focus of ERP is to improve efficiency by seeking insight into where resources are allocated and improving how they are being utilized. To develop a full picture of where resourcing is currently, analysis and planning needs to be done across verticals – from finance to human resources, from distribution to procurement.

There’s no question that the internet has forever revolutionized the way we communicate. Gone are the days where we’d write letters to relatives to see how they were doing — having to wait days if not weeks to hear back. In fact, many of us don’t even make phone calls or send emails anymore. There are just so many better online options that the digital world has brought us to the point where legacy communication methods have become increasingly obscure year after year.

You have the perfect product and competitive pricing to carve a special place for your brand in the market. The reactions and verdict from customers and critics are in, and your product is an instant favorite. However, no matter how pathbreaking the product or service is, your company’s customer perception is only as good as the support you offer. So what’s the best way to increase the likelihood of your customers staying with your company? It’s all about your customer service plan.

We know that what customers value most today is transparency and user experience. With this in mind, we have created Shared Reports, a tool that allows you to create professional time reports with high visual impact in a few minutes, so that you can share them with your clients. It is a fact that, as a freelancer or SMB, you probably spend most of your time on “client work”.

Digitalization has had profound effects on existing employee functions such as assistants or corporate secretaries. Some see emerging technologies brought about by rapid digitalization can potentially render certain roles futile. On the flip side, they also offer a wealth of opportunities to redefine or improve people’s work. Digitalization has triggered the improvement of various processes in business operations. The boards also experienced this improvement as they went digital.

Searching for excellent team productivity apps? Team productivity tools help boost your team’s productivity by streamlining communication and online collaboration. However, they also offer other features like time tracking, note-taking, and project management. So, which productivity app is best for your team? In this article, we’ll cover the 15 best team productivity apps available today.

A playbook for delivering the ultimate customer service experiences The customer experience is the new marketing. That’s what Micah Solomon, best-selling author, customer service industry consultant, and Forbes contributor, asked as he opened a recent webinar based on his new book, Ignore Your Customers (and They’ll Go Away): The Simple Playbook for Delivering the Ultimate Customer Service Experience.

Since the dawn of time—when humans were still living in caves—we’ve been solving life’s problems through innovation. Back then, we invented fire and hunting spears. Today, we create things like portable toasters and wireless headphone translators to meet our needs. As a product designer, I’ve learned that great design comes down to one important thing: listening. I practice the principles of design thinking to solve problems in a human-centric way.

On February 2nd and 3rd, Shy Ruparel joined me for another Courier and Contentful crossover stream. This time, we decided to play around with an IoT E-ink display and use it to show the latest posts from Contentful and send notifications using Courier. During Tuesday's Contentful Live we started working with the newly released Adafruit MagTag. The MagTag is a 2.9" grayscale E-Ink display that can show data on its screen even when power is removed.

Last year, Atlassian announced a shift in focus to cloud and data center products. Effectively, this spells the end for Atlassian Server products, but there’s still a fair way to go before the final goodbye. Although the move to cloud may still seem daunting for some businesses, particularly those with large, well established server instances, there’s plenty of support available.