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Operations – Pawel Jankowski
Why good ERP systems fail in real life
I recently had a conversation with an experienced consultant about ERP systems. He said something simple, but very true: Most ERP software is actually good. The problem is not always the software.The…
From Hours to Minutes: Fix the Data Where It Starts
A 2-3 hour process of creating loading documents, cut to a few minutes. No extra staff. No AI. Just a simple mobile app and a small change to where the data starts.
Three Questions That Expose a Cash Flow Problem
Optimising cash flow often starts with optimising throughput. If you can't answer these three questions in ten minutes, you don't have a cash flow problem yet, you have a visibility problem.
The Phone Call Every Workshop Owner Knows
"Hi, just checking, any update on my order?" The problem isn't the customer. The problem is that nobody in the building can answer in under ten seconds.
The Most Convincing Bottleneck Is Often the Wrong One
A sofa factory automated its carpentry department with an expensive robot. Throughput barely moved. The bottleneck everyone agreed on was never the real problem.
Operational Problems Don’t Announce Themselves
They don't show up as system issues. They show up as small, annoying losses everyone accepts as normal, until projects overlap and the cost is already baked in.