some interesting lawson ERP Food For Thought

Theresa Rice

Talent Management is Management

Posted by Theresa Rice on Apr 11th, 2013 in Lawson/Infor, Talent Management, | 0 comments

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Shockingly there is one key myth about talent management that continues to take precedence in organizations. Is talent management the job of human resource departments?
Many organizations lack processes for identifying and correcting ineffective managers. In addition to not teaching ineffective managers about effective talent management practices, these organizations fail to reward good managers for great people-management results. Placing sole responsibility on HR is another bad strategy. Talent management is management.
So what should managers and organizations do to enact best practices in talent management in their organizations? They should take the talent game seriously and make finding and growing the best talent a top priority. How should your organization improve your talent management strategy?

1. An effective hiring process should last no longer than three weeks – any longer, and candidates will leave the process. They decide to stay where they are, they find other opportunities to pursue and take other jobs. Make it a priority to keep your hiring process down to three weeks or fewer to ensure you don’t lose the best talent. Make is easy for them to find opportunities, communicate the process and make it easy for them to apply.
2. Pay market value for talent. “You get what you pay for.” This has never been truer than when it comes to paying for great talent. When the demand is high for talent and the supply continues to get lower, unless a firm has an unbelievably strong value proposition (a great reason to work for that company opposed to any other alternative), it is extremely difficult to attract “A” players.
3. Define career paths. Top performers get promoted. They set career goals and are focused on over achievement in the areas that they are measured. They are driven by what they need to do to get to the next level.
4. Adopt a performance management system! It is no longer a luxury, but rather a necessity for any company who wants to achieve success in today’s competitive market. A good system allows a company to set clearly defined goals and objectives, to track activity metrics and relevant data in a concise and timely format, and the ability to evaluate the data quickly and effectively.
5. Offer training and development. Top organizations have extensive training and development plans for every employee that not only focus on what they can do to improve their performance, but also to help them with their future career goals within the organization. Educated employees tend to take responsibility for their productivity.

how Small Businesses Can Attain Affordable help To maximize Their Lawson Environment

Every company that uses the lawson ERP is looking for ways to improve the system, or to get more out of the system, and for ways to find the most cost-effective consulting and independant services possible.  This can become a more difficult problem when a company is on the smaller side.

This is due to several factors, including budgetary restraints, lack of qualified personnel and time.  That is one area where we focus.  So I thought i'd briefly list a few key areas where hiring a consulting firm can not only help a small business leverage it's Infor Lawson ERP, but do so in a timely and affordable way.

1.ProcessFlow integrator - this is a very powerful module released by lawson that allows a company to streamline it's flow of information as well as integrate the ERP with 3rd party software.

2.Virtual System Administrator - Some smaller companies don't have the resources to sustain a full-time System Administrator on staff.  But the job is still needed.  Because of the network capabilities of the application, a virtual monitoring can be set up with a qualified consulting firm that allows the small business to have remote monitoring, upgrading and problem solving services rendered at a fraction of the cost of bringing in a specialist for every single issue.

3.On-site training workshops - In order to keep the staff up to date and the system running properly, constant training is required.  The standard is to send staff members to a remote class, thus incurring the costs of training, travel, lodging and other expenses.  by bringing in a qualified Lawson trainer, a company can save large amounts of money, time and efficiency as well as gaining in a higher level of knowledge retention.

4.Routine checkups - Even if the Lawson system is running okay right now, it can be a good idea to do a system-wide evaluation every now and then.  This helps streamline processes, uncover any hidden or impending issues, as well as gives the company an opprotunity to ensure their overall system health is in good shape.

Just a couple of quick ideas.  These are powerful methods for smaller firms to improve and enhance their all-important ERP system without breaking their banks.

Some starter links

As per my last post, here are a couple of links to some articles that I hope you will find useful.  On each of these sites, as well as others I'll post in the future, there are a lot more of these.  Please enjoy and as always, we're open to your feedback.

Top Common Issues Faced By Lawson ERP Users Part 1
http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Top-Common-Issues-Faced-By-Lawson-Clients-and-How-to-Solve-Them-Part-1&id=7564157

Part 2:
http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Top-Common-Issues-Faced-By-Lawson-Clients-and-How-to-Solve-Them-Part-2&id=7564162

An article on the value of in-house training workshops vs. remote training:
http://www.amazines.com/article_detail.cfm?articleid=5740480

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