Enterprise software – Buy or Build? Traditional IT departments are having a very tough time at the moment, and in many companies, the level of satisfaction in IT is at an all time low. One of the problems is that for years, business process owners have had to go through the rigmarole of working with…
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The Outlook is good In my last article I ranted on about how easy-of-use was one of the most critical aspects involved when choosing software, but often all RFQs give is a cursory mention or couple of marks. For me, the fact that the software can be used by the users is kind of the point,…
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Flip a coin to choose which software to buy Study after study shows us that the chances of getting value from your document management system is 50/50. That’s right 50% of people get it right, and 50% choose the wrong solution. Now, if you have just spent a King’s ransom deploying, coding and rolling out…
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Why OnBase is Leg-Mecc-Tric! Every year, I wait with bated breath for the latest version of Onbase. Like a seven-year-old on Christmas Eve, I am expecting to receive more presents that I can possibly cope with, and maybe this year it will also be a new bike as well? OK, apart from a bit of oversharing…
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Has your No.1 priority changed? Part One Have your business priorities changed in 2018? In a recent survey of IT executives conducted by a very well known global consulting firm, the top priority cited by nearly a quarter of over 2,000 leading executives is growth. This was followed shortly by business transformation or digital transformation.…
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Imagine your whole accounts team being replaced by robots! Does this fill you full of dread or delight? Ironically, when you chat about this in a company, it is often the accounts team themselves that say that this would be great news, whilst other departments feign mock horror. Most people then joke that you couldn’t…
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CLIC Sargent visit Twofold Ltd 10th May 2018 I was delighted to be asked to speak at the kick off of our relationship with CLIC Sargent. As I explained to our team, my family has been devastated by cancer. Over a period of five years I lost a father-in-law, a mother-in-law, and my own…
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The spreadsheet has run accounting departments for 50 years and seen off ERPs, accounting systems and paper. The real beauty of the spreadsheet is that it is authored, updated, changed and published by us. We don’t need IT or an external consultant we just open up a fresh page and have 1,048,576 rows and 16,384…
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Are your Accounting Processes out of date? Over the years I have worked with many accounting professionals with ICAEW, ACCA and CIMA qualifications, and I have discovered the following trends with regards to their accounting processes. Majority of firms are here Robotic Process Automation and Artificial intelligence is sweeping through accounts departments…
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An 8 Point Guide to deciding which processes to give to your robot So many organisations are looking at, or have started to implement Robotic Process Automation, but not all robots are created equal, and not all processes are ideal to be replaced. So how do you know which tools to use, and what processes…
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Understanding the risks – the four key areas Many of our Twofold customers ask us how we can help them meet their GDPR requirements. The good news is that the same set of solutions that you use to make your processes more efficient can also be used to help you meet the regulations. First…
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How do your business priorities stack up to the top 5? As every organisation prepares to be replaced by another division of Amazon, it is traditional in January to look ahead to see what trends will be impacting your business and where you should focus your strategy this year. As I look to the key…
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Is your company past its sell by date? Over the last few decades I have had the privilege of seeing and working with some phenominal companies. As a supplier or customer, you just know when a business is destined for greatness. You feel the passion dripping from every employee on a shared mission to…
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Looking for the perfect employee? Try this candidate, they are happy to work 24 by 7 for 365 days a year without holiday or lunch breaks. They are particularly skilled in capturing information and placing it into the correct back end system.
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Issac Asimov formulated the 3 laws which governed robots and the very first said that a Robot must not harm a human. But he didn’t say anything about it taking our jobs!
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This year the LEGALEX show was held on the 28th and 29th of March, and Twofold were there answering one simple question….
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