ceoTechCast tag:,2009:/3 2009-12-01T00:17:58Z CEO TechCast...a podcast focusing on technology's impact on your bottom line. Movable Type 3.34 Show # 19 - My Five Favorite Needs Analysis Questions and What the Answers Tell You tag:ceoTechCast.com,2009://3.320 2009-11-30T23:32:45Z 2009-12-01T00:17:58Z This show includes my five favorite needs analysis questions and what they tell you about your business, some news about Sage Software's ACCPAC and Pro products, and Edwin Derricutt singing Cold as Ice from music.podshow.com. Here are the five questions:... Bob Palmer http://www.dgginc.com music.podshow.com. Here are the five questions:
  • What do you like about your current system?
  • What would you change about the current system if you could?
  • If you had a one or two page report that told you how healthy your business was now and how it would likely do in the future, what would be on that report?
  • Are there things you sometimes overlook or miss in your business? What kinds of business surprises have you gotten lately?
  • Are you using Excel, ACCESS, or Word to manipulate data in your business? What kinds of reporting or analysis are you doing with these tools?
Visit our website at ceotechcast.com for more information, or check out Data Guidance Group’s website at www.dgginc.com. Leave feedback at 1-901-405-0536 or send an email to ceoTechCast@gmail.com.

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]]> Show # 18 What Technology Investments Should You Make? tag:ceoTechCast.com,2009://3.317 2009-09-18T23:47:00Z 2009-09-19T14:09:20Z In this show, we’ll talk about what technology investments usually make sense at each stage of business growth. If you haven’t listened to ceoTechCast 17, you might want to review it before listening to this cast. It presents the details... Bob Palmer http://www.dgginc.com music.podshow.com. Visit our website at ceotechcast.com for more information, or check out Data Guidance Group’s website at www.dgginc.com. http://www.remittancedirectory.com/docs/USAA081109.pdf - USAA product to deposit checks from an iPhone. http://www.selfserviceworld.com/article.php?id=22194 – NCR’s version of the phone deposit technology. http://www.miteksystems.com/ImageNet_PhotoVideo.asp - Mitek Systems seems to be the company with the main technology at the center of the phone deposit news. http://www.salesforce.com - Salesforce.com new Contact Manager for $9/user/mo. http://www.act.com/products/index.cfm - various ACT! contact manager versions

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]]> Show # 17 - Stages of Business Growth - Using Technology to Grow tag:ceoTechCast.com,2009://3.305 2009-07-26T00:28:58Z 2009-07-26T00:34:51Z In this show, we’ll talk about the stages of business growth, and what your business might look like in each of the stages. Although a good bit of the literature talks about stages of business growth, these aren’t intended to... Bob Palmer http://www.dgginc.com
We will also talk briefly about Quicken, QuickBooks, and Quick Books Enterprise Solution in this show.

We’ll be playing Out There by Caren Kennedy from music.podshow.com.

Visit our website at ceotechcast.com for more information, or check out Data Guidance Group’s website at www.dgginc.com. You can order On-Target Technology at Amazon.com. Visit us at ceoTechCast. Download our Guide to Selecting Business Software to help in your ERP Software selection guide at http://www.erpsoftwareguide.com.

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]]> Show # 16 - Developing and Implementing Strategy for Technology tag:ceoTechCast.com,2009://3.301 2009-05-01T23:03:15Z 2009-05-27T23:27:10Z In 2004, I wrote about how to develop technology strategy in the book On-Target Technology. As some of the people who read it noticed, it wasn’t a what-to-do book, it was a how-to-do book. It discussed current strategy and how... Bob Palmer http://www.dgginc.com
This cast will cover strategy in general and some specific techniques for developing strategy. Strategy is one of those things that can be difficult to define. People know it when they see it, but it is often hard to detect. We will talk about the one plus three stages of strategy formation: Pre-test, Set Objectives, Revise Business Processes, and Implement. These stages also work well for developing and implementing strategy that doesn’t involve technology.

In the next cast, we’ll talk about assessing where your business is and what technologies are typically important for a business in that stage. Check out Geoff Smith’s music at music.podshow.com. You can order On-Target Technology at Amazon.com. Visit us at ceoTechCast. Download our Guide to Selecting Business Software to help in your ERP Software selection guide at http://www.erpsoftwareguide.com.

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]]> Show # 15 - Business Intelligence Tools for Better Business Decisions tag:ceoTechCast.com,2009://3.293 2009-02-13T22:57:10Z 2009-03-30T23:02:51Z Implementing a business intelligence (BI) system requires three basic components: (a) Attention to the availability, form, and reliability of the data, (b) Application of business rules, formulae, or transformations, and (c) presentation in a report, chart, or combination of forms... Bob Palmer http://www.dgginc.com Three kinds of tools needed
  • Data manipulation
    • Goal: Trigger knowledge of what to look at in more detail
    • Transactional data needed in summary
    • Need to crosstabulate data (sales of items by salesperson)
    • Need to identify missing data (which items or categories were NOT sold to particular customers)
    • Trend identification (curve fitting or trend analysis, time series analysis)
    • Projections
    • Pivot tables (multiple dimensions of analysis)
  • Graphical presentation
  • portal (presentation)
Other considerations: security, access device BI products you find everywhere: Microsoft Office: ACCESS Suggestions from Microsoft on when to use ACCESS and when to use EXCEL: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/access/HA102101951033.aspx Excel: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2005/oct05/10-23bilaunchpr.mspx http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Charles/Business-Intelligence-in-Excel-2007/ http://www.vertex42.com/ExcelArticles/excel-dashboards.html Crystal Reports: http://www.businessobjects.com/product/qra/reporting.asp Excelsius: http://www.businessobjects.com/product/information_delivery/dashboards_visualization.asp Advanced: Performance Point server: https://connect.microsoft.com/site/sitehome.aspx?SiteID=181&wa=wsignin1.0 (requires signin and survey) BusinessObjects Edge for Small/Midsized business: http://www.businessobjects.com/product/catalog/edge/ Things You Forget discusses keeping your email secure. Brobdingnagian Bards playing Like A Hobbit In A Mushroom Field from music.podshow.com. Check them out at music.podshow.com. Download our Guide to Selecting Business Software to help in your ERP Software selection guide at http://www.erpsoftwareguide.com.

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]]> Show # 14 - How to Present Management Information tag:ceoTechCast.com,2008://3.282 2008-09-12T01:34:24Z 2008-09-12T02:10:02Z This is the second TechCast covering business information and business intelligence. The main segment is on presentation of information for management use. Business information systems including ERP decision support systems and management information systems are included. Types of information are... Bob Palmer http://www.dgginc.com It’s Funny Sometimes from music.podshow.com. Check Derek out at music.podshow.com. Download our Guide to Selecting Business Software to help in your ERP Software selection guide at http://www.erpsoftwareguide.com.

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]]> Show #13: What information do you need to run your business? tag:ceoTechCast.com,2008://3.278 2008-07-28T21:47:43Z 2008-07-29T17:38:35Z In this show, we’ll discuss a security news item, discuss the new version of Sage ACCPAC ERP: version 5.5, hear the newly revised segment “things you forget,” and begin a series on management information in computing. We’ll also hear the... Bob Palmer http://www.dgginc.com

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]]> Show # 12 - Business Process Design tag:ceoTechCast.com,2008://3.273 2008-05-09T19:07:39Z 2008-05-10T00:27:43Z Business Processes are increasingly being recognized as the way to think about implementation of ERP systems, and computer systems in general. Many business issues arise from bad business processes. This ceoTechCast Show discusses a simple way to think about business... Bob Palmer http://www.dgginc.com here. Look at the bottom of the page where you can download the notes from the Roundtable and a MindManager mindmap. You can also find a demo of MindManager (a brainstorming tool) on the MindJet downloads page. The music for this show is from music.podshow.com by Jake Coco and is titled Daddy's Eyes.

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]]> Show #11 - 5 Plus 1 Reasons NOT TO DO an RFP for ERP Software tag:ceoTechCast.com,2008://3.269 2008-04-14T19:08:24Z 2008-04-14T19:54:13Z This show covers five plus one reasons that you should not use an RFP to select ERP software. Please remember that this podcast is CEO TechCast, not IT Manager or CIO TechCast. If you're in IT, we know that you're... Bob Palmer http://www.dgginc.com Nine Whole Lives. Hope you enjoy it. Also, you might want to order a copy of our Guide To Selecting Business Software. It's free and direct to your email box. Enjoy!

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]]> Show #10 - Doing RFPs for Software tag:ceoTechCast.com,2008://3.267 2008-03-19T15:31:59Z 2008-03-19T17:19:41Z The current episode of CEO TechCast, DGG's podcast includes a new format. This episode includes Twelve suggestions for a software RFP. If you're considering a new software selection, you may be thinking about doing an RFP. Most companies that rely... Bob Palmer http://www.dgginc.com
  • Base it on a needs analysis. For more information about what goes into a needs analysis, listen to shows three and four.
  • Include all the detail you gather during the needs analysis process even if it seems extraneous.
  • Have a review by someone who knows the type of software you are writing the RFP for. This person should be able to identify places in the RFP where you need more detail.
    • Music in this episode is by the Brian Seltzer Orchestra. The song is One More Night With You. Links: Music: http://music.podshow.com Download the Guide to Selecting Business Software at http://www.erpsoftwareguide.com.

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    ]]>     Show #9 - Barcode and RFID in ERP and Accounting Systems tag:ceoTechCast.com,2007://3.233 2007-09-14T16:08:25Z 2007-09-17T19:28:40Z In this show, we will talk about using barcode and RFID in ERP and accounting systems. I'll share an odd piece of feedback from the feedback line at +1 (901) 405-0536. We'll talk about 3-d printers from Z Corp,... Bob Palmer http://www.dgginc.com NAS%20Device%20%231.jpg In this show, we will talk about using barcode and RFID in ERP and accounting systems. I'll share an odd piece of feedback from the feedback line at +1 (901) 405-0536. We'll talk about 3-d printers from Z Corp, as well as the 3-D printer you can build at home. If you have a small office and are just interested in sharing files, there's a great new alternative to having a server called a NAS or network attached storage. Check out the PC Magazine review. We'll talk about these in Tech News. There's new news running around that Microsoft Update is patching files on computer systems without authorization we'll talk about in the Tech Geek Report. Kellylee Evans sings "How Can You Get Along Without Me?" You can find more by Kellylee at music.podshow.com

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    ]]>     Show #8: Old Technology Can Hold You Back: Things You Can Do With Technology To Make Business Work Better tag:ceoTechCast.com,2007://3.222 2007-07-13T01:04:03Z 2007-07-13T01:06:27Z 00:03 Introduction 03:01 News 10:40 Skybridge singing "Cedar" from the Podcast Music Network at music.podshow.com 11:21 Tech Geek Report 15:57 ERP News Intro - 1b 20:47 Main Segment 31:56 Smart Bomb Radio - Mac vs Pc 2 - from music.podshow.com... Bob Palmer http://www.dgginc.com

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    ]]>     Show #7: Technology and Business: Technology and Computers Are Not Always the Best Answer tag:ceoTechCast.com,2007://3.215 2007-06-16T15:16:23Z 2007-06-16T15:23:02Z In this show..GPLv3 affects Novell/Microsoft Deal…when can you safely delete email?...an update on the effect of Microsoft discontinuing Visual Foxpro after V9 on Accountmate…music from the group bill at music.podshow.com…More on GPLv3…an open source utility for viral marketing tracking…Quickbooks server... Bob Palmer http://www.dgginc.com Podsafe Music Network Forward Track Viral Email Tracking Open Source Software

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    ]]>     Show #6: How can ERP Software Benefit Your Distribution Business? tag:ceoTechCast.com,2007://3.201 2007-05-05T00:09:20Z 2007-05-05T00:13:20Z In this show, we talk about the updated CEO Techcast site, Steve Jobs' victory over DRM. Amy Ayres sings My Place from the Podsafe Music Network at music.podshow.com. A Windows and DOS guy experiments with Debian 4.0. The Seven Benefits... Bob Palmer http://www.dgginc.com

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    ]]>     Show #5: Finishing Needs Analysis, and the Guide To Selecting Business Software tag:ceoTechCast.com,2007://3.191 2007-04-12T14:50:54Z 2007-04-29T02:45:38Z In this show: AICPA's Top Ten Technologies, DGG's Top Technologies, Things You Forget on Password Policies, Finishing Up Needs Analysis, The Guide To Selecting Business Software, and Katy Pfaffl (rhymes with Waffle) singing "Breathe" Links: AICPA 2007 Top 10 Technology... Bob Palmer http://www.dgginc.com AICPA 2007 Top 10 Technology Initiatives

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