My son recently turned 18 and he loves fast cars, so for his birthday we took him to drive a Lamborghini around a race track. Here an 18-year-old is going to drive a $250,000 car at speeds of around 120 miles per hour.
I watched him improve with each lap. What was interesting was his lack of fear while some folks in my age group drove around the track barely reaching 80 miles per hour.
If that is not intimidating as a parent, I don’t know what is.
When he was done we spoke about how cool it was to be on a racetrack to do this and to take advantage of this car while others failed to see its full potential and live the thrill it provided.
That got me thinking. We have just completed some amazing customer days across the USA and talking to our customers is such a treat. The one common theme is that our customers have a high-performance ERP system but they don’t use all the features. Our customers all perform on high performance race tracks when it comes to their businesses but they drive the high-performance ERP like it is an everyday commuter car.
SYSPRO has an amazing technology backbone that allows every business to use SYSPRO like a sports car. In many cases, customers have not stayed up to date with the progress made in the technology of a product they already own. What was very telling was that almost every customer I spoke to acknowledged they only use parts of the application and they know they can improve business excellence if they sought out how to better leverage their ERP investments.
When you have an integrated ERP like SYSPRO that performs optimally on the latest technologies just think what the possibilities are for your business if you extend the use of your ERP investment. SYSPRO has invested many hours in our technology and product, but what is not always evident is the opportunities customers have of learning new functions and making use of features that could help them.
Besides the product, SYSPRO has invested a ton of time and resources globally into creating a best of breed learning channel. The SYSPRO Learning Channel (SLC) is the perfect way to teach your ERP drivers new techniques and how to use your ERP in high gear. SYSPRO also invested global resources in producing a world class implementation methodology and many would argue that it is for new customers only. Well, I beg to differ. I know so many customers who have been on this journey with us for 10, 20 and even 30 years. When it comes time to review their business our IDEAL implementation methodology, alongside our modeling tool called SYSPRO Process Modeling, are amazing tools to replace old ERP business processes with new efficient processes.
My advice to every customer we spoke to was to get an InfoZone login. Look at what is available, see what resources there are to help you and, if necessary, contact your support companies and get them to help you.
Your business is a race track and you have a Lamborghini. Learn to drive it, exercise your skills and perfect them and tomorrow when you add another chicane or hairpin turn, look at the performance specifications and adjust your skills. Most importantly enjoy the high-performance ERP you have and keep your foot on the gas. Improve your skills and see your competitors get smaller and smaller in the rear-view mirror!
