Organizations across the world have benefitted from the use of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solutions for more than 50 years. They have taken advantage of business practice standardization, system integration, and efficient reporting capabilities. For many reasons including competing priorities, limited resources, and increased accountability, more and more school districts are also moving in that…

School districts, with all their stakeholders and competing priorities, develop comprehensive strategic plans to help drive the organization forward in a unified way. A school district will gather all pertinent information, develop, and clearly state its strategic plan. Once the mission is analyzed, and goals are defined, Key Performance Indicators (KPI) can be identified to…

What kinds of change do we see currently happening in the K-12 education space? At the moment, perhaps one of the biggest is the automation of many paper-based processes while using Cloud platforms to automate these processes. This includes student facing- applications, as well as back office programs including procurement and payroll. SO, HOW’S IT…

What is FFCRA coverage? The Families First Coronavirus Response Act, or FFCRA, was passed on March 18, 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was implemented to provide paid leave to employees affected by COVID-19 related incidents from April 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020. The FFCRA provides refundable tax credits for employers to help…

Cloud applications offer good scalability, huge flexibility, cost reduction, decreased operational overhead, and reliability, but they also present a range of operational and organizational challenges. Security concerns Migrating from legacy systems to the cloud requires substantial resources and a well-proven plan, to avoid any slippage through the cracks. In addition to that, government organizations might encounter…

Binge-watching is a huge trend lately, and while binging’ recently I stumbled upon an interesting documentary series on World War II. The event should never have happened, but we all know the reality is, it did. This documentary clearly outlined the devastation around the event. But it also highlighted the strategy and innovation that the…

The Cloud has taken the business world by storm—and with good reason. It delivers powerful operational and organizational benefits, including scale, lower cost, agility, and increased security. According to SG Analytics, 94% of today’s enterprises already use Cloud services. But embracing the Cloud brings tough Enterprise Resource Planning software integration challenges. Beating these ERP systems’ challenges…

Most K-12 school districts have more items on their To-Do lists than funding to complete them, and the gap between the two grows daily, especially with the added complexities of a pandemic. Yet, an often-overlooked funding source is the federal government’s E-rate program, which provides schools with discounts for technology purchases. Securing the money can be a…