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Withum’s Joe Riccie welcomes Finexio’s Founder and CEO, Ernest Rolfson as they discuss today’s payment challenges in multiple industries and controls and why traditional payment processes are slowing down operations and causing lost labor time. 

They provide feedback on benefits of B2B electronification and adding intelligence and automation to accounts payable to drive innovation, process improvement and payment adoption.  

Considering a merger or acquisition? In this episode Kim Gordon and Wally Merkas discuss M&A activities from the buyer side when it comes to IT due diligence. 

What should the acquirer think about regarding their target’s IT systems? How do they assess and mitigate overall risk of the acquisition? Listen in for questions to ask and best strategies to consider. 

Kim Gordon and Wally Merkas welcome back Dave and Brad from Slatwall to break down challenges of implementing an ecommerce project. They address where to start, the internal resources you’ll need, the state of your data, storefront and project scope, cost and much more.  

In this episode, featuring our guests Dave Crouch and Brad Gustavesen from Slatwall Commerce, we look at headless commerce and the functionality and flexibility it provides to B2B ecommerce. 

Take a listen to learn what headless commerce is, how you can leverage existing systems without having to replace or highly customize them and what it can bring to the table for your business.  

Dave Crouch and Brad Gustavesen from Slatwall Commerce join Kim Gordon and Wally Merkas to talk about the pressure distributors are facing to go digital. Mid-market distributors and manufacturers are struggling to get information on the supply side and the demand side as customer expectations are changing. 

Hear their take on current challenges in B2B commerce and why there is such a demand to provide a digital channel to customers.  

Kim Gordon continues our discussion on project management with Walter Merkas and Yaffa Rabkin. What role does a successful project manager play in an ERP implementation project and what skills do they need to employ to keep the project on track? Find out in this episode.

In this episode, we shift gears and look at project management when it relates to ERP implementations. ERP implementation projects vary in complexity and may require adaptability of your project management approach. 

Kim Gordon, Walter Merkas and Yaffa Rabkin share insights around setting goals, project approaches and what does “done” really look like for this type of project with varying complexities. Take a listen to gain best practices to make your ERP implementation project a success.

Today’s state of operations in food and beverage manufacturing companies has created a need for leadership to evaluate their core ERP systems.

In this episode, Walter Merkas welcomes back Steve Gignac and John Shepperson from SWK Technologies to share what they’re seeing in the marketplace and discuss the impacts of outdated technology on evolving consumer expectations.

To wrap up our series on the food and beverage industry, Kim Gordon sits down with Steve Gignac, Director of Solution Architecture of Enterprise Solutions, and John Shepperson, Senior VP Business Development for SWK Technologies to examine the uncertainty across the industry today. 

They discuss how business models are changing, assess the state of the food industry and introduce ideas for planning and preparing for change.

Withum's Kim Gordon welcomes back John Shepperson, Senior VP Business Development and Joe Tortorella, Solution Architect, from SWK Technologies, to talk about the importance of inventory visibility for your business. 

They cover how to identify visibility issues, why you need increased visibility and benefits, blockers and challenges faced when trying to increase visibility, whether certain technology help achieve smart and effective inventory planning.