WBSRocks: Scaling Growth with AI, Enterprise Software, and Digital Transformation
WBSRocks podcast features in-depth conversations on AI-enabled business models, customer experience, digital transformation, supply chain, eCommerce, industry 4.0, and enterprise software categories such as CRM, ERP, or analytics suites. The purpose of the show is to help CFOs, COOs, CEOs, and business owners with their daily commercial, operational, or financial challenges by taking a deep dive into business cases and processes, technology strategy and architecture, transformation initiatives, and business models. The show also offers an independent analysis of technology trends, various enterprise software vendors and solutions, and their mergers and acquisitions. Subscribe today to stay on top of digital transformation trends!
Episodes
927 episodes
WBSP477: Grow Your Business by Learning the Top KPIs for Controllers and the VP of Finance, a Live Interview w/ a Panel of Experts
Is the controller a lead accountant? Are they responsible for preparing financial reporting for a business unit? Are they responsible for planning, budgeting, and spending? Do they work with the CFOs to manage both strategic and tactical activi...
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WBSP476: Grow Your Business by Understanding Aptean bcFood’s Capabilities, an Objective Panel Discussion
While ERP consultants might put all process and food verticals under one umbrella, there are massive differences among these verticals. And some of these verticals require substantially different capabilities. The food vertical that also caters...
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WBSP475: Grow Your Business by Learning Content-driven Customer Acquisition Strategies w/ Rishabh Jain
There are several strategies that you can explore while starting on your paid media journey. You can either go general or specific, depending on your target market and the audience. But the strategy that may work for B2C might not work for B2B ...
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WBSP474: Grow Your Business by Understanding Aptean JustFood's Capabilities, an Objective Panel Discussion
What is a better choice? Go for a well-known horizontal solution. Or opt for a vertical solution that can provide the last mile functionality? What if you could get the best of both worlds? And that's where Aptean JustFood is super handy. ...
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WBSP473: Grow Your Business by Learning Kibo Commerce’s Quarterly Updates for Q1 2023, an Objective Panel Discussion
The retail industry is unique in its architecture. You have layers such as B2B and B2C. The B2C and FMCG industries have always had unique architecture, with their needs for the POS being the most important. The role of ERP was limited to just ...
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WBSP472: Grow Your Business by Learning the Top KPIs for CMOs, a Live Interview w/ a Panel of Experts
Marketing could be a time sucker if you don't track your numbers. But if you track too much, you might come across as too salesy that your prospects might not trust you. Marketing is all about the right balance. So how do you find that balance?...
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WBSP471: Grow Your Business by Understanding X-Cart’s Capabilities, an Objective Panel Discussion
There is typically a difference between open-source and commercial eCommerce platforms. While you might save a little bit on the licensing with open source, it might end up costing the same with payment processor integrations, etc. Also, there ...
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WBSP470: Grow Your Business by Understanding ERPNext’s Capabilities, an Objective Panel Discussion
The open-source systems could be as expensive as their commercial peers once you account for all the costs associated with deploying software. Also, not all open-source software is created equal. Some have great governance processes in their co...
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WBSP469: Grow Your Business by Learning How to Approach eCommerce Initiatives w/ Isaiah Bollinger
When businesses think of upgrading their capabilities, they might feel that they need to hire an agency that can help them get off the ground. Or they might feel that internally they might be able to manage the majority of work. But the reality...
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WBSP468: Grow Your Business by Learning the Top KPIs for CROs, a Live Interview w/ a Panel of Experts
CROs are responsible for meeting their numbers. Making sure their teams are hitting their quotas. Or they will struggle with their own. Also, they need to have control of the entire funnel, starting from the lead acquisition to signing the cont...
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WBSP467: Grow Your Business by Understanding OpenCart’s Capabilities, an Objective Panel Discussion
When it comes to the available options to design your storefront, there are a ton of them, whether you are looking for open-source or paid ones. Most open-source platforms have a trend. Making money by selling hosting, tightly coupling with pay...
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WBSP466: Grow Your Business by Understanding Aptean ProcessPro’s Capabilities, an Objective Panel Discussion
The process manufacturing space is complex, with several different PLM options. As well as manufacturing processes that require completely different capabilities. Food manufacturing requires things such as Yield measurement, while the process s...
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WBSP465: Grow Your Business by Learning the First Steps for Your Data Science Journey w/ Tony Aug
Finding the right system for the right job is more difficult than you would think. Most companies end up mixing the boundaries of the systems. While the journey of data science could be powerful, it’s hard to get meaningful insights that will b...
WBSP464: Grow Your Business by Learning the Top KPIs for COOs, a Live Interview w/ a Panel of Experts
Operations are all about KPIs. You need a ton of KPIs to measure efficiencies. To lead your team. To motivate them. To make sure they are moving at the optimum speed. Manufacturing or non-manufacturing ops can't operate with KPIs. Don't have go...
WBSP463: Grow Your Business by Understanding EKM Powershop’s Capabilities, an Objective Panel Discussion
The smaller eCommerce platforms might claim to be cheaper than other mainstream platforms such as Shopify or BigCommerce. They might also have claims such as not charging the transaction fee. But let's face it! Most eCommerce platforms are owne...
WBSP462: Grow Your Business by Understanding Aptean Ross’ Capabilities, an Objective Panel Discussion
The systems designed for process manufacturing differ completely from discrete manufacturing. The process manufacturing verticals are also deep into logistics and transportation management, as the regulatory bodies might need to report as part ...
WBSP461: Grow Your Business by Learning How CFOs can be Successful with ERP Projects w/ Buddy Blattner
Running a business is hard. But changing business at each inflection point could be harder. You need changes in people, processes, and technology to enable growth at each inflection point. But the hardest change management project that any orga...
WBSP460: Grow Your Business by Learning the Top KPIs for CIOs, a Live Interview w/ a Panel of Experts
Most smaller companies struggle to understand the importance of a CIO. In smaller companies, it's not uncommon to have developers, a CFO, a VP of Supply Chain, or a VP of marketing playing or claiming the role of a CIO. They might also not unde...
WBSP459: Grow Your Business by Understanding osCommerce’s Capabilities, an Objective Panel Discussion
The ecommerce shop owners are likely to be lured by the idea of open source. But once you start managing your store on an eCommerce platform, you might spend more time with technical issues than selling. osCommerce is one such platform that is ...
WBSP458: Grow Your Business by Understanding Aptean Excenta’s Capabilities, an Objective Panel Discussion
There are nuances right within the ERP system, such as most processes being driven using size, style, season, brand, and color. But then the integrations are super involved too. You have integration as thick as PLM, WMS, and a designer toolbox ...
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WBSP457: Grow Your Business by Learning the Importance of the Packing Step w/ James Malley
Most SMBs don’t understand the importance of the packing process. They might have a very serialized pick, pack, and ship process and might pack one order at a time. As companies mature, they gain efficiencies by decoupling the process steps and...
WBSP456: Grow Your Business by Learning the Top KPIs for CFOs, a Live Interview w/ a Panel of Experts
CFOs need a ton of KPIs to ensure profitability. To ensure all revenue and expenses get accounted for. To maintain the debt-to-equity ratio. To get favorable terms from the bank. To maintain the price of the stock. But doing all of this might r...
WBSP455: Grow Your Business by Understanding Vue Storefront’s Capabilities, an Objective Panel Discussion
Headless, composable, and microservices architecture could be confusing even for developers. But it gets more confusing when you look under the hood. With too many moving parts. And not a clear understanding of which component is supposed to do...
WBSP454: Grow Your Business by Understanding ECi DDMSPLUS’s Capabilities, an Objective Panel Discussion
One channel that might not be immediately apparent to be different would be the office dealer space. It has similar flavors, such as building material and auto parts distributors, for the requirements of local fleets and PODs. It also has uniqu...
WBSP453: Grow Your Business by Learning How to Work with Large System Integrators w/ Vignesh Khade
Large programs require a lot more planning and strategy than smaller ones. Due to the number of functions involved and the need for collaboration among those functions. The default answer for most companies while leading large programs would be...
