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What we learn in projects: notes on strategy, ERP and data.
ERP user training and pilot operation: what to plan
Instructions by role, training on the company's own data, the cost of an inconvenient screen and a pilot with written dates and exit criteria.
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What the client signs when an ERP system is accepted
A signed check list shows that functions work. Tests on the future data volume and number of users show whether they will stay fast.
Master data: one item list that planning, the warehouse and accounting can trust
Why duplicate items distort stock, cost and reports at once, who decides what a duplicate is, and why the entry of new items is controlled first.
When an ERP project becomes an expensive accounting program
How an ERP project is reduced to statutory accounting, which signs show it early, and how to plan phases so that it does not happen.
Cash control before the payment, not after it
How a payment request, a limit and a payment calendar stop a payment before it is made and show a cash gap before it happens.
Budgeting beyond the spreadsheet: how to move without losing control
How to leave one giant budget spreadsheet step by step, what to separate in the budget model and how long a budget cycle really takes.
Standard product or custom development: how to decide
What a modification costs over the life of a system, and a rule for sorting user requests.
Moving from 1C 7.7: what to check before the migration
Changes made over the years, the amount of history, the state of the data and the way the transfer is checked.
Consolidated reporting for a group: where to begin
Common definitions, rules for transactions inside the group and a closing calendar come before the consolidation system.
Integration first: why data flows decide the result of automation
A new system pays off only when the data it needs arrives on time and means the same everywhere.
What to measure in ERP support
Reaction time is the easiest figure to report and the least useful. Four measures say more.
Five questions to settle before an ERP project starts
Scope, owner, data, processes and acceptance: what to agree on before the first workshop.
Latest news
All news- 7 October 2026Legislation
Personnel records: FIN in place of the social insurance number, business trip rules for employers who are individuals
Two decisions that took effect in September 2026 change the forms an employer fills in: sick leave, benefits, business trip orders and certificates.
- 7 October 20261C news
1C publishes the task plan for version 8.5.6 of the 1C:Enterprise platform
Almost all tasks of the plan are marked as done, support for a second authentication factor is planned. A release date is not given.
- 5 October 20261C partnership
Alarna holds 1C:ERP and 1C:CORP competence center status
An official 1C partner for more than 18 years, with competence center status in two areas.
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