* Posts by ben gladstone

3 publicly visible posts • joined 22 Feb 2010

Apple opens doors to vanity publishers

ben gladstone

Amazon's createspace service is way ahead

Amazon's https://www.createspace.com has been around for years and comes with all the bells & whistles you could imagine, from copy editing and jacket design to bookstore distribution.

Do ERP projects ever end?

ben gladstone

they should never end

the markets & business change continuously, ERP has to keep up

we avoid the low-level hassles by using a highly customisable hosted ERP - Netsuite - and concentrate on the business logic. we also avoid the external systems, reporting etc that can slow down changes and complicate things - if netsuite doesn't do it, do we really need it?

disclaimer: we liked netsuite so much, we now resell it

The myth of Britain's manufacturing decline

ben gladstone
Grenade

big question answered - and more

the figures are 2005 pounds ie take inflation into account. i've analysed the manufacturing sectors behind this at effortlesscomputing dot co dot uk - plus a bonus chart to make you feel properly uncomfortable about all this