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We have scaled up our company from a single office near Calgary to 2,000 employees in 165 locations across Western Canada. Verne’s tools and techniques have been critical to helping us drive and manage this growth during my 20 years as CEO- and ultimately to freeing me up as the founder to pursue other interests.”Read more

“Consensus means trust” – Chelim Keen   Chelim Keen is a Senior Consultant and Project Manager for Consensus. She has spent several years of her professional career working for software companies as a project manager and implementation consultant. During her 20 years of experience, Chelim has provided the necessary guidance for her customers to haveRead more

Part 1 in the “SAP Business One,  First Time User Guide” series that explores an SAP Business One first time user journey day-by-day. Using a software as complex as SAP can be quite daunting and even discouraging at first glance but I’m here to dispose of this myth by delving into SAP Business One withRead more

Part 1 of the four-part series “4 fresh ways to take on supply chain challenges in Food and Beverages” Amazon is a Goliath among tech giants, having moved from selling books to electronics to general merchandise and, more recently, fastmoving consumer goods. Almost two years ago Amazon acquired Whole Foods,  an upscale grocery store, whichRead more

Consensus and SAP Business One want to help all the Macola users make the decision to transition their current ERP program to one that is ready to face the challenges of the digital economy. Why is now the time to switch to SAP Business One? The reasons may vary… Some may be experiencing growth thatRead more

Today, February 20th, we celebrate Consensus’ 29th Anniversary! “Looking back to the day we founded Consensus, it gives me great satisfaction to note that our purpose has not changed at all. Helping businesses, their owners and employees and their families was, and still is, our mission and our WHY. I am grateful for our customer’sRead more

As a business, I’m willing to bet you have a business plan for the next year established. And probably one for the next 3 or even 5 years. But what about 10 years? 20 years? Those might be too far out to accurately plan for but it is good to have an idea, concept, orRead more

According to a Gartner report published last April, ¨By 2025, 80% of enterprises will have shut down their traditional data center, versus 10% today¨. Digital Infrastructures like the NAP of the Americas will emerge, and lead the way. The Miami NAP (owned by Equinix) is the fourth-largest Internet exchange point in the U.S. and serves as a strategicRead more

What happens when your customers outgrow Quickbooks? What do you do? Is there a software that could improve your own business management and at the same time answer all your customer’s needs? A software neither you or your customers will ever outgrow? CPAs could become leaders in their customer’s Digital Transformation, leveraging a software such as SAPRead more

Meet Lorena Guillen, she is a Senior Consultant for Consensus. Lorena began her journey with Consensus as a customer when she needed a new ERP system for her company. After a successful experience with the software, Lorena became an experienced user and began a new career as a consulting specialist for Consensus customers. Lorena’s first-handRead more