Eric Kimberling
President and Chairman
After 15 years of ERP consulting at large firms, Eric realized his vision of building a truly independent ERP consultancy. Panorama provides the guidance and oversight organizations need to realize the most benefits possible from their ERP and IT implementations.
After beginning his career as an ERP organizational change management consultant, he broadened his expertise to include implementation project management and software selection. Eric’s history includes extensive ERP software selection, ERP organizational change, and ERP implementation project management experience for firms including PricewaterhouseCoopers and SchlumbergerSema.
Throughout his career, Eric has helped dozens of high-profile and global companies with their ERP initiatives, including Kodak, Samsonite, Coors, Duke Energy, and Lucent Technologies. In addition to extensive ERP experience, Eric has also helped clients with business process re-engineering, merger and acquisition integration, strategic planning, and six sigma. Eric holds an MBA from Daniels College of Business at the University of Denver.
Eric’s Blog Entries
- 2012 ERP Report: ERP Implementation Budget and Duration Overruns are Down, but Companies Still Spend More Than Expected
- Back in the Saddle Again: Getting Your ERP Implementation Back on Track
- What You Should Know About ERP Systems and SOX Compliance
- The Case for and Against Using Multiple ERP Systems Across Your Organization
- Where to Cut Costs in Your ERP Budget . . . And Where Not To
- Panorama’s Yearly ERP Industry Wrap-up: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of 2011
- The 12 Days of Christmas: Gifts Every CIO and CFO Should Ask For
- Top Signs That You’ve Outgrown Your ERP System
- Mobile ERP is Gaining Popularity . . . But is it Right for Your Organization?
- Giving Thanks for the Advances in ERP Software
- Common ERP Software User Adoption Problems…and How to Fix Them
- Top Ten Predictions for ERP in 2012
- Clash of the Titans: This Year’s Independent Comparison of SAP, Oracle and Microsoft Dynamics
- ERP Fear Factor: The Hidden Costs of ERP Implementations
- The Unintended Consequences of ERP Software Fixed-Cost Contracts
- Post-Mortem Analysis of ERP Lawsuits and Failure Points
- ERP 2.0: Social Media and Enterprise Software
- Field Report From ERP Boot Camp
- Manufacturing ERP and the Cloud: An Idea Whose Time has Come?
- What Was the Cause of the Recent Epicor ERP Implementation Failure and Lawsuit?
- Remember the Little - But Important - Things When Creating Your ERP Implementation Playbook
- Winds of Change: Migrating from SAP to Oracle (and Vice Versa)
- Lessons From the Manufacturing ERP Conference
- Beware of Black Market, Voodoo ERP Systems
- Back to School: When Will ERP Software Customers Learn to Avoid Failure?
- Defining an IT Strategy for Your Organization
- Cloud ERP: The Silver Lining of Enterprise Software or Just a Foggy Mess?
- When Is It Time to Replace or Rejuvenate Your ERP System?
- Is SaaS ERP Right for Your Organization?
- Special Challenges of Public-Sector ERP Implementations
- The Struggle for Independence in the ERP Systems Market
- No Law and Order in New York: Uncovering and Preventing Fraud in Government ERP Implementations
- Is Your ERP System Bringing Your Organization to its Knees?
- Three Things To Ask Your ERP Implementation Consultant
- The Key to Consolidating a Merger or Acquisition: ERP Software Business Blueprint
- The Biggest Change With ERP Systems: Decision-Making Rather Than Hunting and Gathering
- Point/Counterpoint: In the End, Business Will Always Trump ERP Software Technology
- Open Letter to Our Clients
- Three Ways to Get More Out of Your Current ERP System
- ERP Software vs. Business Discipline: Which Provides the Real Benefit?
- Introducing Panorama Consulting Solutions
- OMG and LOL: How Will the New Generation of Employees Interact with ERP Systems?
- Signs That You May be Suffering From ERP Systems Erosion
- The Tipping Point of ERP Systems
- Must-Know Tips Before ERP Implementation
- Panorama Launches ERP Consulting v2.0
- Sneak Peek of Panorama's 2011 Guide to ERP Vendors and Systems
- Shakeup Among Top ERP Systems?
- In Search of the Right ERP Implementation Partner
- Who are the Top ERP Vendors in 2011?
- Understanding the Difference Between a Business Blueprint and an ERP Systems Blueprint
- Field Report from Panorama's 2011 ERP Boot Camp
- Forget About Technology: ERP Systems are All About Business
- Why is Organizational Change Management So Important to ERP Implementations?
- King of Pain: Are ERP Systems as Hard as They Seem?
- Best Practices: Best For Your Business or Best for the ERP Software?
- 2011 ERP Report: ERP Implementation Project Costs and Durations Down, Business Benefits Up
- Should We Define Business Processes Before or During Our ERP Implementation?
- Lesson from the Super Bowl: Defense and a Good Running Game Win In Football and with ERP Systems
- Deadliest Sin of ERP Implementations: Organizational Change Management or Business Blueprint Oversights?
- Behind the Curtain of Negotiating with ERP Vendors
- Oracle EBS vs. Microsoft Dynamics: Why the Discrepancy in ERP Software Satisfaction?
- SaaS ERP Continues to Gain Traction in 2011
- Why Are More Companies Customizing Their ERP Systems?
- Hail Mary Passes May Be Exciting, But Not During an ERP Implementation
- ERP Failures and Lawsuits: It's Not Just For the Tier I ERP Vendors
- Preview of Panorama's 2011 ERP Report: ERP Implementation Costs Continue to Decline
- Calling All ERP Software Vendors: What Are the Keys to ERP Implementation Success?
- Searching for the Other Silent Killer of ERP Systems: Organizational Change Management
- Where to Put Your IT Budget in 2011: ERP Implementation or Las Vegas?
- Searching for the Silent Killer of ERP Systems
- Are You Ready to Start Your ERP Implementation in the New Year?
- 20 Things Every CIO Should Know Before Starting an ERP Implementation
- Beware of the Perils of the Year End ERP System Fire Sale
- Day Three Report from ERP Boot Camp
- Day Two Report from ERP Boot Camp
- Day One Report from 2010 ERP Boot Camp
- What Happens When You Get 25 ERP Project Managers From Across the Globe into the Same Room?
- To Be or Not To Be: Answers to the Long-Standing Controversy About ERP System Business Processes
- What Do the Recent ERP Failures All Have in Common?
- Attention CIOs and IT Managers: Get Ready to Walk the ERP Tightrope in 2011
- Top Ten ERP Software Predictions for 2011
- Lord Knows I Can’t Change: What’s Your Organizational Change Management Plan?
- Another One Bites the Dust: Understanding the ERP Failure at Dorset County
- What Was the Cause of the SAP Failure at Lumber Liquidators?
- SAP Implementation Gone Bad: Learning From the Mistakes of Others
- Five Six Sigma Tools to Help Get More Out of Your ERP System
- Five Mistakes That Will Make Your ERP Implementation Feel Like a Bad Horror Movie
- ERP Boot Camp: Arm Yourself, Prepare for Battle, and Make Your ERP Implementation Project Successful
- The Great Mystery of the ERP 10-Year Itch: Why Businesses Can’t Seem to Stick with Their ERP Software for More Than 10 Years
- What Should You Consider When Negotiating Contracts With Your ERP Vendor?
- Defining a Business Blueprint for your ERP Implementation
- When are ERP Best Practices and Industry Pre-Configurations Good For Your Business?
- Key Reasons Why Only 23% of ERP Implementations Go As Expected
- SaaS, On Premise, Cloud, Best of Breed: Making Sense of All the ERP System Options
- What are the Goals of Manufacturing Software Initiatives?
- Like Football, An ERP Implementation is A Game of Inches, But Where Is The Goal Line?
- Why SaaS and Cloud Enterprise Applications Are Ensuring a Bright Future For Big ERP Systems
- Will the US Government's Proposed R&D Tax Credit Increase Likelihood of More ERP Investments?
- An ITChat on ERP Change Management with IT Toolbox
- During ERP Selection, Don't Forget About Your Incumbent ERP Vendor
- How Alliances, Referrals, and Kickbacks Undermine ERP Initiatives
- Five Things to Remember in Your ERP Implementation Plan
- The Ongoing Battle for Top ERP System Continues...
- Break on Through to the Other Side: Moving Beyond ERP "Go-Live" to Competitive Edge and ROI
- SYSPRO, IFS, and Infor Among Top ERP Vendors?
- Canary in a Coal Mine: 13 Signs That Your ERP Implementation Project May Be in Trouble
- From Magic Quadrant to Top 10 ERP Vendors
- Great Expectations: Why Do We Expect So Much From Our ERP Software?
- Five Steps to Define Your Enterprise Applications and IT Strategy
- Winning is Everything: Five Lessons from a Successful ERP Implementation
- The Best ERP Blogs of 2010 (So Far)
- Manufacturing Software Showdown: Functional Comparison of SAP vs. Oracle
- The Biggest Challenge For ERP Implementations: Defining Business Processes and Workflows
- An Appetite for Destruction: The ERP Implementation Lawsuits Continue…
- We Stand for Freedom: An ERP Consulting Firm's Declaration of Independence
- Which Factor had the Greatest Weight in Your ERP Selection Project?
- Which of the Following Elements Account for the Largest Percentage of Your Total ERP Project Costs?
- ERP Software Selection Testimonial and Success Story: Lessons From the Front Lines
- What is the Key Benefit Your Organization Realized After Implementing an ERP System?
- The Seven Deadly Sins of ERP Implementations
- ERP Vendors Are Working on Upgrades and So is Panorama
- What ERP Implementation Approach Did Your Organization Adopt?
- Five Things to Consider for a Global ERP Implementation
- Microsoft Dynamics: Preferred ERP Software Vendor for SMBs?
- Navigating the Bermuda Triangle of ERP Software and ERP Implementations
- What is Your ERP Software and SaaS Strategy?
- Ten Tips for a Successful ERP Implementation
- What is the Major Adverse Impact on Your Business Operation during an ERP Implementation?
- Tips to Merge Best Practices into Your ERP Software Initiatives
- E-R-P, Easy as 1-2-3: The Case For and Against ERP System Accelerators
- What is the Major Advantage of Distribution Software Over Standard ERP Systems?
- ERP Software Clash of the Titans: SAP vs. Oracle
- Why Do Companies Choose Manufacturing Focused ERP Software Over Standard ERP Systems?
- When a Manufacturing Organization Searches for New ERP Software, What is Their Top Functional Requirement?
- Back in the Saddle: Five Ways ERP Systems Are Helping Navigate the Economic Recovery
- The 2010 ERP Vendor Analysis Results Are In, and the Winner Is…
- What Do You Think is the Biggest Advantage of SaaS ERP Over Traditional ERP?
- What Do You Think Most Influences the Satisfaction Level of Your ERP System?
- One Key Reason Why 72% of ERP System Implementations Fail
- Do You Think the Customization Level of ERP Systems has a Strong Impact on the Realized Benefits?
- Five Tips for a Successful CRM Software Selection
- Three Reasons Not to Cancel Your ERP Software Maintenance
- Don't Let a $2M ERP Implementation Tell You How to Run Your $100M Company
- What Level of Business Benefits Are You Achieving from Your Current Enterprise Software System?
- ERP Solution Spotlight: Oracle eBusiness, JD Edwards, and Peoplesoft
- ERP Software End-Users Can't Get No Satisfaction
- What is a Reasonable Amount for ERP Software Annual Maintenance?
- Managing Your Distribution Software After Go Live
- ERP Solution Spotlight: SAP
- ERP Software Vendors Will Implement, But What Does It Really Mean?
- Estimated Payback Periods for Enterprise Software Investments
- Organizational Change Management Tips for Global ERP Software Implementations
- 2010 ERP Report: ERP Implementation Costs and Durations Declined Last Year, but So Did Business Benefits Realized
- Supply Chain Management Software: It's All About Visibility and Predictability
- How Much Do You Currently Spend on Annual Maintenance for Your ERP Software?
- Welcome to the Jungle: Lessons from ERP Software Implementation Failures
- SaaS vs. On Premise ERP Software: Understanding Fact and Fiction
- How Long Does an ERP Implementation Really Take?
- Maintaining Aggressive Growth in a Weak Economy
- Which ERP Vendor Provides the Best Small Business Enterprise Software?
- Where Should Companies Focus Most of their ERP Implementation Time, Money, and Resources?
- Three Tips for Negotiating With Your Manufacturing Software Provider
- ERP Solution Spotlight: Microsoft Dynamics ERP Software
- ERP Software Accelerators: Are They the Silver Bullet of Enterprise Software Implementations?
- What is the Most Important Part of an ERP Software Selection Project?
- 2010 ERP Benchmark Preview: Why Organizational Change Management is So Important to ERP Implementations
- Manufacturing and Distribution Software Implementation Benchmarks
- What Are Your Plans for ERP Software in 2010?
- High Voltage: ERP Software For the Energy, Utilities, Oil, and Gas Industry
- Which Enterprise Software Trend Do You Think is Most Likely to Continue in 2010?
- ERP Software Customization: The Ultimate Sin of Enterprise Software?
- Enterprise Software Focus: Government and Nonprofit ERP Solutions
- Top Ten ERP Software Predictions for 2010
- The Best of Times: 2009 ERP Software Industry Year in Review
- Which ERP Software Module is Most Important to Your Business?
- Enterprise Software Focus: Industrial Manufacturing and Distribution ERP Systems
- Enterprise Software Focus: Life Sciences ERP
- Manufacturing Software Industry Focus: Chemical Products ERP
- Armaggedon It: SAP vs. Oracle vs. Microsoft Dynamics vs. Tier II ERP Software Solutions
- Ground Control to Major Tom: Comparison of Leading ERP Software for Aerospace and Defense
- Unique ERP Software Challenges for the Hospitality and Entertainment Industry
- Mock Enterprise Software Selection Process: Are You Ready For ERP Software?
- Panorama Invests in New Corporate Website
- Three ERP Critical Success Factors
- Five Things to Consider When Evaluating Accounting Software Packages
- Five Pitfalls of Selecting ERP Software For Make to Order Manufacturers
- Five Things to Consider When Evaluating Distribution Software
- Three Things to Consider When Evaluating Food Distribution Software
- Two Reasons Why Manufacturers Are Investing More in Manufacturing Software
- ERP in Small to Mid-Size Businesses (SMBs or SMEs)
- Great Expectations: Aligning Enterprise Software Expectations with Reality
- A Client's ERP Implementation Lessons Learned
- ERP Satisfaction: How Do Most Companies Define ERP Success?
- Call For Participants in 2009 ERP Benchmark Survey
- ERP Software Vendors: Are They All Bad to the Bone?
- Three Things That Cause ERP Projects to Fail
- Independent Study Compares Benefits of ERP Solutions in the Manufacturing and Distribution Industry
- Launch of 2009 ERP Benchmark Study
- Four Reasons Why ERP Projects Take Longer Than Expected
- ERP Best Practices: From ERP Software Selection Through Implementation
- SaaS: It's All About the Balance Sheet
- Managing ERP Hype and Bandwagons
- ERP Presentation: Association of Asia Pacific Airlines
- ERP Software Best Practices and Lessons Learned From Study of 670 SMBs
- Five Top Tips For Controlling ERP Project Costs
- Is SaaS ERP Worth the Hype?
- Study Compares Benefits and Drawbacks of Leading Tier I and Tier II ERP Software
- Which ERP System is Better: SAP vs. Oracle?
- How ERP and CRM Systems Can Help Companies Weather the Economic Storm
- ERP Software Selection Best Practices: Upcoming Free Webinars
- Ten Reasons to Implement ERP During the Economic Downturn
- Shane Company: Lessons Learned From an ERP Implementation Failure
- Free Webcast: Lessons Learned From Shane Co.'s SAP Failure
- Panorama Issues 2008 ERP Report
- Why Companies Will Continue to Invest in ERP in 2009
- Tips to Select and Leverage ERP For Your Organization During an Economic Slowdown
- Only 1 in 2 Organizations Are Satisfied with Their ERP Systems
- Six Predictions For the ERP Industry in 2009
- Tis the Season to Negotiate with ERP Software Vendors
- ERP Implementation Benchmarks
- ERP Webinar: Failing to Plan Means Planning to Fail
- Just Saying Yes: Can ERP Software Do Anything?
- SaaS vs. Traditional ERP: Five Key Differentiators
- ERP For SMBs: Free Webinar This Wednesday
- Three Steps To Help Train For An ERP Triathlon
- ERP Diagnostic: Three Steps to Successful ERP
- Seven Key ERP Success Factors
- Can ERP Software Help with the Biggest Business Challenges?
- The ABCs of ERP
- Which is Better: SAP vs. Oracle?
- Weekly ERP Poll Results: Business Process Focus
- Pitfalls of ERP Software in SMBs
- ERP and Business Processes: As-Is Or To-Be?
- Oracle's Purchase of Hyperion
- ERP System Details: Don't Let Them Slip Through the Cracks
- Weekly ERP Poll Results: Biggest ERP Challenges
- Supporting Your ERP System After Go Live
- First Step to Successful ERP Implementations: Get Your House in Order
- Can Technology Hide a Flawed Corporate Strategy?
- ERP Benefits: Myth or Reality?
- Saying No to ERP Software
- Overcoming an Organization’s Resistance to ERP and Change
- Business Benefits of ERP Software
- Do Small Businesses Need ERP Software?
- Steps for Successful ERP Evaluations
- Why Are ERP Projects Always Over Budget?
- Weekly ERP Poll Results: ERP Budgets
- ERP Hosting: Where's the ROI?
- Does ERP Really Lead to Labor Cost Savings?
- Fixing a Failed ERP Implementation
- Aligning ERP with Your Overall Business Strategy
- The Politics of ERP Projects
- Does It Matter Which ERP Vendor You Choose?
- Weekly ERP Poll Results: ERP Readiness Benchmarks
- ERP Performance Measures and KPIs: Finding the Right Balance
- The Importance of Executive Buy-In on Your ERP Project
- The Hidden Costs of ERP Projects
- It's Not a Small World After All: Managing Change on International ERP Projects
- Establishing ERP and IT Performance Measures






