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What Your Project Manager Really Wants for Christmas

The Consultants' Corner December 21, 2012 0

In my last blog post, I mentioned that to ignore project governance is a very quick way to make your project manager (PM) curl up in a corner and cry – and that is

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Recovering From ERP Bankruptcy

Eric Kimberling March 23, 2012 0

As a follow-up to our recent post, Avoiding Bankruptcy From an ERP Implementation: Three Dirty Secrets, we’d like to take it to the next level and discuss how an organization actually can recover from

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New Infor Solutions Improve Performance, Bring Rapid ROI to Mid-Market

Infor Global Solutions September 13, 2010 0

ATLANTA – Sep 13, 2010 – Infor, the leading provider of business software for mid-market customers, today announced a new breed of business application, Infor Express. To address companies’ industry-specific needs, Infor has combined

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Overcoming ERP Project Fatigue

The Consultants' Corner May 11, 2010 1

It’s inevitable. It’s often ignored as part of the ERP selection and implementation process. Yet ERP project fatigue jeopardizes the quality and timeliness of deliverables. It also decreases job satisfaction for some of your

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One Key Reason Why 72% of ERP System Implementations Fail

Eric Kimberling March 9, 2010 7

Our 2010 ERP Report, of which the first installment was published last month, outlines several metrics that are of interest to most CIOs, COOs, and other executives about to embark on an ERP system

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Seven Tips for Effectively Managing an ERP Implementation’s Planning and Configuration Meetings

The Consultants' Corner March 5, 2010 0

I recently joined Panorama as an ERP consultant and as such, I was assigned to newly launched ERP implementation. As I become acquainted with the project, I’m reminded of my initial revelations on conducting

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Managing Your Distribution Software After Go Live

Eric Kimberling February 15, 2010 0

If you have ever been intimately involved with the acquisition of new distribution software, you know what it’s like to experience the thrill of purchasing and implementing the new software package. It’s both exciting

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ERP Software Vendors Will Implement, But What Does It Really Mean?

Eric Kimberling February 9, 2010 1

Over the last several months, many ERP software vendors have marketed their fixed-bid implementation services as a way to help their customers manage their enterprise software costs and risk. We have seen vendors such

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Three Tips for Negotiating With Your Manufacturing Software Provider

Eric Kimberling January 12, 2010 0

While selecting a manufacturing software package can be overwhelming, it can be successful if your team takes the time to define its key business processes and business requirements as part of the software selection

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Lesson Learned From Failed ERP Implementations: Executive Buy-in

The Consultants' Corner September 22, 2009 0

A commonly known success factor for ERP implementations is executive buy-in and support, which should be a key component of an effective ERP organizational change management plan. But what does this really mean? Our

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