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The 2025 Top 10 ERP Systems Report
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Change Management Business Case to the Rescue: How to Get OCM Funding
Organizational change management is the process of preparing and equipping your workforce for what lies ahead. Unless your workforce is ready to embrace an upcoming change, even the best-planned projects could fail to live up to their potential. Recognizing the...
Legacy ERP Challenges You Should Stop Putting Up With
According to one study, the typical corporation spends between 60% and 80% of its IT budget simply maintaining its existing mainframe systems and applications. In their prime, these systems were innovative and cutting-edge. They helped companies improve productivity...
Lessons Learned from the MillerCoors ERP Failure
In March 2017, Chicago-based brewer MillerCoors sued Indian technology services firm HCL (and its American affiliate) for more than $1 million. At the core of the chaos? A failed SAP implementation, which MillerCoors blamed on a string of inefficiencies catalyzed by...
ERP and Competitive Advantage: Why They’re Intertwined
Competitive advantage is the ability to produce goods or services at a price point and quality level that your rivals cannot match. In the race to win customers, improve margins and boost your bottom line, only the most innovative and creative companies can secure...
Lessons Learned from the Washington Community College ERP Failure
The fall is always a challenging time for college staff. However, the start of the 2015 school year was an uncommonly stressful season for IT leaders at community colleges across Washington State. August of that year was the pilot go-live date for an ERP project,...
Global Change Management Tips For Widespread Projects
Any time you introduce new technology or processes into your organization, it’s important to approach the changes with care, specifically with attention to organizational change management. What is change management? It is the process of looking at the human...
ERP vs MRP: Understanding the Difference Between The Two Systems
If you’ve been working with legacy systems for years, it may be time to implement a centralized platform that can improve productivity and add visibility to your operations. For many manufacturers, the answer lies in enterprise resource planning (ERP) software....
Lessons Learned from the Woolworths Australia ERP Failure
Woolworths Australia, dubbed “Woolies” by locals, is the largest supermarket chain in Australia. Operating nearly 1,000 locations across the country, it staffs around 115,000 employees. With various stores, support offices and distribution centers, the company needed...
ERP Super Users: How to Develop & Deploy This Essential Role
As a business leader, you already know the benefits an ERP implementation can bring. Yet, empowering your workforce to make the change isn’t always easy. It’s especially challenging if your existing workflows have been in place for a very long time. This...
What is Enterprise Software & Why are There so Many Different Kinds?
What is enterprise software and why is it so important? Put simply, this is the software that enables your core business functions, encompassing a range of user roles. As your company expands, software that worked in the past might not be enough to keep up with your...
Building an Organizational Change Capability to Secure Digital Transformation Success
Shaking up the status quo can rejuvenate your teams, amplify your productivity and delight your customers. At the same time, such shifts can also throw your workforce off-kilter. Pushing full-steam ahead without proper planning can leave employees frustrated,...
Cannabis ERP: What to Look for in an Ideal System
The global cannabis market is expected to hit $47 billion by 2025. This is an industry that’s growing at breakneck speed, in part fueled by automation technology that is changing the way people grow and market the popular plant. If you’re in the cannabis...
Lessons Learned from the National Grid ERP Failure
As one of the largest investor-owned power distribution companies in the country, National Grid USA (NGUSA) knows the importance of timely delivery. So, when its much-anticipated SAP ERP project was stalling out after three years of development, team leaders made the...
ERP Conference Room Pilot Checklist for Meticulous Organizations
Several rounds of testing are critical to understanding not just how your ERP software is working on a technical level but also how it is working in regard to people and processes. However, testing is not just something that should happen at the end of your project....
Lessons Learned from the Vodafone CRM Failure
One of the top, multinational telecommunications companies, Vodafone, is used to being in the news. However, in 2016, the company made a different kind of headline. That year, Vodafone was hit with what was recognized as the single-biggest fine ever imposed in the UK...
What is a Project Sponsor in an ERP Implementation?
What is a project sponsor? This is typically someone from your executive team who leads change efforts by building a coalition of sponsorship with peers and managers. Throughout the ERP project, they remain active and visible, championing the effort throughout your...
PLM vs ERP: Do You Know the Difference?
You’re ready to streamline your operations and make your workflows more efficient. You also want to improve employee performance and make your customers happy. Will enterprise resource planning (ERP) software help you meet those objectives, or is product...
How to Manage Scope Creep Before it Devours Your ERP Project
Does it feel like your ERP implementation has taken on a life of its own? What began as a soundly planned effort has snowballed into a project that’s bigger than you expected and harder to control. Suddenly, you’ve found yourself over-committed,...
ERP Project Scope: How to Keep Your Team Focused on What Matters
Without adequate planning, any effort you attempt could fail to meet its potential. This is especially true for an ERP implementation. We’ve previously discussed the importance of ERP project planning, but there’s one tenet that often goes overlooked: defining your...
