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The 2025 Top 10 ERP Systems Report
Our experts have highlighted ten vendors that can help your organization make data-driven decisions.
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Are You Investing in All the Components of ERP Success?
ERP success is hard to come by. The multitude of pitfalls, risks and landmines on the ERP implementation journey are difficult – but not impossible – to navigate. To complicate matters, most organizations only replace their ERP systems every 10 or 20 years, which...Know Your ERP Consultant
ERP systems are much more than just another application. The ERP system facilitates and directs the processes that are essential to conducting business and impacts the lives of the people who use it. With so much at stake, how do you find a trusted implementation...
Top Five Reasons to Attend ERP Boot Camp
Panorama’s next ERP Boot Camp is just around the corner on May 22nd-23rd in Chicago, Illinois. Our Boot Camps are two days of intensive and interactive ERP education in an informal setting. The subject material covers everything from software selection to...People vs ERP: Which is more important?
Change is at the core of every ERP project. ERP software requires organizations to change from an old way of doing things to a new way, and employees will have to adapt to this new way of completing day-to-day tasks. With this as common knowledge to most...Three Tips for AVOIDING ERP Failure
All of us have participated in projects that have not gone as smoothly as we had hoped. Most of us will probably experience failed projects again in our lives because failure is part of the learning process both for individuals and organizations. However, not learning...10 Ways to Avoid the “Panic Zone”
So you spent the last year or so preparing for the launch of your new ERP system. The core project team has made this their full-time job, you invested in training super-users and end-users and you have engaged and informed the rest of the staff about the coming...Just How Innovative is Your ERP Consultant?
Innovation as described by Rasmus Hansen and Jens Skibsted, “The new breed of innovation professionals can be placed in two categories: innovation custodians and innovation word-slingers. The custodians are middle managers assigned to oversee the innovators and...Is a Best-of-Breed ERP System the Right Choice for You?
If you could combine all of your favorite dog breeds into one loveable canine, you’d have a mutt. If you combined your favorite modules from various ERP vendors, you’d create a lovable ERP system – better known as a best-of-breed ERP system within...SAP vs. Oracle vs. Microsoft Dynamics vs. Infor: Implementation Duration
Panorama’s Clash of the Titans 2016 provides an independent comparison of SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics and Infor. Watch this webinar clip for a more in-depth analysis of the average implementation duration for these four vendors. Compared to our previous...Five Ways to Keep Your ERP Project On-Schedule
A successful and on-time ERP project never happens by accident. Behind every successful public sector ERP implementation is a project manager who has taken the time to define project scope, assess resource commitment and set expectations and priorities. Although...How to Answer Your Boss’ Top 5 Questions About ERP System ROI
We have all heard the phrase “there is no ‘I’ in team.” That phrase has meaning not only in a personal manner, but also in your professional life—especially reigning true when you’re trying to implement a new ERP system. Selecting and implementing a new ERP is a team...Convincing the C-Suite: New ERP Software Please!
You see the same problems day-in and day-out – duplication of tasks, process inefficiencies and lack of visibility into data. While it’s clear that your company needs a new ERP system, it can be challenging to convince senior management of this necessity. Obtaining...The Secret Life of an ERP Expert Witness
Over the last several years, I have been fortunate enough to be hired as an ERP expert witness in over a dozen high profile cases. While it is unfortunate that there have been so many well-known failures in the market – many that you have probably read about in the...How an ERP Implementation is Like Quitting Cigarettes
Everyone knows that smoking is hazardous to your health. While the benefits of quitting smoking are well established, it is also proven that your body is able to heal itself after kicking the habit. With that said, did you know that relying on manual processes,...Setting the Goals That Actually Matter
For a company in the midst of an ERP implementation, a go-live date becomes the holy grail of project milestones. The culmination of months of preparation, go-live represents the end of an arduous struggle towards improved processes and systems as well as the...How to Develop a Fool Proof IT Strategy
A number of government organizations are considering the idea of merging internal IT departments and infrastructure by sharing service arrangements. There are financial savings and potential operational advantages to this approach. Relying on one, centralized IT...What Exactly is Business Process Management?
It’s unlikely that someone would go on a long journey without first procuring a map and planning their route. People have an easy time visualizing a destination when planning their route but don’t understand the pitfalls that lie in the journey. Business process...The Basic Structure of an RFP
Having prepared and responded to numerous requests for proposals (RFPs) across many governmental and nonprofit sectors, I’m always surprised by the amount of RFPs that do not include a proposal response format. When an organization has not included a proposal response...The Warning Signs of ERP Consulting Fraud
For anyone that has seen an episode of the television series “House of Lies,” it paints a disturbing (yet at times entertaining) picture of the consulting industry. Although the show strives for a strong shock-factor, it does underscore the potential risks of...
