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The 2024 Top 10 ERP Systems Report
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Guest Blog: So You Think You’re An ERP Expert?
Not only are ERP vendors experts in the field of enterprise software, they also are experts in marketing, negotiations and contracts. These companies employ highly skilled, very experienced staff whose mandate is to promote the company and negotiate contracts that are...Educating the Executive Level About the Value of Organizational Change Management
Problems with out-of-date or poorly functioning ERP software often are abundantly clear to anyone working within the system. But a disconnect can arise when those tasked with making decisions about the ERP system don’t actually use the ERP system. After all, it’s a...Start Me Up: Planning for a Successful ERP Implementation
We recently kicked off a multi-site ERP implementation for one of our large aerospace and defense clients. Given the fact that, according to our 2012 ERP Report, most ERP implementations take longer than expected, cost more than expected, and fail to deliver the...Guest Blog: Eliminating Spreadsheet Madness in the Corporate Budgeting Cycle
Corporate finance managers often think of budgeting like Sisyphus thought of his boulder. A seemingly never-ending, futile task that just keeps repeating itself over and over again. Does the following scenario seem familiar to you? The finance team sends out a dozen...
The Real Reasons to Upgrade Your ERP System
Organizations that use modern ERP systems typically spend millions of dollars per year just to maintain their enterprise software packages. One of the benefits of implementing a modern ERP system is that vendors spend an equal amount (or more) a year on R&D,...Three Years Later: Did Our ERP Industry Predictions for 2009 Come True?
Over each of the last several years, we have published our widely recognized predictions for the ERP software industry for the upcoming year. These predictions are typically based less on the academic and hype-driven viewpoints of traditional analysts and more focused...Guest Blog: U.S. Manufacturing Activity Continues to Expand — Can Your ERP System Handle It?
Recent news reports, including an article just published in the Wall Street Journal, suggest that the long industrial decline in the U.S. is in reverse. March 2012 data shows that U.S. manufacturing expanded for the 32nd straight month. Manufacturers themselves are...ERP System Usage Audits
Once organizations have an ERP system up and running, they tend to heave a big sigh of relief and back-burner it for months, quarters or even years. It’s a natural tendency: ERP implementations take time and resources away from critical areas of the business....Lessons Learned from Best-In-Class ERP Implementations Q & A Podcast
This interview was taken from the interactive Q&A discussion following Panorama’s recent webinar: Lessons Learned from Best-In-Class ERP Implementations. The conversation is led by Eric Kimberling, President of Panorama Consulting and Nick Macera, Panorama’s...Should an Organization Ever Build its Own ERP System?
“ERP systems cost a ton.” “ERP vendors can be hard to deal with.” “There is no ‘perfect’ ERP solution for us; all of them have major drawbacks.” Truth be told: we’ve heard a lot of complaints about off-the-shelf...Five Critical Errors in ERP Implementations
On the heels of Monday’s post, Five Critical Success Factors for ERP Implementations, we thought it would be pertinent also to present a list of some of the critical errors organizations (or consultants) can make in an ERP implementation. Bear in mind, that this...Why Can’t the Federal Government Seem to Implement ERP Systems?
ERP implementations are always difficult, and often times even more so for government organizations. An interesting recent Computer World article discusses how the Government Accountability Agency (GAO) recently uncovered the sad state of some of the US military’s ERP...Five Critical Success Factors for ERP Implementations
At Panorama, we write and talk a lot about the critical success factors of ERP implementations. Although organizations certainly vary across industries, and industries themselves have a large amount of differentiating concerns and requirements, when it comes to ERP...Guest Blog: The Real Role of the IT Department in an ERP Implementation, a Rebuttal
After reading Panorama’s blog post “The Real Role of the IT Department in an ERP Implementation,” I would firmly agree with this stance if the IT department in the organization remains as an old-fashioned IT function. Scarily, that is still the case for those IT...“Shock and Awe” – The Catalyst of a Successful ERP Implementation
One of my favorite books is The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein. The book details the psychological and cultural aspects of societies in relation to systematic change. According to the author, it is extremely difficult to impose...The Real Role of the IT Department in an ERP Implementation
I want to lay something on the line here, right from the outset: an ERP implementation is not an IT initiative. When an organization believes that it is, and tasks the IT department with everything from software selection to implementation to training to internal...How a Solid Organizational Change Management Plan Can Decrease Your IT Staffing Costs
As a reader of our blog posts and white papers, you probably know by now that one of the absolutely critical components of ERP success is organizational change management (or OCM). But did you know that a solid OCM plan actually can decrease the fixed costs of IT...An Expert’s Guide to ERP Success
Panorama Consulting has done it again. After years of publishing independent thought leadership, expert analyses of ERP implementation trends, and blog post after blog post about our ideas on, experiences with and recommendations for enterprise software...Guest Blog: In Consideration of Lean
When fully implemented, a lean manufacturing strategy transforms the entire manufacturing enterprise by cutting waste and removing non-value added processes. In general, a manufacturer puts into place a lean strategy by: Cultivating a culture of continuous improvement...
