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The 2025 Top 10 ERP Systems Report
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Real Business Intelligence: The Roles of KPIs in ERP Success
Let’s face it: the complexities, risks and pitfalls of ERP implementations can challenge even the most seasoned professionals. In fact, and as underscored in our 2012 ERP Report (Panorama’s study of hundreds of ERP initiatives across the globe), most ERP...The Risks and Rewards of Open Source Software
When evaluating ERP vendors, one of the most important factors to consider is whether or not your organization can rely on the vendor for maintenance and support services. What if you find a bug in your system that needs to be fixed? What if you need upgrades or...Organizational Change Management Tools
This webinar clip covers recommendations on how organizations can leverage organizational change management (OCM) tools and processes to mitigate OCM challenges. The full webinar is available here: Five Key Organizational Change Management Challenges With ERP...The Plan for ERP Systems in 2013
Now that the holidays are over and the predictions for 2013 are in, we can get back to the business at hand for the coming year. This is the time when many of our existing and potential clients are either planning for upgrades or improvements or looking for ways to...What Your Project Manager Really Wants for Christmas
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 especially important during an ERP implementation. Although that might be very amusing for a minute or...Are Two-tier ERP Systems Finally Becoming Mainstream?
In our top ten predictions for 2013 blog posted last month, we highlighted mobile ERP systems as one of the key trends to gain momentum in the coming year. As we are seeing in both our ERP software selection and ERP implementation practice areas, this will likely be...Easy Ways to Drive Your ERP Project Manager Crazy
Does your project manager (PM) seem to enjoy their job a little too much? Are they whistling while they update Microsoft Project with plans for the organization’s ERP implementation? Do they bring in doughnuts for everyone “just because”? If you see these signs, you...Hey You, Get Off of My Cloud: CIO Concerns with Cloud ERP Systems
Cloud ERP systems are getting a lot of attention these days. SaaS ERP vendors – such as Salesforce, Workday, Plex Systems and NetSuite – and other cloud providers are demonstrating revenue growth that most traditional ERP vendors aren’t seeing. In addition, many...Guest Blog: Walk Before You Run – Choosing the Right ERP System
Choosing an ERP system is one of the most strategic decisions for mid-market companies and their CEOs face a significant dilemma. Should I choose a system for today, or for how my company may look in 5 to 10 years? Should I go for a full system or start small with a...ERP Failure: Air Force None
The U.S. Air Force has finally made the long anticipated decision to completely scrap a major ERP software project after spending more than $1B over the last seven years. When Oracle won the contract in 2005, securing the deal over rivals such as SAP, the price tag...
The Case For – and Against – ERP Customization
When it comes to ERP systems, the word “customization” is one of the most dreaded terms that an executive hears. In fact, I would estimate that at least 90-percent of Panorama’s ERP selection clients indicate a strong preference for zero or no customization. In...How the Modernization of ERP Systems Affects ERP Software Selection
A tablet in one hand and a smartphone in the other, today’s ERP users look drastically different than they did ten years ago. This should come as no surprise. Portability is important in our everyday lives so why wouldn’t it be important in the ERP systems we use as...Got PM?
While PM sounds like something terrible that you get once a year – like the whooping cough or a bad case of the itchy-scratchies –if your company is implementing an ERP system without a dedicated, experienced PM (project manager), it’s pretty likely that your project...Top Ten Predictions for the Global ERP Industry in 2013
It’s hard to believe that 2012 is already drawing to a close as we all prepare for holidays, vacations and New Year’s celebrations. This last year was another interesting one for the ERP industry and its stakeholders, including Panorama and our clients as well...Preparing For the Unexpected with Business Continuity Management
As much as we’d all like to think, “It won’t happen to me,” disaster can and does strike when least expected. In fact, just looking at recent news coverage in the technology sector, anyone could conclude that ERP failures are distressingly common. Yet, despite the...
How to Conduct Post ERP Implementation Audits
ERP implementations are tough. By the time executives and project team members get to the end of the implementation, they are ready to be done with the pain, risk and disruption. Many executives are just happy to not exceed their implementation budget or extend their...Internal Sabotage: A Critical Risk Factor of ERP Failure
Businesses that implement ERP systems have nothing but good intentions when deciding to reengineer business processes and alter IT infrastructure. Unfortunately, employees sometimes overlook this good intent and focus solely on the consequences: new business...Using PR Principles to Improve your Organizational Change Management Initiative
ERP implementations can be momentously unsettling to executives, employees and end-users who feel that a new ERP system is intrusive, unnecessary and inconvenient to their usual business processes. In frustration, end-users can intentionally or unintentionally...Achieving Executive Buy-in for an ERP Implementation
A successful ERP implementation requires strong leadership, vision and strategy. Unfortunately, many executives choose not to be involved in ERP projects for a variety of reasons. Yet, it is executives who possess the kind of vision necessary to lead ERP project teams...
