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SaaS ERP Continues to Gain Traction in 2011
If you’ve followed our blogs and thought leadership over the last several years, you probably know that I’m skeptical of marketing hype and academic theories from industry analysts that don’t necessarily reflect reality. Software as a Service, or...Why Are More Companies Customizing Their ERP Systems?
One of the common misconceptions of ERP systems is that they provide out-of-the-box best practices that can be easily implemented. In other words, the idea is that there is no need to re-engineer business processes when you can simply use the pre-configured best...Hail Mary Passes May Be Exciting, But Not During an ERP Implementation
In the spirit of the NFL playoffs this weekend, I wanted to share a few thoughts about football’s hail mary effect on ERP systems. In case you’re not a football fan, a hail mary pass is when a quarterback heaves the ball a long distance toward the...Business Process Improvements: Crawl, Walk, Run
As infants develop, they typically crawl before they walk or run. In developing business process improvements for your company, you’ll want to utilize a similar growth pattern and allow for development. Organizational improvements simply do not happen overnight;...ERP Failures and Lawsuits: It’s Not Just For the Tier I ERP Vendors
Just as we released some initial data from our 2011 ERP Report showing that ERP implementation costs declined again in 2010, ERP lawsuits continue to proliferate through the industry. For example, Marin County filed a lawsuit against their system integrator in 2010...Calling All ERP Software Vendors: What Are the Keys to ERP Implementation Success?
Last month we hosted our first ERP Boot Camp training, which was a great success, as Borat would say. This three-day ERP implementation training program was very well received among the various clients, prospective clients, and other companies that attended the...Searching for the Other Silent Killer of ERP Systems: Organizational Change Management
Last week, we posted a blog post about how Microsoft Excel spreadsheets can slowly and silently kill the effectiveness of ERP systems. When employees use spreadsheets, they create the very problems that ERP systems are meant to address: silos of data, inconsistent...Where to Put Your IT Budget in 2011: ERP Implementation or Las Vegas?
I’m not a big gambler. In fact, as much as I enjoy a nice trip to Las Vegas, I’m not a fan of throwing away hard earned cash. However, based on the way many CEOs, CIOs, and IT Directors handle their ERP implementations, I may be somewhat alone in my...Searching for the Silent Killer of ERP Systems
There are many things that can go wrong in an ERP implementation or undermine the effectiveness of existing ERP systems. Lack of organizational change management, poor fit with business requirements, scope creep, poor project governance and controls – these are...
Points Every CIO Should Know Before Starting an ERP Implementation
In early December, Panorama hosted its first ERP Boot Camp for the public. Approximately 25 CIOs, IT Managers, and Project Managers attended the interactive 3-day training session, which was facilitated by myself along with some of the world’s other leading ERP...Ballin’ on a Budget: Tips for Promoting Your Change Management Project on a Shoestring Budget
The economy may be in the tanker but that doesn’t mean project communications have to follow suite. In fact, now more than ever, people want to be in the know. These days especially, silence has a negative translation and communication can quickly become one of the...Beware of the Perils of the Year End ERP System Fire Sale
The end of the year is an interesting time. Most people are preparing for the holidays, catching up on piles of work, closing the books for the year, conducting physical inventory, and hoping to build some momentum heading in to the new year. For many companies, the...What Happens When You Get 25 ERP Project Managers From Across the Globe into the Same Room?
Today is the first day of Panorama’s 2010 ERP Boot Camp, which we are hosting in Denver this week. We have roughly 25 people attending, including ERP project managers, CIOs, IT Directors, and others about to embark on their ERP initiatives. We have a very broad...To Be or Not To Be: Answers to the Long-Standing Controversy About ERP System Business Processes
Ever since I started working with ERP systems in the mid 90’s, one of the most controversial and heated discussions in the industry has been how to handle business process re-engineering. When selecting and implementing a new system, do you focus on your as-is...What Do the Recent ERP Failures All Have in Common?
The last several weeks have seen a string of high-profile failures, ranging from mid-size companies such as Lumber Liquidators to large government entities such as the Cities of Portland and San Diego. As we outlined in our Top 10 ERP Predictions for 2011, the rate of...Attention CIOs and IT Managers: Get Ready to Walk the ERP Tightrope in 2011
As outlined in our recent blog Top Ten ERP Predictions for 2011, we predict a few seemingly contradictory forces that will be in play as CIOs and executives grapple with their ERP system initiatives. For example, at the same time we are predicting that ERP project...Starting Up and Stepping Out: ERP Software and the Little Guy
You just developed the greatest thing since sliced bread! Customers are beating down the door, and everything looks rosy! But along the way, you somehow forgot that all that order taking, manufacturing, shipping and receiving, financial transactions and reporting...Lord Knows I Can’t Change: What’s Your Organizational Change Management Plan?
Lynyrd Skynyrd once said that free birds can’t change. Most companies employ people that have worked for some time to learn the organization’s culture, business processes, and way of doing things. Hopefully you have talented and capable people ensuring...SAP Implementation Gone Bad: Learning From the Mistakes of Others
Tier I ERP systems are generally more robust, complex, and as a result, more difficult to implement than Tier II counterparts. SAP implementations, in particular, get a bad rap because of the large, high-visibility companies that have tried and failed to implement...
