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The 2025 Top 10 ERP Systems Report
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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...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...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...Aligning Your Corporate Culture With Your ERP Implementation
When an ERP implementation fails, it’s easy to blame the software, the project manager or the ERP consultants but there are less obvious causes. Think organizational change management. This ERP implementation success factor is all too often overlooked or...Lean ERP: What It is and How to Make It Work
ERP implementations more often than not run counter-intuitive to lean concepts. While lean and Six Sigma cultures focus on reducing waste and non-value-add activities, most ERP implementations are bloated with inefficiencies and cost overruns. For example, the average lean six sigma initiatives strive for zero waste and defects, while the average ERP implementation costs $10.5 […]
“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...
