by Panorama Consulting Group | Nov 26, 2012 | ERP Blog, Project Management
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... by Panorama Consulting Group | Nov 20, 2012 | ERP Blog, Software Implementation, Software Selection
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... by Panorama Consulting Group | Nov 16, 2012 | Business Process Management, ERP Blog, Software Implementation
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...
by Panorama Consulting Group | Nov 14, 2012 | ERP Blog, Software Implementation
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... by Panorama Consulting Group | Nov 12, 2012 | Business Process Management, ERP Blog, Organizational Change Management, Software Implementation
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... by Panorama Consulting Group | Nov 5, 2012 | ERP Blog, Organizational Change Management, Software Implementation
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...