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The 2025 Top 10 ERP Systems Report
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The Cost of Delays with System Enhancements
An Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system is an enormous boost to the productivity and profitability of any business at any scale. It manages sensitive data, increases organizational transparency, and streamlines the business process, thus effectively reducing lead...
5 Tips When Transitioning from ERP Selection to ERP Implementation
It’s easy to get pumped once you’ve selected new ERP software as part of your organization’s digital transformation effort. Typically, the team is ready to move on from that old system and hopefully excited about the possibilities that modern technology can bring. But...
Flexibility vs. Standardization: How the Answer to this One Question Should Drive Your ERP System and Digital Transformation
Choosing and implementing new ERP software has more to do with your desired business strategy and operational model than specific software solutions. When evaluating and implementing potential enterprise software, it can be easy to get lost in the technical details,...
Now is a Terrible Time to Purchase New ERP Software
If you regularly read my blogs, you know I’m a big proponent of the theory that there is never a good time to embark on an ERP software initiative. In past blogs, I’ve discussed how businesses typically have competing priorities. Limited time, too few resources, and...
Lessons from the Golf Course for a Successful ERP Implementation
Many of our C-level clients are golf addicts. What they often don’t realize, is just how much golf might be teaching them about a successful ERP implementation. Though they may sound unrelated – or a far-reaching attempt to create excuses to spend less time in the...
Why is Business Process Management Such a Big Deal?
The first thing I ask when I meet a client is “what’s happening in your organization?” 99% of the time the answer is “we are looking at what we do and how we do it, and we have figured out that our technology isn’t supporting our business.” As I constantly approach...
Ten Questions Before Beginning Your Digital Transformation
I understand the situation you’re in: your ERP software and other enterprise technologies are dated, your employees aren’t as efficient as they could be, and you want to fix the problem ASAP. Even though you might want to rush to select and implement a new technology,...
The One Thing Missing from Your ERP Implementation
There are some universal best practices that make ERP implementations and digital transformation initiatives successful. Successful initiatives dedicate resources and time to organizational change management. They make sure to get business process management right....
How to Develop the Right ERP Strategy for your Organization
When developing an ERP strategy, there are many factors to have into consideration depending on the type of business, the size of the organization and the purpose of the initiative. But regardless of the particular circumstances of every case, an ERP strategy must...
How Amazon, Walmart, and Apple are Undermining Your Digital Transformation
We are currently working with several retail and distribution clients that are being severely disrupted by technology innovators and industry behemoths. Companies such as Amazon, Walmart, and Apple are forcing them to rethink their business models, supply chains,...
Why are organizations afraid of getting into an ERP project?
It can take anywhere from 9 months to 5 years to select and implement ERP systems based on the size and complexity of an organization. Knowing that, it is amazing to me that so many companies wait until the very last minute – or past it, until they are really...
Your 5-Step Guide to Rescuing a Digital Transformation or ERP Implementation
Not every digital transformation or ERP implementation is successful. Despite you and your team’s best efforts, yours may be struggling too. It is important to accept the situation for what it is. You’re not alone. Just as importantly, there are things you can do to...
Five Things CIOs Overlook During Their Digital Transformations
Digital transformations are complex undertakings – even more so than your average, run of the mill ERP implementation. As Panorama grows and continues to work with more large, sophisticated, and global clients, we see more comprehensive digital transformations beyond...
The Do It Yourself Digital Transformation Project: Beware of These Ten Pitfalls
Managing your own digital transformation or ERP software initiative can be a tempting idea. However, the concept rarely works and is riddled with potential failure points. If you’re a new CIO, the thought of taking the bull by the horns and being a one-man...
How to Prepare for Your Digital Transformation Initiative This Summer
There is never a good time to start your digital transformation initiative. Especially this time of year, key team members are on vacation, which can make difficult starting a new project and gain the necessary buy-in. There are a million reasons why the summer months...
Cutting on Change Management Budget: a Mistake That Will Hunt you Down
Every single ERP project, no matter the size, is about change. We all know that a new ERP system demands that organizations change the way they do business, otherwise why else would a company go through the painful process of an ERP implementation, right? The whole...Cloud ERP Software or Bust: Five Reasons Why On Premise is Dead
If you’ve read our past blogs about cloud ERP software, you know that at least one of us a skeptic of the hype. It is absolutely a real and emerging trend, but we’re leery of absolute, one-size-fits-all buzzwords like these. As independents consultants, with no vested...
A CIO’s Guide to Not Getting Fired: Five Warning Signs
I hate to admit it, but I’ve seen too many CIOs get fired over the years. I also dislike putting this in writing, but I have in most cases also seen the warning signs in advance. Sometimes they were clients, sometimes they weren’t. And sometimes they listened to my...
Lessons From Digital Enterprise Boot Camp
Last week, we hosted our most recent Digital Enterprise Boot Camp in Chicago. This three-day training event was a good way for us to collaborate with some of the world’s leading CIOs and digital transformation project teams, and the event provided some good takeaways...
