by Panorama Consulting Group | Jul 18, 2012 | Digital Strategy, ERP Blog, Implementation
If you’ve followed our blog for any significant period of time, you have probably picked up on the fact that we view ERP implementations as business initiatives rather than software or technology projects. While this concept may sound esoteric on the surface, it... by Panorama Consulting Group | Jul 3, 2012 | Digital Strategy, ERP Blog, Implementation
In late June, the Royal Bank of Scotland experienced one of the biggest enterprise software failures in recent memory. As a result of their botched upgrade implementation, customers were unable to make or receive payments for several days, which resulted in... by Panorama Consulting Group | Mar 23, 2012 | Digital Strategy, ERP Blog, Implementation
As a follow-up to our recent post, Avoiding Bankruptcy From an ERP Implementation: Three Dirty Secrets, we’d like to take it to the next level and discuss how an organization actually can recover from being driven into bankruptcy by an ERP failure. Indeed, it’s a... by Panorama Consulting Group | Mar 9, 2012 | Digital Strategy, ERP Blog, Implementation
An ERP implementation is an incredibly expensive, complicated and risky proposition. As Panorama has seen (and detailed) over the past several years, failed implementations can even drive companies into bankruptcy (e.g., Shane Co., American LaFrance, FoxMeyer Corp.,... by Panorama Consulting Group | Jan 25, 2012 | Digital Strategy, ERP Blog, Implementation
Unfortunately, ERP implementations still aren’t any easier than they were 15 years ago when I started in the ERP world. Despite the enterprise software industry’s best intentions to mitigate risk with cloud ERP systems, implementation accelerators, and other tools,... by Panorama Consulting Group | Nov 4, 2011 | Digital Strategy, ERP Blog
As a follow-up to Monday’s post about ERP failure, we decided to take a look at some surprising data about the effects of such a failure on not only the companies who experience it — but the companies on both sides of the supply chain who also can be... by Panorama Consulting Group | Oct 12, 2011 | Digital Strategy, ERP Blog, Implementation
As recently outlined in the press, two high-profile organizations have fallen victim to yet two more ERP implementation failures. SuperDry and Tesco Bank, both based in the UK, blamed their recent financial woes on disastrous ERP failures. SuperDry, a fashion... by Panorama Consulting Group | Oct 3, 2011 | Change Management, Digital Strategy, ERP Blog
A recent study by ERP software vendor IFS found that a staggering 75-percent of respondents aged 35 and under reported that when an enterprise solution is too difficult to use, they’ll turn to a desktop spreadsheet software (i.e, Microsoft Excel) to get their... by Panorama Consulting Group | Sep 19, 2011 | Digital Strategy, ERP Blog, Implementation
A few weeks ago, ComputerWorld published an article about a recent Epicor implementation failure and lawsuit. The suit alleges that Whaley Foodservice Repairs tried and failed to implement Epicor Vantage after an extended period. One of the key difficulties with the... by Panorama Consulting Group | Aug 29, 2011 | Digital Strategy, ERP Blog, Project Management
Revelations about the IT failures of the new millennium suggest not! A recent study of over 1,400 organizations reveals some startling new facts about mega-failures in IT, including huge overruns. Whilst the study found average overrun was 27-percent, one in six... by Panorama Consulting Group | Aug 17, 2011 | Digital Strategy, ERP Blog, Software Selection
As kids across the country begin heading their way back to school for the new academic year, CIOs and their respective organizations appear to still be getting schooled on the harsh realities of ERP implementations. In the last week, two fairly high-profile lawsuits... by Panorama Consulting Group | Aug 10, 2011 | Digital Strategy, ERP Blog
Many of our clients hire us when they know they need help selecting and implementation a new ERP system. Often times, these clients know the general direction they want to go with their enterprise initiatives and simply need help navigating the options and... by Panorama Consulting Group | Jun 20, 2011 | Digital Strategy, ERP Blog
In late March, state auditors in Idaho released a damning report about a host of issues surrounding the implementation and usage of a state ERP system meant to process health care provider claims for Medicaid patients. The ERP system (which was provided by Unisys, now...
