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The 2025 Top 10 ERP Systems Report
Our experts have highlighted ten vendors that can help your organization make data-driven decisions.
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SAP vs. Oracle vs. Microsoft Dynamics vs. Infor: Payback Period
Panorama’s Clash of the Titans 2016 provides an independent comparison of SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics and Infor. Watch this webinar clip for an analysis of the average payback periods for these four vendors. The vendor with the most respondents receiving...Are You Investing in All the Components of ERP Success?
ERP success is hard to come by. The multitude of pitfalls, risks and landmines on the ERP implementation journey are difficult – but not impossible – to navigate. To complicate matters, most organizations only replace their ERP systems every 10 or 20 years, which...Know Your ERP Consultant
ERP systems are much more than just another application. The ERP system facilitates and directs the processes that are essential to conducting business and impacts the lives of the people who use it. With so much at stake, how do you find a trusted implementation...
Top Five Reasons to Attend ERP Boot Camp
Panorama’s next ERP Boot Camp is just around the corner on May 22nd-23rd in Chicago, Illinois. Our Boot Camps are two days of intensive and interactive ERP education in an informal setting. The subject material covers everything from software selection to...10 Ways to Avoid the “Panic Zone”
So you spent the last year or so preparing for the launch of your new ERP system. The core project team has made this their full-time job, you invested in training super-users and end-users and you have engaged and informed the rest of the staff about the coming...SAP vs. Oracle vs. Microsoft Dynamics vs. Infor: Implementation Duration
Panorama’s Clash of the Titans 2016 provides an independent comparison of SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics and Infor. Watch this webinar clip for a more in-depth analysis of the average implementation duration for these four vendors. Compared to our previous...Five Ways to Keep Your ERP Project On-Schedule
A successful and on-time ERP project never happens by accident. Behind every successful public sector ERP implementation is a project manager who has taken the time to define project scope, assess resource commitment and set expectations and priorities. Although...How to Answer Your Boss’ Top 5 Questions About ERP System ROI
We have all heard the phrase “there is no ‘I’ in team.” That phrase has meaning not only in a personal manner, but also in your professional life—especially reigning true when you’re trying to implement a new ERP system. Selecting and implementing a new ERP is a team...Convincing the C-Suite: New ERP Software Please!
You see the same problems day-in and day-out – duplication of tasks, process inefficiencies and lack of visibility into data. While it’s clear that your company needs a new ERP system, it can be challenging to convince senior management of this necessity. Obtaining...Setting the Goals That Actually Matter
For a company in the midst of an ERP implementation, a go-live date becomes the holy grail of project milestones. The culmination of months of preparation, go-live represents the end of an arduous struggle towards improved processes and systems as well as the...What Exactly is Business Process Management?
It’s unlikely that someone would go on a long journey without first procuring a map and planning their route. People have an easy time visualizing a destination when planning their route but don’t understand the pitfalls that lie in the journey. Business process...The Basic Structure of an RFP
Having prepared and responded to numerous requests for proposals (RFPs) across many governmental and nonprofit sectors, I’m always surprised by the amount of RFPs that do not include a proposal response format. When an organization has not included a proposal response...Lessons Learned From a Government ERP Failure
Anyone who follows ERP industry news knows that ERP implementations fail at high rates in both the private, commercial sector and the public, government sector. As discussed in Panorama’s 2015 ERP Report, not only do the majority of organizations across all industry...A Common Mistake Made in Government RFP Solicitations
As an old saying goes, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” This saying is directly applicable to government RFP drafting for ERP selection and implementation services. In a recent State government RFP for ERP software selection and implementation, the...Five Common (and Inaccurate) Myths of ERP Systems
Don’t believe all of the hype. Mismanaged expectations and misinformation shared during sales cycles for ERP systems are major reasons why so many implementations fail. Unfortunately, buyers of new ERP systems often rely on faulty information when making their...Are You Ready to Start Your ERP Implementation in the New Year?
Many organizations look to the New Year as a way to begin their ERP implementations. New budgets and focus are often a great way to start these important initiatives. On the flip side, you want to make sure that you, your team and the overall organization is ready for...Panorama’s ERP Boot Camp: You Don’t Even Have to Cut Your Hair
I remember my first boot camp. At the end of it I could knock out 100 pushups in two minutes and turn my shoes into black mirrors, but there is not much need for that in corporate America. Panorama’s ERP Boot Camp, on the other hand, is exactly what you need in the...SAP vs. Oracle vs. MS Dynamics vs. Infor: Lessons from the 2016 Clash of the Titans Report
Most clients we work with either evaluate or implement the four leading Tier I ERP vendors in the market. This week, we released our 2016 Clash of the Titans Report, which compares actual results from over 500 different SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics and Infor...Five Tricks to Ensuring the Treat of a Non-Spooky ERP Implementation
When it comes to implementing new ERP software, it’s hard to know what to expect and you never know when a guy in a Michael Myers mask is going to come around the corner with a chainsaw (you never know if and when your ERP project could go completely off its projected...
