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Five Critical Success Factors for ERP Implementations
At Panorama, we write and talk a lot about the critical success factors of ERP implementations. Although organizations certainly vary across industries, and industries themselves have a large amount of differentiating concerns and requirements, when it comes to ERP...Guest Blog: The Real Role of the IT Department in an ERP Implementation, a Rebuttal
After reading Panorama’s blog post “The Real Role of the IT Department in an ERP Implementation,” I would firmly agree with this stance if the IT department in the organization remains as an old-fashioned IT function. Scarily, that is still the case for those IT...The Real Role of the IT Department in an ERP Implementation
I want to lay something on the line here, right from the outset: an ERP implementation is not an IT initiative. When an organization believes that it is, and tasks the IT department with everything from software selection to implementation to training to internal...Lessons From New York City: The Risks and Benefits of Hiring Outside ERP Consultants
The ERP consulting profession has unfortunately received a few black eyes in the 15 years that I have been in the field. During the late 1990s, consulting firms were flush with cash as their client organizations scrambled to hire them to solve the Y2K problem...Building a Business Contingency Plan for ERP Failure
ERP system rollouts can be incredibly nerve-wracking . . . and with good reason. We’ve all heard stories of company after company suffering major disruptions to their supply chains and order fulfillment capabilities due to ERP failures, mishaps and glitches....CIO and CFO Hunger Games: The Risks and Rewards of Rapid ERP Implementations
ERP implementations are a lot like the “Hunger Games” for CIOs, CFOs and other executives tasked with making their ERP projects successful. For those that aren’t familiar with the novel or movie, Hunger Games is predicated on a story where two children...Lean Six Sigma and ERP Software
In the enterprise software industry, we hear a lot of talk about how ERP software can and should improve performance, reduce costs and make businesses more efficient. Marketing hype from ERP vendors and systems integrators creates a utopian promise of efficient...Is Your ERP System Hurting Your Business?
We’ve been talking a lot about ERP failure recently but when it comes to enterprise solutions, it’s important to note that failure is not necessarily defined the same way across the board. Bankruptcy, obviously, would be one indicator that nearly everyone...Recovering From ERP Bankruptcy
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...Can Your Business Survive an ERP System Implementation?
At Panorama, we’re more than a little obsessed with ERP success . . . and ERP failure. We read about, research and analyze both sides of the ERP coin every day both to better our own understanding of the industry and to hone our PERFECT methodologies that we use...Best Practices to Manage End-to-End Business Processes in Your ERP System
It’s no secret that most ERP systems fail to deliver the business benefits anticipated by the organizations implementing the software. More specifically, our 2012 ERP Report reveals that 50-percent of organizations fail to receive at least 50-percent of the expected...Managing Up: What to Do When the C-Suite Begs Off an ERP Project
Executive buy-in is one of the most critical success factors of an ERP implementation. Executives provide the vision, strategy and decision-making capabilities necessary to reap all of the business benefits possible from a new or upgraded ERP system. But even...Avoiding Bankruptcy From an ERP Implementation: Three Dirty Secrets
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.,...Is Your ERP Implementation Suffering From a Vitamin C Deficiency?
We often write and present about the challenges and pitfalls of ERP implementations as well as some of the best practices associated with making an ERP system work for organizations. Our clients look to us to provide the expertise, methodology, and toolset to make...Five Tips to Address the Challenges of a Successful ERP Implementation
Two months in and I’m convinced this is going to be a great year, as the economy is steadily bouncing back. With this promising news, VAI is already starting to see more enterprises regaining confidence in making more significant technology investments. However, even...
How to Sell an ERP Implementation or Upgrade to Your Boss
Managers are often the first people who see the need for a new ERP system. They field inquiries from customers, complaints from staff members and demands from the executive level. But selling change (especially change as expensive as ERP), takes both finesse and hard...Pinch Hitters’ Guide to Six Sigma and ERP
Six Sigma is a term companies equate to resource overload, too much money, and time consumption, which can certainly act as a deterrent for companies focused on the bottom line. However, because ERP software is often used to improve business processes, it can be of...Back in the Saddle Again: Getting Your ERP Implementation Back on Track
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,...The Executive’s Role in an ERP Implementation
There is no such thing as ERP success without leadership and governance from the executive level. As much as some C-suiters would like to defer involvement in and responsibility for an ERP implementation to their IT department or some other functional area, it is...
