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The 2022 Top 10 ERP Systems Report
This report highlights the ERP vendors and systems that our consulting team has found to be innovative and strong in[…]
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ERP Software Accelerators: Are They the Silver Bullet of Enterprise Software Implementations?
ERP software implementations can be tricky, so ERP accelerators are a welcome opportunity to help companies implement more quickly and cost effectively. As we’ve highlighted in our ERP research, 93% of the time an ERP implementation takes longer than expected,...ERP Software Customization: The Ultimate Sin of Enterprise Software?
Customization is one of the most controversial topics surrounding ERP software. A majority of our clients have every intention of leveraging vanilla, off-the-shelf software during their software selection process. However, as project teams get into the...A Client’s ERP Implementation Lessons Learned
One of our recent ERP podcasts features an interview with the CEO of one of our mid-size clients that recently implemented an integrated ERP system for their 200+ employees. It’s always interesting to hear a consultant’s perspective on ERP best-practices,...Six Tips for Effective ERP Software Training
As Panorama Consulting’s ERP research suggests, ERP software projects fail not due to software, but because of issues related to people and processes. Effective training and organizational change management is an area that is often overlooked and underemphasized...ERP Satisfaction: How Do Most Companies Define ERP Success?
Our 2008 study of 1,300+ ERP implementations across the globe reveals that 65% of companies are satisfied with their ERP software solutions. On the flip side, the study also reveals that 93% of projects take longer than expected, 65% cost more than expected, and 79%...Value of Conference Room Pilots in ERP Implementations
Most ERP project teams understand the value of functional and integration testing. It’s an important pre-go-live step to ensure the software works according to design specs and that data flows accurately through the system. Conference room pilots (CRPs) are also...Top Reasons for ERP Project Delays
As we have highlighted in our 2008 ERP Report (read the reports here), an overwhelming majority of ERP project implementations take longer than expected. In fact, our study of 1,300 implementations across the globe reveals that 9 out of 10 take longer than planned....Eight Traits of Best-in-Class ERP Implementations
In 2008, Panorama Consulting Group completed a survey of companies that were engaged in or had completed an ERP implementation. From 1,300 responses we compiled a list of eight traits found in successful ERP implementation. Trait # 1 – Focus on Business Process...Shane Company: Lessons Learned From an ERP Implementation Failure
Earlier this week, jewelry retailer Shane Company filed for bankruptcy and partially blamed its botched SAP implementation for its woes. While other factors such as a weak economy and a brutal retail environment undoubtedly contributed to the company’s...Not All ERP Software is Created Equal
As revealed in our 2008 ERP Report issued earlier this week, ERP implementations are not always a slam dunk success. Choosing the right ERP software is the first step to success, while implementing it effectively is the second. Our Panorama Consulting team is...Tips to Select and Leverage ERP For Your Organization During an Economic Slowdown
As the global economy slows and some capital IT budgets come under increased scrutiny, it is becoming more important to rationalize investments in technology such as ERP. Some of our clients are delaying their ERP implementations, while most are using their...Implementing an ERP System In A Regulated Environment
As if successfully implementing an ERP System was difficult enough, doing so in a regulated environment is even more challenging. As an outgrowth of its current good manufacturing practice (CGMP) initiative for human and animal drugs and biologics (any virus,...ERP Implementation Benchmarks
We are in the process of gathering and analyzing the results of our ongoing ERP benchmark study. The intent of this study is to collect information about ERP implementations around the world related to time to implement, cost, match with expectations, etc. ...Going Live!
One of our recent ERP Selection clients told us their sales had improved dramatically because a competitor had implemented a new ERP system and their competitor’s shipping lead-time had gone from 6 days to 6 weeks. I don’t know the specifics of this...Lessons Learned From An ERP Implementation
The problem with large ERP implementations at high-profile organizations is that project teams are under an extremely high level of scrutiny. As if ERP projects weren’t hard enough in their own merit, well-known organizations have the added pressure of knowing...ERP Implementation: Do It Right or Pay Later
When dealing with clients who want to short-cut their ERP implementation process, one of the Project Managers at our company likes to state that “you can pay now, or you can pay later.” This may seem self-promoting since we are consultants earning a living...Five Worst ERP Implementation Mistakes
ERP isn’t usually a laughing matter, at least not for most of us. However, the other day a colleague of mine forwarded a blog entry with a humorous take on the five worst mistakes that you can take during implementation (click here to read the blog). Although my...Closing the Gap Between New ERP Processes and the Old Way of Doing Things
For many companies we help implement enterprise systems for, the goal is to limit customization and leverage the ERP system’s “vanilla” out-of-the-box functionality as much as possible. However, even if an organization has identified a system that is...Alternative ERP Implementation Strategies: What’s the Best Approach?
Last week, we cited an industry article about alternative ways of implementing ERP systems. The article gives an example of a large ERP implementation that challenged the traditional notion of going live via a “hard” cutover at go-live. Instead, the...
