Panorama Consulting Group | People - Process

Closing the Gap Between New ERP Processes and the Old Way of Doing Things

by Panorama Consulting Group | Mar 8, 2008 | ERP Blog, Software Implementation

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...

Clash of the Tier II ERP Vendors

by Panorama Consulting Group | Jun 4, 2014 | Business Process Management, ERP Blog

One of Panorama’s most popular pieces of thought leadership each year is our Clash of the Titans Report, which compares the industry’s three leading ERP vendors: SAP, Oracle and Microsoft Dynamics. Because of the breadth and scalability of these three ERP vendors,...

Clash of the Organizational Change Management Philosophies

by Panorama Consulting Group | Aug 27, 2014 | ERP Blog, Organizational Change Management, Software Implementation

Organizational change management is one of the key contributors to ERP implementation success and failure. In fact, of the top ten reasons for ERP project failure, a majority are either directly or indirectly related to organizational change management. On the...

Lessons Learned from the CityTime ERP Failure

by Bill Baumann | Jun 4, 2021 | ERP Blog, Software Expert Witness

In 2003, city leaders initiated an effort to update and modernize New York City’s payroll system for local government employees. The project, aptly named CityTime, started with a budget of $63 million. In 2011, NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg demanded that the...

CIO and CFO Hunger Games: The Risks and Rewards of Rapid ERP Implementations

by Panorama Consulting Group | Apr 4, 2012 | ERP Blog, Software Implementation

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...

Choosing the Right ERP Consultant for Your Small Business

by Panorama Consulting Group | May 21, 2014 | Business Process Management, ERP Blog, Organizational Change Management, Software Implementation, Software Selection

Last week, one of our blogs covered some misconceptions about the age-old SAP vs. Oracle debate. While this topic is typically most relevant to larger organizations, we wanted to follow-up with a relevant discussion more suitable to organizations outside the Fortune...