You Can’t Get Anything for Free or Can You???
An ERP implementation is a long-term project. Many multinational companies have taken years to implement their ERP systems by adopting a phased approach. Almost every single public company has...
View ArticleFrom Magic Quadrant to Top 10 ERP Vendors
Each year, Gartner publishes its magic quadrant of ERP vendors. This view of leading ERP software solutions is widely cited by software vendors when they are favorably represented in the quadrant, and...
View ArticleJelly Belly Candy Company to Kick Off Food Industry Seminar Series Hosted by...
London, UK, Sept 15, 2010 – Lawson Software today announced the first in a planned series of food & beverage industry seminars in Europe and the United States to introduce customers, prospects,...
View ArticleDuring ERP Selection, Don’t Forget About Your Incumbent ERP Vendor
We regularly work with clients who want nothing more to do with their current ERP software solution. The system is old and outdated, it hasn’t been upgraded in years, it no longer supports evolving...
View ArticleAn ITChat on ERP Change Management with IT Toolbox
This week I had the pleasure of executing a Twitter #ITChat on ERP change management with IT Toolbox, aka @ToolboxforIT. IT Toolbox has graciously allowed me to provide the transcript of this...
View ArticleApplying Pareto’s Law to ERP Selection Projects
The Pareto principle (also known as the 80-20 rule), states that, for many events, roughly 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes. The principle was developed to explain income and wealth...
View ArticleLike Football, An ERP Implementation is A Game of Inches, But Where Is The...
I’m a huge fan of professional football (American football, that is). Perhaps the thing that fascinates me most about the sport is how much each play matters, and how within each play, every little...
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The Great Mystery of the ERP 10-Year Itch: Why Businesses Can’t Seem to Stick...
When CIOs and CFOs invest in their new ERP software, they expect a long and happy relationship with the new software. Like most capital investments, they typically expect the investment to last ten or...
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Episode One of the ERP Reality Series: Software Selection
The ERP project kickoff is an important step in the software selection process. Even though it’s typically a short meeting with the executive steering committee, project core team, and SME’s, it serves...
View ArticleStarting Up and Stepping Out: ERP Software and the Little Guy
You just developed the greatest thing since sliced bread! Customers are beating down the door, and everything looks rosy! But along the way, you somehow forgot that all that order taking,...
View ArticleHow Well Do You Know Your Business?
Considering a new ERP system for your business? Can you articulate why need new software? Is it all just a “feeling” that things are not working right? Is it just a “hunch” that data is not integrated?...
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To Be or Not To Be: Answers to the Long-Standing Controversy About ERP System...
Ever since I started working with ERP systems in the mid 90′s, one of the most controversial and heated discussions in the industry has been how to handle business process re-engineering. When...
View ArticleWhat Happens When You Get 25 ERP Project Managers From Across the Globe into...
Today is the first day of Panorama’s 2010 ERP Boot Camp, which we are hosting in Denver this week. We have roughly 25 people attending, including ERP project managers, CIOs, IT Directors, and others...
View ArticleDay Three Report from ERP Boot Camp
We closed out the 2010 ERP Boot Camp with a bang in Denver on Friday afternoon. We had a chance to tie together everything we had learned and start applying concepts to real world situations. First, we...
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Beware of the Perils of the Year End ERP System Fire Sale
The end of the year is an interesting time. Most people are preparing for the holidays, catching up on piles of work, closing the books for the year, conducting physical inventory, and hoping to build...
View ArticleField Report from Panorama’s 2011 ERP Boot Camp
This year’s first ERP Boot Camp was another success, with 23 participants from all over the world gathered in Denver last week to discuss lessons and best practices for their ERP initiatives. This...
View ArticleThe Tipping Point of ERP Systems
“The Tipping Point” by Malcolm Gladwell is one of my favorite books of recent. In case you haven’t read it, the premise of the book is to provide sociological and sometimes non-conventional ways of...
View ArticleThe Times They Are a-Changin’: Assessing the Viability of ERP Vendors
When guiding our clients through the ERP selection process, we often hear executives say that they are concerned about the viability of their ERP vendors. Even after we’ve confirmed that a product is...
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Hiring an ERP System Integrator vs. Hiring an ERP Consultant
When our mid- to large-size clients ask us to help them choose an ERP vendor, they often also ask us to help them find the best system integrator or partner to help with their ERP implementation. In...
View ArticleFinding a Spouse Should Be Like . . . Selecting ERP Software?!
Half of baby boomers are now divorced. For someone who has yet to take the plunge into marriage, that kind of statistic really makes me wonder: “Why didn’t it work out?” One reason I have heard over...
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