Preventing an ERP Project Manager From Failing

Preventing an ERP Project Manager From Failing

When the integration and implementation of an ERP software system starts going off the rails and all sides begin pointing fingers at each other, often many of the user’s fingers point at the vendor’s project manager.  In a way, this is understandable, even before the root causes behind the looming failure are known. The project…

6 Missteps Smaller Companies Must Avoid with An ERP Project | ERP Software Licensing Attorneys

6 Missteps Smaller Companies Must Avoid with An ERP Project

Since its inception, ERP software systems have been historically used almost entirely by large organizations: Major corporations, financial institutions, federal and state government agencies and similar behemoths with complex structures and massive operations. Over the last couple of decades ERP vendors have focused aggressively on small to medium sized business market.  Today, a growing number…

Avoiding Problems with an ERP Restart During Covid-19

Avoiding Problems with an ERP Restart During Covid-19

Many organizations are looking at ways to restart ERP projects that were deferred when the pandemic forced widespread lockdowns. Whether a company was in the midst of upgrading a legacy system or had been on the verge of moving forward on their first ERP software system, we suggested five ways senior executives can fast-track an…

5 Ways ERP Transformations Can Be Fast-Tracked Despite Covid-19

5 Ways ERP Transformations Can Be Fast-Tracked Despite COVID-19

A debate is raging between some politicians and public health officials over the timing of reopening the economy. Noisy arguments in the news media, on Facebook or Twitter aside, the fact is that corporate executives need to be thinking seriously about the status of planned ERP software system upgrades or proceeding with projects that were…

How Senior Management Causes Its Own ERP Problems

Marcus Harris’ Digital Stratosphere Presentation Highlighted By Search ERP

After we spoke at the Digital Stratosphere 2020 virtual conference on how users need to adapt their ERP software systems and plans, some of our remarks were highlighted by the Search ERP website. We discussed implementation challenges for ERP software systems brought on by COVID-19, the importance of defining clear goals at the outset, why…

Balancing ERP Needs With COVID-19 Realities | ERP Licensing Attorneys

Balancing ERP Needs With COVID-19 Realities

As is happening with almost everything in business, COVID-19 is having an impact on ERP software systems and digital transformation projects generally – particularly with respect to an interruption or delay in software implementation projects. Some companies are postponing their implementation or drastically reducing the scope of their implementations.) While halting or postponing an implementation…

ERP Practices Under the CCPA

These are thoroughly disturbing statistics that should make every ERP user shudder:  A survey of more than 400 IT professionals conducted by Onapsis Research Labs found that 64-percent of ERP software systems suffered a data breach in the past two years. Onapsis reported that 90-percent of SAP’s ERP software systems remain vulnerable to a nasty…

The Risks To ERP From AI and IoT

6 Warning Signs ERP Systems May Fail

Over the years, we have written quite a bit about the many “train wrecks” that seem to plague a disturbing number of ERP software systems. We also have litigated many of these disputes on behalf of companies whose system did not meet the promises made by software vendors or integrators during the software sales process.…