You Are Underestimating Organizational Change Management in Your Digital Transformation, and Here’s Why
There are two things I love most about speaking at conferences. First, I learn a ton from other presenters. Second, I always learn from my own presentations, both through audience engagement and in my own internal processing of topics as I present. Last week’s Digital Stratosphere conference in Denver was no exception. I learned more […]
Digital Transformation Lessons from the Digital Stratosphere Conference
We recently hosted people from around the world at our Digital Stratosphere ERP conference. I have attended nearly 100 conferences in my career – and I have designed and facilitated approximately 25 ERP Boot Camps over the years – but this was by far the best event that I have attended or been a part […]
Top ERP Blogs of the Year
In addition to sharing our top digital transformation and ERP predictions for 2019, it is also helpful to look back at some of the thought leadership that resonated most with the market. These are the top 5 blogs on our web-site, in terms of total traffic so far this year: 5. Comparison of SAP S/4HANA, […]
Digital Transformation in the Retail Industry – and What it Means to You
Digital transformation initiatives have the potential to truly revolutionize companies in industries of all types. In some industries, transformation is a matter of survival. Digital transformation in the retail industry is an example of the latter. The retail industry going through massive amounts of change at the moment. Competitors such as Amazon and Wal-Mart have […]
Defining your Digital Transformation Project Dream Team
Eric Kimberling recently posted a blog surrounding the potential dark side of digital transformation and how the increased power of technology can cause complications even greater than faced in the past with vanilla ERP implementations. One of the greatest risks of a complete digital transformation is not having the right team and skill sets to […]
Business Intelligence: What Is Holding Back ERP Implementations
For years now, companies and ERP consultants have struggled with how to avoid ERP failure. Many struggle to reach the third stage of ERP, which is when real transformations happen, business benefits are realized, and the business is better off than before new technology was deployed. I recently wrote about how part of the problem […]
The Intangible Side of an ERP Business Case
We have stressed time and time again the importance of measuring cost vs. benefit when moving to a new ERP platform. It’s no secret that these systems are expensive and difficult to implement. At the same time, the cost of doing nothing can be even greater than the cost of implementing a new ERP system. […]
The Dark Side of Digital Transformation
There are some really cool emerging trends in today’s digital transformation landscape. Artificial intelligence, machine learning, and predictive analytics are just some of the technologies with potential to completely transform businesses. We cover these and other trends in our top ERP predictions in 2019. But not all with digital transformation technologies are unicorns and rainbows. […]
Timing Your ERP Initiative and Reading the Gas Gauge
I was running late for an appointment last week and jumped in the car to see that my wife had returned the car home with less than 2 miles remaining before the tank was to run empty. The gas station is also just about 2 miles away, and my appointment was another 15 miles or […]
Five Things That are Obsolete in the ERP Software Industry
The other day, we posted our top ERP predictions for 2019. While this provides a good look into where the industry is headed, it is also important to understand the things that are obsolete in the ERP software industry. While there are a large number to choose from, here are a handful to be particularly […]
ERP Implementation – Big Bang or Phased?
By Sam Graham If anything positive can be taken from recent ERP disasters (Lidl, National Grid, Waste Management, etc), it is that these failures happened before those systems went live. Compare that with, for example, the Hershey debacle (now frequently used as a case study in how not to implement ERP). It would appear that […]
Top 10 ERP and Digital Transformation Predictions for 2019
This has been an amazing year so far. Technology has continued to evolve while many organizations begin their digital transformation journeys. Some have been successful so far, while others have struggled. On a personal level, our company began working with 15 new clients in the last 6 months since spinning off from our last company. […]