by Guest Blog | Nov 9, 2018 | Digital Strategy, ERP Implementations, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Implementations, Oracle Cloud ERP Implementations, SAP S4/HANA Implementations
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...
by Eric Kimberling | Nov 6, 2018 | Digital Strategy, ERP Failures, ERP Implementations, ERP software selection, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Implementations, Oracle Cloud ERP Implementations, Organizational Change Management, SAP S/4HANA vs. Oracle vs. Microsoft Dynamics 365, SAP S4/HANA Implementations, SAP vs Oracle vs Microsoft Dynamics
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...
by Eric Kimberling | Oct 26, 2018 | Digital Strategy, ERP Implementations, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Implementations, Oracle Cloud ERP Implementations, SAP S4/HANA Implementations
Most digital transformations are rigged. It was 20 years ago when I started in this space, and it still is today. I started my first consulting company (Panorama Consulting) back in 2005 because of the lack of unbiased independent ERP consultants in the market. That...
by Eric Kimberling | Oct 22, 2018 | Digital Strategy, ERP Implementations, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Implementations, Oracle Cloud ERP Implementations, SAP S4/HANA Implementations
Over the last two weeks, I have been intrigued by two data points: 1. A recent article by a well-respected colleague about the outdated nature of ERP software, and 2. Work we just started with a new client – a very large US-based manufacturing and distribution company...
by Guest Blog | Oct 13, 2018 | ERP Failures, ERP Implementations, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Implementations, Oracle Cloud ERP Implementations, SAP S4/HANA Implementations
By Sam Graham Benjamin Franklin once said that in this world only two things are certain; death and taxes. Were he alive today, he would probably have added a third: continuing analysis of ERP project failure. We had hardly moved on from the Anchorage disaster before...
by Eric Kimberling | Sep 11, 2018 | Digital Strategy, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Implementations, Oracle Cloud ERP Implementations, Organizational Change Management, SAP S4/HANA Implementations
Organizational change management is one of the most misunderstood – and undervalued – aspects of complex ERP implementations and digital transformations. It seems that executives and project teams are constantly trying to figure out how to define the best change...
