by Eric Kimberling | Jul 4, 2020 | Cloud ERP Implementations, CRM Implementations, ERP Failures, ERP Implementations, Global ERP Implementations, HCM Implementations, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Implementations, NetSuite Implementations, Oracle Cloud ERP Implementations, Oracle ERP Cloud Failures, SAP failures, SAP S/4HANA Implementations, Small Business ERP Implementations, SuccessFactors Implementations, Workday Implementations
Digital transformation and ERP failures are caused by a number of things. Poor project management, lack of internal alignment, and poor organizational change management are just a handful of reasons by transformations so commonly fail. Behind these and other common...
by Bob Blanchette | Feb 23, 2020 | Digital Strategy, ERP Failures, Executive Leadership in Digital Transformation, Oracle ERP Cloud Failures, SAP failures
Why is executive buy-in so darn hard and fraught with surprises? Well the answers are many, and in this blog, we’ll explore a few that you may not have considered. Executive buy-in is a subset of organizational change management (OCM) and more than just terminology....
by Eric Kimberling | Oct 8, 2019 | digital transformation case studies, ERP Expert Witness, ERP Failures, Oracle Cloud ERP Implementations, Oracle ERP Cloud Expert Witness, Oracle ERP Cloud Failures, SAP Expert Witness, SAP failures, SAP S/4HANA Implementations
The enterprise technology landscape is riddled with ¬ERP failures from the last twenty years. Some are more extreme than others, but all have stories behind them. More importantly, they all contain important lessons that can help us in our digital transformations...
by Eric Kimberling | Aug 21, 2019 | Cloud ERP Implementations, Digital Strategy, ERP Failures, ERP Implementations, HCM Implementations, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Implementations, NetSuite Implementations, Oracle Cloud ERP Implementations, Oracle ERP Cloud Failures, SAP failures, SAP S/4HANA Implementations, SuccessFactors Implementations, Workday Implementations
Big ERP vendors can sell software and services like nobody’s business. Companies such as SAP, Oracle, Microsoft, Infor, and others have created monstrous machines capable of turning even the biggest skeptics into converts. But it all comes at a cost. In their quest...
by Eric Kimberling | Aug 14, 2019 | Cloud ERP Implementations, ERP Failures, ERP Implementations, HCM Implementations, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Implementations, NetSuite Implementations, Oracle Cloud ERP Implementations, Oracle ERP Cloud Failures, SAP failures, SAP S/4HANA Implementations, SuccessFactors Implementations, Workday Implementations
I have spent the better part of 20 years trying to help clients crack the code on why ERP implementations fail. It first started to click 12 years ago when I was engaged for my first ERP expert witness engagement for one of the highest profile lawsuits that the...
by Brian Potts | Jul 30, 2019 | Digital Strategy, ERP Failures, Oracle ERP Cloud Failures
Deep down we all know this, but ERP systems don’t “fail”. They don’t wear out, they don’t miscalculate and they don’t decide one day that they don’t like you or your company. They do what they are programmed to do and that’s it. And that is the problem. Eric...
