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Learn how to do ERP the right way. A Google search on "failed ERP implementations" confirms that despite massive budgets and outside and internal resources, organizations like Hershey’s, Whirlpool and W.L. Gore have had notable ERP implementation failures. Cost overruns, delayed implementations, unrealistic expectations, and unhappy users are common ERP problems even in big companies. Imagine how difficult it can be for the SME (small and medium enterprise)?
But it doesn't have to be this way. This easy-to-read report addresses ten key critical success factors, including:
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Being efficient with the selection, negotiation and contracts |
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Choosing the right implementation partner |
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Maintaining constant senior management involvement |
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Download this white paper to learn more about these and the other 7 critical success factors that determine whether or not an SME can drive measurable business performance with their ERP selection and implementation processes.
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Conventional wisdom states that an ERP implementation always goes over time and over budget, and never delivers the value or benefits that were promised at the start. This is true with almost every implementation. The key to managing this issue is to understand the dynamics of change management and to see the project as less about IT and more about business transformation.
"Big Bang" implementations that seek to deliver every facet of a solutions capability into all areas of the organization are at the highest risk of failure. As problems and issues are encountered the natural reaction of the team is to slim down the scope and manage expectations downward so that, in the end, you replace one IT system with another without ever achieving the benefits the new platform could have delivered to the organization.
Implementing an end-to-end ERP solution is a little like trying to change your slice of the world. It has an impact on many people in the organization - It will change the way you conduct business in many areas - operations, department workflow, and beyond. These changes will be disruptive and disorientating for many people and without the right buy-in at all levels, the project will quickly flounder.
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 Learn more about the two key ERP power triangles impacting your software implementation. The first defines the dependencies in your project. The second, defines relationships that can't be broken.
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