Panorama Consulting surveyed businesses that had implemented ERP systems (large companies for the most part, but we note that the lessons for the small to midsize business are largely the same). In our previous six posts we detailed many of their findings. Today we’ll wrap up this series of posts with some of their final [...]
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Part 7 – Survey Results on ERP Implementation: Final Conclusions
Posted in SERIES: ERP Survey Results (7 posts), tagged Enterprise Resource Planning, ERP, Panorama Consulting ERP Survey on March 22, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Part 6 – Survey Results on ERP Implementation: Planned vs. Actual Costs and Timelines
Posted in SERIES: ERP Survey Results (7 posts), tagged Enterprise Resource Planning, ERP, Panorama Consulting ERP Survey on March 20, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
We’ll do a quick recap of the key conclusions in Panorama Consulting’s survey of large firms that implemented ERP systems. Even though their client base is large companies, we’ve noted frequently how closely the lessons and principles of those larger installations apply to our own clients in the Small to Midsize Business (SMB) market space. [...]
Part 5 – Survey Results on ERP Implementation: Costs
Posted in SERIES: ERP Survey Results (7 posts), tagged Enterprise Resource Planning, ERP, Panorama Consulting ERP Survey on March 15, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
As we continue our review of Panorama Consulting’s survey of ERP implementations, we come to the critical component of Cost. As their summary states: “There are many considerations that factor into total cost of ownership. Many companies underestimate these costs and ultimately go over budget as a result. Understanding all of the items that make [...]
Part 4 – Survey Results on ERP Implementation: Benefits Realization
Posted in SERIES: ERP Survey Results (7 posts), tagged Enterprise Resource Planning, ERP, Panorama Consulting ERP Survey on March 13, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
We’ve been reporting the past few posts on the 2012 survey findings of Panorama Consulting, a firm specializing in ERP implementations for larger companies. Many of the lessons they’ve learned we’ve found applicable to the small to midsize (or SMB) market, based on our own 25 years of experience in the arena. Today, we’ll look [...]
Part 3 – Survey Results on ERP Implementation: Best Methods
Posted in SERIES: ERP Survey Results (7 posts), tagged Enterprise Resource Planning, ERP, Panorama Consulting ERP Survey on March 8, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
As a recent study by Panorama Consulting, which bills itself as “the world’s leading Independent ERP consulting firm” points out, ERP implementations generally occur in one of three ways. Each has an effect on employee buy-in, which has been shown by them and other industry experts to be one of the most critical factors in [...]
Part 2 – Survey Results on ERP Implementation: Change the Software or Change the Business?
Posted in SERIES: ERP Survey Results (7 posts), tagged Enterprise Resource Planning, ERP, Panorama Consulting ERP Survey on March 6, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
We noted at the end of our prior post that 41% of companies deploying an ERP system (according to an annual survey just completed by the folks at Panorama Consulting) admitted to “changing business processes to accommodate ERP functionality.” The question though is whether that’s the right thing to be changing. Here’s what Panorama, a [...]
Survey Results on ERP Implementation: Key Takeaways (Part 1 of 7)
Posted in SERIES: ERP Survey Results (7 posts), tagged Enterprise Resource Planning, ERP, Panorama Consulting Survey of ERP on March 1, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Recently, a firm called Panorama Consulting released the results of its “2012 ERP Report,” a survey it conducted throughout last year. They surveyed about 250 (mostly large) companies globally, including about 75 inNorth America, in an effort to determine their level of happiness with their business software systems. Along the way, they drew conclusions about [...]
To Err is Human… To Really Screw Up You Need a Big Computer System
Posted in General ERP Articles, tagged Business Process Analysis, Enterprise Resource Planning, ERP, ERP failures, failed ERP implementations, Information Week on failed ERP on July 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
You would think that as consultants and purveyors of ERP systems we would be loath to share the horror stories of failed ERP implementations. But quite the contrary. Actually, the lessons learned are, with all due humility, the very lessons we preach to our prospective customers almost every day. Well, recently the editor of the [...]
10 Key Features To Look For in a Basic ERP System
Posted in General ERP Articles, tagged 10 Key Features in ERP, ERP, Focus Research Tips, What to look for in an EP system on July 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Recently the folks at Focus Research compiled what we think is a very intelligent and simple list of some of the key characteristics buyers of ERP systems should be watching for. What really got our attention, actually, was a little comment at the end of their list of tips, wherein they noted that… “the [...]
Some Good Advice for Mid-Size Firms on ERP
Posted in General ERP Articles, tagged Enterprise Resource Planning software, ERP, ERP advice for the midsize firm on April 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I ran into some good advice recently in a white paper entitled “The 2011 Focus Experts’ Guide To Enterprise Resource Planning” that fits quite well with the advice we give to our own clients. I’ll reprise some of their comments below, many of them verbatim (you can get the full report and many others about [...]
