Articles under ‘ERP Implementation’ Category

The main reason ERP implementations fail to deliver adequate return on investment is because they are categorised as software, rather than business improvement, projects…

The manufacturing sector is a prime example of an industry vertical that has embraced technology. MRP & ERP systems have transformed productivity and efficiency in a sector whose margins were squeezed by globalisation. Now retail is under similar pressures with the growth of online retailing. Here Anthony Doesburg uncovers

A growing number of ERP users are seizing scheduled technology refreshes as an opportunity to consider moving workloads onto virtual servers… Server virtualisation is finally considered mature and secure enough for a growing number of enterprises to take the plunge with their ERP workloads. In the past

A rigorous business case establishes a foundation for discovering the potential benefits of a new technology solution… Failed IT projects frequently hit the headlines and can even be so disastrous that the vendor is banned from replying to future tenders, as happened to IBM at the hands

ERP implementations are seldom straight forward but here is how to avoid underestimating the ERP project challenges… Budget and schedule slippages seem to be an endemic problem across all types of ERP implementation. A report last year by Panorama Consulting Solutions surveyed 172 companies of all sizes