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How to Prevent Scope Creep in ERP Implementation

This ebook will discuss: Manufacturing and distribution companies rely on enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems to streamline business processes, reduce operational costs and improve

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Preventing Scope Creep in ERP Implementation

This ebook will discuss: Manufacturing and distribution companies rely on enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems to streamline business processes, reduce operational costs and improve

  • What ERP scope creep is

organizational efficiency. But your company can only

  • Factors that contribute to ERP

experience these benefits when the ERP implementation scope creep process is successful. There are many cases where ERP

  • Strategies to avoid scope creep

implementations fail for various reasons. in your ERP project

Beyond a true "failure", your company's maximum return What is ERP Scope Creep? on investment in ERP may be put at risk due to an issue ERP scope creep is a situation referred to as "scope creep". where the scope of your ERP project begins to expand beyond the original objectives, "The impact of scope creep can be costly, deliverables and timelines. This often leading to extended deadlines and may be due to the addition of

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additional fees. Your team may also lose new features, customizations or sight of the original goals or the core integrations that were not issues your ERP project was meant to included in the project's original address, leaving your end-users scope. dissatisfied with the ERP project, which can also lower adoption rates." Scope creep can result in:

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