ERP IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE

The 7 Deadly Sins of ERP Implementation

A modern ERP solution can supercharge your organization, enable extraordinary efficiencies and deliver valuable insight. But implementation is one of the most complex, expensive, time-consuming and high-risk projects your organization will ever undertake.

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THE 7 DEADLY SINS

A modern ERP solution can supercharge your organization, enable extraordinary efficiencies and deliver valuable insight. But implementation is one of the most complex, expensive, time-consuming and high-risk projects your organization will ever undertake. And it's easy to make mistakes that will result in failure.

Some mistakes are just bad decisions: Selecting the wrong software solution. Choosing an unworkable deployment strategy. Setting an inadequate budget. Eliminating training.

Some are the inevitable consequence of situational or organizational factors: Lack of inhouse expertise. Limited internal resources. Poor organizational energy. Messy data.

And some are the result of process-oriented or people-centric choices – and are easily avoided.

These are The 7 Deadly Sins of ERP Implementation.

Poor Project Planning

It's not possible to overstate how essential proper project planning is to success. And, in our experience, most organizations significantly underestimate the time and resources required to do it methodically and comprehensively.

Here's why it's important: For a complex project like an ERP implementation, lack of process understanding, forgetting a critical task or overlooking a key decision point can cause frustrating delays, time-burning rework, expensive fixes or even failure.

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