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A scenario that happens more than it should: A company invests in and implements a new ERP system, but its users don’t fully adopt it. Some employees log in when they absolutely have to, but don’t embrace the new features that their employer has painstakingly (and expensively) implemented. Others create their own shadow systems that are Read More
A modern ERP solution can supercharge your organization. But its implementation is one of the most complex and high-risk projects your organization will ever undertake. And it is extremely easy to make mistakes. These are The Seven Deadly Sins of ERP Implementation: DEADLY SIN #1: Poor project planning It’s not possible to overstate how Read More
Most project teams coming out of a successful technology initiative would agree that change management is critical for your ERP project. As an independent ERP consulting firm, we often guide our clients to work through key change management strategies during an ERP project. The data backs us up. Ultra’s ERP Implementation Read More
As an independent ERP consulting firm, Ultra guides manufacturing and distribution project teams to business process improvement. To that end, ERP implementation success is a topic that comes up often as project teams look to Ultra to understand the best way to work through enterprise system selection to improve key processes. Providing this Read More
Implementing or upgrading an ERP system is a good opportunity for a manufacturer to create lasting business change within an organization. That’s why change management strategies for an ERP project are so important. We looked at this topic last month in a blog post about what is needed for an effective change management plan. Another archived Read More
In our experience as an independent ERP consultant team, an ERP selection and implementation initiative is successful when the project team understands that the process is much more than swapping a modern application with legacy software or tweaking a few IT solutions. This conclusion is based on hundreds of successful business process Read More
In our experience as an independent ERP consultant team, an ERP selection and implementation initiative is only successful with an understanding that the process is much more than just swapping out legacy software or tweaking a few IT solutions. Striving to achieve a future state or implementing an enterprise system requires a focus on Read More
In our experience as an independent ERP consultant team, an ERP selection and implementation initiative is only successful with an understanding that the process is much more than just swapping out legacy software or tweaking a few IT solutions. In the academic and real-world analysis, I’ve done, it’s crystal clear that an ERP Read More
A great deal of work has gone into sourcing the right ERP solution for your business, into getting stakeholder buy-in for the ultimate decision and selecting the right vendor. However, you know that the biggest challenge for most businesses is in making it work. You need to promote a positive attitude to the changes ahead and ensure that all Read More
This is the third blog in our Transformation Journey series, which will discuss the 8 steps necessary to form a continuous improvement team. This team is in place to manage the process and immerse the group in an environment conducive to implementing improvements in your company’s environment and culture. In the last blog on the business Read More
ERP project success follows from a structured, purposeful approach aimed to help transition people, teams, and organizations from their current state to the desired future state. Included in this ERP methodology based on Ultra's successful projects, here are change management and ERP lessons learned. Lesson #1: Merely swapping out software = Read More
This blog post puts the focus on managing change and the human side of ERP.Many teams we talk to are assessing whether to embark upon an ERP project. To help shed light on the topic, Ultra's ERP Blog recently looked at key trends in a recent blog post entitled Looking Ahead: Ultra's Perspectives on ERP in 2018. Understanding Change Read More
