Executive Summary Dave McComb’s book Software Wasteland is one of the best books on IT and IT waste. ERP systems continued to grow in the complexity of their data models. Introduction The quotes from Dave McCombs’ books are quite shocking. These quotes are so amazing. We created several articles to make them available to ourselves…
Executive Summary ERP systems were introduced with great promises and fanfare, pushed by financially incentivized entities. Now decades after, the research shows few benefits to ERP, but high costs. And customers are trapped in their ERP. Introduction ERP systems were aggressively marketed as fixing nearly all the ills that companies faced. In our book The…
Executive Summary ERP centric strategy is a serious medical condition. Learn about ECS and how it negatively impacts IT decision-making. Introduction This was going to be a very different article than the ty’pe I ordinarily write. Today I want to talk about a serious topic. You see, there is a silent disease-oriented around enterprise software…
Executive Summary Two-tiered ERP is a specific way of managing multiple ERP systems. This serves to explain how to apply two tier ERP in real terms. Introduction The basic proposal that two-tiered ERP reduces costs can be true. According to our research, the cost savings based on total costs of ownership (TCO) can range from…
Executive Summary Two tiered ERP is a specific way of managing multiple ERP systems. This serves as an introduction to the concept. Introduction We begin with the word “tier,” which means a hierarchy. Interestingly if you type the word tier into an image search engine or stock photography site, the most commonly returned image is…
Executive Summary ERP has grown into an out of control octopus that has taken over IT. The implications of such high overhead systems go little covered in IT media. Introduction Economics gave us the useful term “externality.” When an entity engages in a behaviour that places costs on other entities for which it does not…
Executive Summary ERP vendors and consultants propose that there are no alternatives to ERP. Learn about very realistic ERP alternatives. Introduction ERP promoters make a severe misrepresentation in their discussions of ERP by suggesting that there is no alternative to ERP. To think that there is no alternative, one would have to be biased (either…
Executive Summary Because ERP offers mediocre functionality, it distracts from better functionality outside of ERP. Learn why this leads to so much waste on ERP projects. Introduction ERP sets up mediocre functionality at companies and interferes with buying better software that could provide a great deal of value to the business. I will use several…
Executive Summary ERP is sold on the basis of its unsubstantiated financial benefits. Find out why ERP systems have a high TCO and normally a negative ROI. Introduction The Wikipedia definition of the total cost of ownership (TCO) is as follows: Total cost of ownership (TCO) is a financial estimate whose purpose is to help…
Executive Summary Two-tiered ERP is sold as a highly beneficial strategy. Learn how beneficial two-tiered ERP is to customers that follow this advice. Introduction Two-tiered ERP systems are a trend in ERP, but there is little research on the impacts of two-tiered ERP strategies and how they differ from what companies are doing anyway with…