Executive Summary The history of ERP systems is normally misrepresented by those with software to services to sell. Find out the real story around ERP history. Introduction I find it amazing that there is so little information about the history of ERP, other than a few short articles on the Internet and the paper ERP:…
Executive Summary ERP systems were proposed to reduce complexity. The result was that landscapes became even more complicated. Introduction This book was hatched during a conversation with a longtime friend who works in SAP Basis—the infrastructure area of SAP that is concerned with installing and maintaining the SAP applications. During our conversation, he made the…
Executive Summary ERP systems have a negative ROI, which is in part due to their high TCO. The article explains why the TCO for ERP systems were never performed. Introduction In the field of enterprise software, one of the most amazing stories of the past several decades is the mass purchasing of ERP systems—purchases made…
Executive Summary The concept is sometimes promoted because SAP ERP is popular, it must lead to good outcomes for customers. What were the true reasons for SAP ERP’s popularity? Introduction to SAP ERP Being Popular as an Argument We recently found this quote on ECC regarding its popularity. See our references for this article and…
Executive Summary S/4HANA is an implementation that makes money for SAP and consulting partners but has a very low likelihood of success. S/4HANA implementation has turned into quicksand, and the consulting partners know this. Introduction to S/4HANA Risks Our observation from many implementation data points of S/4HANA as outlined in our S/4HANA implementation study is that…
Executive Summary Gaps in ERP functionality are a constant source of cost overruns on ERP projects. We cover why this is so common and its relationship to the ERP sales process. Introduction Recently we were asked why gaps are a problem with ERP projects and about gap analysis in ERP. This article will explain the…
Executive Summary Rimini Street created a presentation on ERP support. We evaluated this presentation for accuracy. Introduction Rimini Street wrote the article 10 Telltale Signs of that it is Time to Change in Your ERP Strategy. This is a document that focuses on the history of ERP and ERP support. It seemed worthy of analysis….
Executive Summary ERP vendors presentation the concept of a single system for everything, and later a fully integrated suite. Neither of these proposals ended up being true. Increasingly ERP looks like a Trojan Horse. Introduction ERP fundamentally reconfigured the enterprise software marketplace and became a significant software category. ERP had a second impact: it positioned…
Executive Summary ERP is sold on the ability to be used as a single instance. Learn why the proposal that ERP works as a single instance is incorrect and what this means for projects. Introduction to Global Instances This article is based on real experiences taken from global software implementations. You will learn the positives…
Executive Summary There is sometimes the question asked of whether MRP and BOM explosion is required for companies that rely upon contract manufacturers. We cover whether the BOM is required in the supply planning system. How Much Does MRP and BOM Explosion Help Companies? There is little doubt that the introduction of MRP took a…