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Complication #1: Selecting a Conflicted ERP System Selection Advisor
This is normally not a mentioned item. However, there is a greater probability that the company will select a financially biased ERP system selection advisor for their Oracle ERP readiness assessment that has financial relationships that it does not disclose to you. This means that they will most often rig the ERP cloud analysis to state that the company is ready for an Oracle ERP system. Furthermore, the incentive structure at many ERP vendors is to push their …

… probability that the company will select a financially biased ERP system selection advisor for their ERP readiness assessment that has financial relationships that it does not disclose to you. This means that they will most often rig the ERP SaaS analysis to state that the company is ready for an ERP system. Furthermore, the incentive structure at many ERP vendors is to push their cloud versions of their ERP systems over their on-premises version. Oracle is particularly known for creating these types of incentives.
Complication #2: Not Questioning The Implications of Cloud ERP
Cloud ERP versions will nearly always …

… for fear of scaring off the customer from making a purchase.
Mistake #2: Not Considering Open Source ERP
One of the first things the ERP selection advisors will do is rule out open source ERP from the ERP selection process. The major IT consulting firms only want to implement commercial ERP solutions to make the highest profits. Even supposedly non-implementing advisors like Panorama Consulting rule out open source, as is covered in the article How Predictable Was Panorama Consulting’s Opinion on Open Source ERP?
Open-source ERP can be far more easily customized than proprietary ERP systems. Therefore …

… probability that the company will select a financially biased ERP system selection advisor for their ERP readiness assessment that has financial relationships that it does not disclose to you. This means that they will most often rig the ERP cloud analysis to state that the company is ready for an ERP system. Furthermore, the incentive structure at many ERP vendors is to push their cloud versions of their ERP systems over their on-premises version. Oracle is particularly known for creating these types of incentives.
Complication #2: Not Questioning The Implications of Cloud ERP
Cloud ERP versions will nearly always …

… lack of independence from the industry. This means the selection advisor is very unlikely to tell the customer the truth about the ERP production systems functionality and try to get the customer to overestimate their functionality.
Mistake #2: Not Making Manufacturing a High Priority in Selection
The main argument for ERP systems is very much focused on the integrated nature of the system. ERP vendors focus on this because the actual functionality offered by ERP systems is generic. ERP systems are not some “competitive advantage” for manufacturing companies. In fact, dairy ERP industry functionality is a subset within the broader …

… lack of independence from the industry. This means the selection advisor is very unlikely to tell the customer the truth about the ERP production systems functionality and try to get the customer to overestimate their functionality.
Mistake #2: Not Making Manufacturing a High Priority in Selection
The main argument for ERP systems is very much focused on the integrated nature of the system. ERP vendors focus on this because the actual functionality offered by ERP systems is generic. ERP systems are not some “competitive advantage” for manufacturing companies. In fact, ERP oil and gas industry functionality is a subset within …

… is that most of the advice around ERP system selection has strong financial biases built-in, which is why so much information publishing on ERP systems is incorrect.
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Mistake #1: Selecting a Poor ERP System Selection Advisor
This is normally not a mentioned item. However, there is a greater probability that the company will select a financially biased ERP system selection advisor than not do so. The straightforward reason for this is that most ERP system selection advisors have a financial bias. They …

… ERP systems.
We cover the general impact of Gartner ERP analysis on software buyers.

Introduction
Something that is little discussed is the impact of Gartner ERP analysis on software buyers. Gartner has been a major promoter of ERP systems, but does not get its clients to think critically about what ERP system implementation means or what are the outcomes of ERP implementations and how much value software buyers receive from them.
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The Effect of IT Analysts on the Presentation of “Standard” ERP
Gartner or Forrester never addresses the …

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ERP supply chain functionality is lauded by ERP vendors and IT consulting firms alike.
We cover important realities of ERP supply chain functionality.

Introduction
ERP supply chain functionality is often presented as being very good and effective however, in our research this has proven not to be true. We cover the reality of ERP supply chain functionality in this article.
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The 90% Out of the Box Myth of ERP Vendors and Consulting Firms
Even though ERP systems have been implemented for decades and vendors like SAP …

… for fear of scaring off the customer from making a purchase.
Mistake #2: Not Considering Open Source ERP
One of the first things the ERP selection advisors will do is rule out open source ERP from the ERP selection process. The major IT consulting firms only want to implement commercial ERP solutions to make the highest profits. Even supposedly non-implementing advisors like Panorama Consulting rule out open source, as is covered in the article How Predictable Was Panorama Consulting’s Opinion on Open Source ERP?
Open-source ERP can be far more easily customized than proprietary ERP systems. Therefore …