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 SAP proposes that ERP and Big Data should reside on the same database. We evaluate the reasonableness of this proposal for using one giant database. Video Introduction: SAP’s Big Idea: ERP Data and Big Data on the Same Database? Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video) SAP has been proposing that there…
Executive Summary The MRP Type controls the planning of a product location as well as SNP and ERP location interactions. We cover the APO relevant fields for the MRP Type. Introduction This document is designed to provide background as to the location coding and interactions between APO and ERP. The MRP Type This is a…
Executive Summary Few companies use forecasting functionality in SAP ERP. We cover how this functionality can be used by performing external forecasting analysis. Video Introduction: The Infrequently Used Forecasting in SAP ERP Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video) For anyone focused on advanced planning, the forecasting functionality in ERP is so limited that…
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 MRP has significant limitations in ERP systems. We cover the problems of running MRP from within ERP. Introduction to MRP in ERP Systems When MRP systems were first implemented, they were stand-alone. But in the 1980s, most of the MRP vendors were purchased by and incorporated into ERP systems. This is usually presented…
Question: What are the Outcomes of Following IBM’s Advice with Regards to Implementation Times? Understanding IBM’s Value Proposition IBM proposes that clients should listen to them and also trust their advice. They propose that they have the right answers to enterprise software questions and further serve their clients’ interests. Although often not explicitly stated, there…
Executive Summary How ERP requires support from specialized manufacturing systems like the MES application. We cover MES ERP or ERP MES for complete production management. Introduction For decades ERP companies, along with most of the major consulting companies, have overestimated to their customers how much ERP software can be used for. Several reasons for this…
The Real Story Behind Two Tier ERP: Separating the Marketing from The Usable Strategy What the Book Covers If you need help determining your company’s overall enterprise software strategy and how two-tiered ERP fits in, this book is for you. Two-tiered ERP is widely understood as the use of different ERP systems for different layers of…