Enterprise Software Project Risk Management: How to Control the Main Risk Factors on IT Projects What The Book Covers This book is tied to the book Enterprise Software Selection. This is because the first place to manage risk is during the software selection phase, which is the opportunity to connect the best available application to the…
Enterprise Software Selection: How to Pinpoint the Perfect Software Solution Using Multiple Sources of Information What the Book Covers Essential reading for success in your next software selection and implementation. Software selection is the most critical task in a software implementation project, as it is your best (if not only) opportunity to make sure that…
How are IT and Enterprise Software Decision Made? Many years of both project experience as well as research supports the hypothesis that IT decision making in both the US and internationally is poor. Some evidence for this is the following: ERP never had evidence that it improved the condition of companies, yet it was widely…
Executive Summary Nearly all SAP consultants provide false information on the issues related to SAP in a process called sugarcoating. In this article, we debate a person who sugar-coated the issues with SAP DP. Background on Differing Views on SAP DP Recovery A consultant who had some critiques of the articles in this blog recently…
Executive Summary Demand sensing and demand shaping are two methods that are often promoted to improve forecasting. However, one of these methods is barely ever applied. The other is not a way of improving the forecast but is presented as one by vendors. Introduction Demand planning always has new terms in supply chain forecasting that…
Executive Summary SAP outsourcing its support to low-cost countries with English as a second language has significantly degraded SAP support. SAP is reaping an enormous support margin but providing inferior quality support. Introduction SAP’s support has dramatically degenerated, with low-skilled support personnel and ever-increasing margins. SAP support resources are trained to gaslight customers, so they…
Executive Summary SAP has provided a misleading story on inventory optimization. SAP has a specific extractive pattern when partnering with vendors. We predict if SAP has a good chance of being good at inventory optimization and multi echelon planning. Introduction to APO Inventory Optimization I was recently doing research on SAP’s APO Add-In related to…
Executive Summary Shaun is the Founder of Brightwork Research & Analysis Shaun created Brightwork as there was, and really still is, no unbiased independent research entity that covers SAP or Oracle. Shaun Snapp’s Publications and Video Linking to and Following Shaun Snapp Contact information Bio Shaun wears several hats. Shaun is an independent SAP APO…
Executive Summary A recipe is the process industry name for a bill of materials. We cover recipes in SAP ERP, how the recipe with the Production Version of SAP ERP works, and how to create and copy Production Versions and recipe management. Video Introduction: Considering Recipes for Process Industry Manufacturing Text Introduction (Skip if You…
Executive Summary SAP has proposed that Netweaver was revolutionary. However, nothing really changed on SAP projects after it was introduced. How accurate was SAP on Netweaver? This is a graphical depiction of the content of SAP’s NetWeaver. Study it very carefully, can you see anything? Video Introduction: Did SAP NetWeaver Ever Actually Exist? Text Introduction…