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Planning-Purchasing-Implementing ERP

perfect ERP fit
Planning-Purchasing-Implementing ERPBusiness software

In search of the perfect (ERP) fit

Recently I have been exposed to a big debate on an ERP LinkedIn forum around the use of descriptions in ...

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Planning-Purchasing-Implementing ERPERP Implementation

Defining and Managing Project Scope

When people talk about the three critical factors of projects, they refer to scope, time and cost. It is well ...

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Planning-Purchasing-Implementing ERPERP Implementation

Of Wedding Bells and ERP Implementation

At first glance, weddings and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) seem to be on opposite ends of the spectrum. Yet, as ...

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Planning-Purchasing-Implementing ERPBusiness software

How to plan an upgrade – Part 1 – to upgrade or not to upgrade?

A few weeks ago my ageing TV packed up and it was a sad moment when I threw my trusty ...

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Planning-Purchasing-Implementing ERPERP Implementation

Creating Effective ERP Project Teams

Selecting a project team for your Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) implementation is all too often done on the basis of ...

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Executive buy in is critical
Planning-Purchasing-Implementing ERPBusiness software

Executive buy-in is critical – Part Two

My previous blog was about the importance of leadership and executive buy-in during Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) implementations. Without top-down ...

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ERP selection
Planning-Purchasing-Implementing ERPBusiness software

Selecting an ERP Solution

Whether you call them RFIs, RFPs, RFQs* or some other acronym, and whether you are a vendor or a customer, ...

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Planning-Purchasing-Implementing ERPERP Implementation

Conquering Africa through ERP

The team that conquered Africa For centuries, adventurers, speculators and explorers have found the allure of the unknown reaches of ...

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Implementing ERP more effectively
Planning-Purchasing-Implementing ERPERP Implementation

Implementing ERP more effectively – Part 3

Part 3: Having the right approach and attitude to an ERP implementation “Change is not made without inconvenience, even from ...

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