It’s not really matter what ERP you are going to manage, as long as you implement it in a right way. Let’s assume you are going to implement a full scope implementation with “Big Bang” approach. In my opinion this is the worst case scenario you may have. BB approach is about having all modules go live at the same point in time. That mean a lot of things can go the wrong way and since timefame is already a constant you have to introduce a lot of effort on tracking all of the issues you can came along. Not just issues but also deliverables has to be made on time. They have to be delivered “First time right”. Breaching the timeframe almost always mean breaching your project budget. It not just a question of cost raising rapidly but also raise question on further availability of participants from business as same as the project partner. It’s getting worst if support partner (post go-live support) is not the same as project implementation partner. In that scenario project partner will already have scheduled another project and wont be able to commit same or all of it’s resources to your project extension.
I have never thought about myself as a salesman. Simple reason is that person cannot be the best at everything. We have to choose. My choice was technical skills. Not sales ones. I cannot imagine myself selling crap products (if you are a salesman you often cannot afford to choose). I was prefer to be the one making product and assure no crap product will be produced with my participation.
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Sometimes master data in your ERP or similar software could be full with obsolete definitions not used anymore. It could look like they should be erased from databases to make data more reliable. There are to many reasons not to do it. Regardless it is item master data, partner master data or any other master data type… Once opened master definitions should exist for all eternity. Clearing those unused definitions could cause more troubles than benefits.
At its simplest level, ERP is a set of best practices for performing the various duties in the departments of your company, including in finance, manufacturing and the warehouse. To get the most from the software, you have to get people inside your company to adopt the work methods outlined in the software. If the people in the different departments that will use ERP don’t agree that the work methods embedded in the software are better than the ones they currently use, they will resist using the software or will want IT to change the software to match the ways they currently do things. This is where ERP projects break down.