How SPAR Group’s $100 Million SAP Implementation Turned into a Costly Failure
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) implementations are high-stakes endeavors. Organizations invest hundreds of millions of dollars to modernize their systems, optimize operations, and drive digital transformation. However, not every implementation is a success. Some, unfortunately, turn into costly disasters. One such case is the SAP S/4HANA implementation at SPAR Group, a multinational food retailer based in […]
Predicting Digital Transformation Failure: 5 Telltale Signs
Not many people know this, but it turns out we can predict the future, at least as it relates to digital transformation failure.
Who Is To Blame for Digital Transformation and ERP Implementation Failures?
Today, we’re delving into the challenges family-owned businesses face, particularly when transitioning from generation to generation, and exploring strategies for sustainable growth and success.
Lessons from the US Navy SAP ERP Failure
The US Navy, one of the largest organizations in the world, embarked on an ambitious ERP implementation project with the lofty goal of consolidating all its disparate legacy systems onto a single SAP platform. Initially, the approach involved conducting pilots across four different areas of the organization to test SAP implementations. However, this decentralized approach […]
Top 10 Project Management Failures [Most Common Project Manager Mistakes]
Project managers play a crucial role in determining the success or failure of a transformation project. Regrettably, many project managers prove to be highly ineffective, excelling in certain areas but faltering in essential aspects that can make or break the project’s outcome. The problem lies in the lack of proper training for project managers, leaving them unaware of their mistakes.
Why Do ERP Software Implementations Fail? [Top 5 Root Causes of ERP Failures]
While technology and the world have undergone significant changes, companies continue to struggle with their ERP implementations. Today, I aim to delve deeper into this issue, exploring the common root causes behind ERP implementation failures. Moreover, I will provide insights into what you can do differently to ensure the success of your project. Fortunately, this is not rocket science, and there are no major surprises. By understanding these root causes and actively avoiding them, you can significantly increase your chances of success while minimizing the risk of failure
Why Digital Transformations Are Failing at an Alarming Rate
Digital transformations are failing at an accelerated pace. In fact, the failure rate has reached epidemic proportions within the industry. It is important to understand why these failures are occurring more frequently over time and explore potential strategies for mitigating the associated risks.Â
Learning from the Mistakes That Cost CIOs and IT Leaders Their Jobs [Career Advice]
One of the key individuals we work with at our client organizations is the CIO, who may also be referred to as the IT Director, Vice President of IT, or Chief Technology Officer. In this discussion, I will primarily use the term CIO to represent the leader of the IT group or one of the core leaders within it. Today, I will address the common reasons why IT leaders often face termination, the mistakes they make, and the pitfalls they encounter during their transformation efforts or day-to-day responsibilities. Throughout this video, you will notice a recurring theme: ignorance can lead to failure. Many times, CIOs are unaware of certain aspects or have blind spots that contribute to their downfall and eventual termination. Therefore, the focus today is on identifying strategies to avoid these risks and pitfalls as a CIO.
Why Do SAP S/4HANA Implementations Fail? What Are the Root Causes of SAP Failure?
One of the most commonly implemented ERP systems in the market and amongst our client base here at Third Stage is SAP S/4HANA, in fact as SAP sunsets their legacy customers off of ECC and migrates more and more of them to S/4HANA, we’re finding that more and more organizations throughout the world are implementing S/4HANA.
Why Do Digital Transformations and ERP Implementations Cost Too Much Time and Money?
It’s no secret that a majority of digital transformations fail to deliver on time, on budget and deliver the business value that’s expected. A bigger reason for this is because organizations have largely misaligned expectations on what it takes to be successful but why is this? How do we get implementation expectations so wrong? That’s […]
Digital Transformation Predictions for 2023
Technology is evolving at a breakneck speed, the economy is shifting right before our eyes and there’s a lot of change that we have to navigate as we think about digital transformations in 2023 and beyond. In this article we will discuss the top predictions and trends for digital transformation in 2023 and beyond.
Digital Transformation Recovery
When embarking on any sort of digital transformation there are a lot of pitfalls along the way it can be easy to get into trouble and to run into problems as you go through the transformation so what exactly do you do when you run into these sort of problems that’s what we want to talk about here today.