How to Define Your ERP and HCM Strategy for the 2020s
Now that a new decade is upon us, it can be a good time to reflect on your digital strategy and pivot to more effective approaches. It is a good time to ask: what are we doing well and what can we doing better in the coming years? This question can lead us to a […]
Center of Excellence: The Bridge to Digital Transformation
As digital transformation and ERP consultants, we help and interact with clients daily. This give us tremendous insight into leadership attributes that exist in different forms from a variety of companies around the world. While the term Center of Excellence (CoE) can mean different things, it is typically a sign of a forward-thinking company that […]
Self-Serve ERP Software Please
Don’t underestimate the influence of Generation Y (Millennials) or Generation Z (Gen-Z) on how the top ERP systems will continue to evolve. They are changing the rules both as employees and consumers. Their preferences and actions are dramatically altering how businesses operate as well as how they use technology, and at an ever-increasing pace. As […]
Common ERP Organizational Change Management Challenges
When I’m speaking with executives at our clients, one of the most common things I hear is: “our people are ready for change, so ERP organizational change management isn’t going to be an issue for us.” This is one of the most challenging perceptions to overcome. Employees may be tired of the old legacy systems […]
Your ERP Project Isn’t What You Think It Is
You are about to embark, on or are in the middle of a major ERP project that’s going to change the way your company does business. You know how critical this new technology is to your organization’s future. You understand that nothing is more important than identifying the software with the best and most advanced […]
Executive Misalignment: The #1 Threat to your ERP Implementation
We see it more often than not. Any reasonable business advisor or strategy book will tell you that you need it and you can find endless blogs and articles on the topic, yet executive misalignment is ever more prevalent in today’s business environment. While a company could potentially survive for years with some degree of […]
How to Create Your Digital Transformation Change Management Strategy
Organizational change management is the #1 determinant of ERP implementation success vs. failure, yet most organizations misunderstand or underestimate the importance of change management. Too often, organizations and project teams fail to have a cohesive or complete change management strategy when deploying a digital transformation or ERP implementation. An effective change management strategy is critical […]
How to Create a Change Management Plan for Your S/4HANA, D365, or Oracle ERP Implementation
ERP systems have changed a ton in the last 20 years, but the keys to successful ERP implementations has changed very little. Yet too many people still don’t understand these keys to ERP success. While products such as SAP S/4HANA, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Oracle ERP Cloud, and other top ERP systems are changing at breakneck […]
How Better Change Management Could Have Saved the Boeing 737 MAX
Organizational Change Management (OCM) is not a one size fits all concept, but I couldn’t’ help from wondering if it could have made a difference with the major issues Boeing is encountering with its 737 MAX airliners. Boeing’s problems center around a Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS), which is safety software installed in these new […]
SAP S/4HANA Change Management: How to Handle the People Side of Your Transformation
Organizational change is a key component of any SAP S/4HANA transformation or implementation of any of the top ERP systems. But too often, organizations limit their scope of change to myopically focus on end-user training. When we are close to the day-to-day details of a digital transformation, we assume that we just need to train […]
EPILOGUE SYSTEMS AND THIRD STAGE CONSULTING GROUP PARTNER TO DRIVE DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION SUCCESS THROUGH IMPROVED DIGITAL ADOPTION
Epilogue Systems, the leader in workforce productivity acceleration and business process documentation, today announced they have partnered with Third Stage Consulting Group, the leading technology-agnostic digital transformation and ERP software consulting firm, led by industry veteran and digital transformation expert Eric Kimberling. This new partnership will help drive digital transformation success for high performing organizations […]
Managing Stress During ERP Implementation
Pretty much anyone who speaks of their past experiences with an ERP implementation jokes about hair loss, weight gain, insomnia, irritability, etc. Essentially, it STRESSED THEM OUT. In fact, this is a key finding from our 2019 ERP Report. My question is, why do we let this happen? We’re not going to answer this question […]