Defeating the SAP Project Optimism Death Star September 13, 2017 John Belden Reading Time: 3 minutes We have all seen the stories of SAP projects that spin hopelessly out of control. The tales of these failed… Read More Categories: ERP Program Management, HCL, IBM, SAP
Top 10 Excuses to Not Implement Best Practices and 5 Things to do About it August 22, 2017 John Belden Reading Time: 5 minutes Over the past 30 years, a great deal of research has been conducted on IT-enabled business transformations. As a result… Read More Categories: ERP Program Management, IT Sourcing, Oracle, SAP
Countersuit: HCL Claims MillerCoors Bullied Them July 31, 2017 John Belden Reading Time: 6 minutes On June 19th 2017, India-based IT and Engineering services firm HCL Technologies filed a countersuit against American brewery MillerCoors and… Read More Categories: Application Management Services, Deloitte, HCL, SAP, System Integrators
Are SAP, Oracle, and Microsoft Making Bank in the Cloud? July 16, 2017 John Belden Reading Time: 2 minutes Over the past few years, cloud has been the growth engine of the software and consulting industry. The marketing machines… Read More Categories: Accenture, Cloud, Deloitte, ERP Program Management, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP
Building the Confidence to Go-live June 9, 2017 John Belden Reading Time: 5 minutes Anyone who has been responsible for a major ERP go-live can attest to the following scenario: when it's time to… Read More Categories: ERP Program Management, IT Sourcing
MillerCoors Files $100M Suit Against HCL for Flawed SAP Implementation – What We Know and What We Would Like to Know March 23, 2017 John Belden Reading Time: 4 minutes On March 13th, 2017, American brewery MillerCoors filed a breach of contract lawsuit against India based HCL Technologies, an IT… Read More Categories: SAP
Bridgestone vs. IBM – Bridgestone Wins Round One and Increases the Pressure on IBM April 7, 2016 John Belden Reading Time: 4 minutes In October of 2013 Bridgestone North America filed suit against IBM related to the catastrophic implementation of its OTC in… Read More Categories: IBM
CIOs: It’s OK to always believe you’re right, just don’t believe you’re ALWAYS right February 25, 2016 John Belden Reading Time: 4 minutes We have all seen them. They are the CIOs that always appear confident in their views and decisions. They always… Read More Categories: ERP Program Management
Sleepless Nights for Select Comfort – Rough ERP Go-Live Leads to 25% Hit on Stock Price February 16, 2016 John Belden Reading Time: 5 minutes During the first week of October 2015 Select Comfort Corporation (SCSS) went live with a big bang ERP implementation. Three… Read More Categories: ERP Program Management