SAP Seeking $600M from Anheuser-Busch…Why? May 9, 2017 Len Riley Reading Time: 3 minutes Anheuser-Busch Companies confirmed via its F-20 SEC filing that SAP America, Inc., has commenced an arbitration in New York against… Read More Categories: ERP Program Management, IT Sourcing, SAP
Capturing the Value of Business, Digital and Technology Transformations April 26, 2017 UpperEdge Reading Time: 4 minutes Before undertaking any technology, digital or business transformation, an organization needs to ask why they are performing it. Is the… Read More Categories: Accenture, Cloud, ERP Program Management, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, Salesforce, SAP, Workday
How Technology Cost Leakage Can Rear Its Ugly Head April 18, 2017 UpperEdge Reading Time: 3 minutes It is estimated that more than half of negotiated cost savings from technology-related services are ‘leaked’ after contracting. Unrealized cost… Read More Categories: Accenture, Deloitte, ERP Program Management, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, Salesforce, SAP, Workday
The Bay of Pigs: Mitigating ERP Project Risk April 11, 2017 Shawn Stamp Reading Time: 4 minutes Next week marks the anniversary of one of the most infamous failures of the Cold War: The Bay of Pigs… Read More Categories: ERP Program Management
Risk Happens – How to Keep your Project on Course for Success October 31, 2016 Shawn Stamp Reading Time: 3 minutes Earlier this month, we set aside a day to commemorate one of history's more notable "failures" on Columbus Day. After… Read More Categories: ERP Program Management
How to Drive Cost, Schedule and Quality Performance on Complex System Implementation Projects October 19, 2016 UpperEdge Reading Time: 6 minutes Research firms, consultants, and academic institutions have been researching the success and failure drivers of large transformational projects for numerous… Read More Categories: Cost Optimization, ERP Program Management
The Value of Experience – What you don’t know will cost you July 13, 2016 Shawn Stamp Reading Time: 3 minutes Over the course of my career in IT, I've been part of roughly a dozen large projects involving negotiations with… Read More Categories: ERP Program Management
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