Zimmer Biomet’s $172M ERP Lawsuit Against Deloitte: Disaster, Disclosure, and Investor Risk September 11, 2025 John Belden Reading Time: 7 minutes Zimmer Biomet, a global medical device company with revenues of $8B a year, just sued Deloitte over its SAP S/4… Read More Categories: Contract Negotiations, Deloitte, Risk Management, SAP
Pivot Points: How Smart Clients Avoid Cost Overruns in Large IT Programs March 25, 2025 John Belden Reading Time: 8 minutes The Cost of Losing Leverage In large-scale IT programs, cost overruns on system integrators don’t come from one catastrophic decision.… Read More Categories: Digital Transformation, ERP Program Management, Risk Management
Point–Counterpoint on Phase 0: A Balanced Perspective to Your Digital Transformation February 13, 2025 Ted Rogers Reading Time: 4 minutes Is Phase 0 Always Necessary? There’s an ongoing debate in the ERP community. Many experts champion a structured Phase 0… Read More Categories: Digital Transformation, ERP Program Management, Risk Management
Mohawk Industries’ ERP Go-Live: Understanding the Risks and Costs of Failure February 11, 2025 John Belden Reading Time: 4 minutes A Costly ERP Mishap Highlights the Risks of Poor Readiness and System Integration Challenges What Happened with Mohawk Industries' ERP… Read More Categories: ERP Program Management, Risk Management
Protecting Your Digital Transformation From Value Erosion June 25, 2024 Sam Bayaa Reading Time: 4 minutes There’s no denying the benefits of IT transformation, but substantial risks can undermine initiatives, often leading to delays, reduced scope… Read More Categories: Digital Transformation, Risk Management, System Integrators
Why ERP Projects Fail: Finding the Gaps in Your Program Plans April 2, 2024 Ted Rogers Reading Time: 3 minutes The gaps within your Transformation Program plan become apparent as your program begins to fail. Skipping steps in the implementation… Read More Categories: ERP Program Management, Risk Management
Leverage SOW Assumptions to Increase Transformation Program Effectiveness November 28, 2023 Ted Rogers Reading Time: 5 minutes With a database of system implementation projects exceeding $40B in project cost, UpperEdge has reviewed and supported the development of… Read More Categories: Risk Management
3 Ways to Minimize Risk Associated with Data Transformations October 24, 2023 Christine Costa Reading Time: 3 minutes Is your System Integrator (SI) getting it right for your data transformation? The data says…maybe not. Business transformation efforts are… Read More Categories: Risk Management
A Tsunami of IT Project Disasters is on the Horizon March 1, 2022 John Belden Reading Time: 3 minutes No garden-variety ‘over budget and behind schedule’ project failures here. We’re talking spectacular failures that disrupt supply chains, delay the… Read More Categories: Risk Management
ERP Implementations: The Problems with “Best Laid Plans” November 16, 2021 Shawn Stamp Reading Time: 4 minutes When it comes to preparing for an ERP implementation, one question that always comes up is the appropriate (I hesitate… Read More Categories: Risk Management