Strategies for Holding Your ERP System Integrators Accountable April 9, 2024 Shawn Stamp Reading Time: 5 minutes Complex ERP transformation initiatives can leave room for misalignment of your SI’s roles and responsibilities, resulting in delays and costly… Read More Categories: ERP Program Management, IT Services
4 Reasons to Ask Your SI for Updated Staffing Models December 19, 2023 Christine Costa Reading Time: 4 minutes Congratulations! You have chosen a system integrator (SI) for your transformation project and completed the arduous task of negotiating a… Read More Categories: System Integrators
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
Managing Multiple SI’s? How to Avoid the Blame Game November 21, 2023 Shawn Stamp Reading Time: 3 minutes When it comes to implementing any transformational initiative, companies are faced with two primary challenges: capacity and experience. How will… Read More Categories: System Integrators
Phase 0: Charting a Course for ERP Transformation Success October 27, 2022 Shawn Stamp Reading Time: 6 minutes Even though ERP technology has come a long way in the three decades since SAP first debuted, ERP transformations continue… Read More Categories: ERP Program Management, System Integrators
System Integrator Assets and Accelerators – It is Not Just About the People Anymore March 16, 2022 John Belden Reading Time: 4 minutes With the introduction of SAP’s S/4HANA platform and the evolution of the concept of the Clean Core for ERP, we… Read More Categories: System Integrators
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
4 Critical Success Factors for Selecting an SAP System Implementation Provider November 30, 2021 Greg Hall Reading Time: 6 minutes In the SAP SI selection process, the traditional approach facilitated by procurement is flawed and fails to account for the… Read More Categories: System Integrators
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
Give Your ERP Program a Tune-Up November 11, 2021 John Belden Reading Time: 5 minutes To mitigate the overall risks of an implementation, big corporations tend to phase in their ERP programs, often rolling out… Read More Categories: ERP Program Management