Problems during the installation of an enterprise resource planning system at an Australia-based company have led to an estimated cost overrun of $21 million — and a claim against the software vendor, ...

Enterprise resource planning systems play a vital role in the digital workplace, providing a centralized system for tracking and managing a variety of processes. They often act as the “single source ...

"Glitches in Payroll System Spark Furor" ... "City Fires Vendor Over ERP Implementation Problems" ... "City's Financial System Upgrade Runs Into Problems" ... "County Will Try Again to Modernize ...

Want to dodge ERP disasters? Do your homework, get everyone on the same page and lock in clear terms before you sign. ERP and complex cloud system implementations are notorious for their high rates of ...

In the things you must read today department check out Michael Krigsman's analysis of a bankruptcy filing by American LaFrance, a maker of custom firefighting equipment. In the filing, American ...

Levi Strauss recently blamed a substantial drop in quarterly net income on problems related to its ongoing ERP implementation. Following that report, several observers suggested the company used IT ...

While some talk about the Wild West of software implementation, it’s time to put some specificity around what’s going wrong out there. Unfortunately, a lot of the pain starts before a deal is even ...

Abstract: Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems have become essential tools for organizations seeking to integrate and streamline business functions such as finance, human resources, sales, and ...

ERP systems tend to outlast the IT professionals who implement them, causing headaches for the CIOs who are subsequently brought it to integrate and upgrade them — and manage the business side’s ...

Want to get a good argument going in IT circles? Ask someone about the effectiveness and return on investment of enterprise resource planning software--programs designed to integrate the scattered ...

When outside training consultants assess ERP implementations already in progress, they act very much like doctors. First they ask the patients (in this case the CIO, project teams, HR and training ...