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, ...

"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 ...

Governmental entities, no less than companies, encounter numerous risks in selecting, planning for and implementing an enterprise resource planning (ERP) software system such as Oracle, SAP, Microsoft ...

Arizona State University's deployment of Oracle ERP is challenging important and fundamental assumptions about how complex software systems should be implemented. ERP implementations are often ...

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When it comes to choosing the right business software, going with a recognized name brand can instill a sense of security – but is it a false sense of security? Unfortunately, for many food ...

What if I told you that your next enterprise software project had only a 7 percent chance of coming in on time, would more than likely cost more than what you estimated, and would very likely deliver ...

There’s a growing movement underway to rid the business world of the acronym ERP. For real. In fact, executives at SAP—the ones who practically invented the concept and related terminology—are among ...

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 ...