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Future Technology Landscape Alignment for the CIO, IT Director, or Key IT Decision Maker
Future Technology Landscape Alignment for the CIO, IT Director, or Key IT Decision Maker

Future Technology Landscape Alignment for the CIO, IT Director, or Key IT Decision Maker

By Bill Wood|March 2nd, 2010|

This article is the last of a four-part series, which covered the entire breadth of the business to technology landscape of the future: IT organizational alignment, business alignment, and future technology alignment for success in tomorrow's marketplace. This final post takes a look at the emerging technology landscape and what the future holds. What Does the Future Technology to Business Alignment Hold - Future ERP, SAP, and IT Value A number of changes on the horizon will produce a number of [...]

ERP Project Planning – Getting Real (Part 1)
ERP Project Planning – Getting Real (Part 1)

ERP Project Planning – Getting Real (Part 1)

By Steve Phillips|February 28th, 2010|

When the client is not heavily involved, expect plenty of project surprises and no ownership of responsibility. The ingredients for optimal success require active client participation at every stage of the project-- from project planning to project closure. Anyone who has been around ERP long enough understands that meaningful client involvement in the project is critical for success. However, many implementation projects start with the software consultants developing a project plan in a vacuum [...]

CIO, CFO, and CEO Alignment – Why ROI is Lacking from Today’s System Landscape
CIO, CFO, and CEO Alignment – Why ROI is Lacking from Today’s System Landscape

CIO, CFO, and CEO Alignment – Why ROI is Lacking from Today’s System Landscape

By Bill Wood|February 17th, 2010|

The first part of this series looked at the proper relationship for the CIO, CEO, and CFO. In today's business environment, the CIO role is already challenging and gaining in difficulty. Today's CIO must not only keep up with technology and business process improvement, but also become a "mini-MBA" in applying technology solutions to forward-looking business strategies, including customer acquisition, customer retention, revenue growth and profitability. Although it is a monumental task, it is [...]

Where SAP Is Missing a Key Business and Market Opportunity for Leadership
Where SAP Is Missing a Key Business and Market Opportunity for Leadership

Where SAP Is Missing a Key Business and Market Opportunity for Leadership

By Bill Wood|February 10th, 2010|

In reading through a post on the CIO Magazine blogs (“ERP Costs: 3 Signs Companies Are Wasting Less Money” [FN1]) on Panorama’s comparison of Saas with traditional ERP, Saas is not all it is cracked up to be. SAP has failed to capitalize on the genuine shortcomings of Saas ERP compared to on-premise ERP solutions such as SAP. Saas ERP is implemented over 35% more quickly (11.6 mo v. 18.4), but costs only 10% less to implement (6.2 v. 6.9 ann. rev). Even though CEOs may be slightly more satisfie [...]

ERP Consultants: Is the Promise of Knowledge Transfer just part of the Sales Pitch?
ERP Consultants: Is the Promise of Knowledge Transfer just part of the Sales Pitch?

ERP Consultants: Is the Promise of Knowledge Transfer just part of the Sales Pitch?

By Steve Phillips|February 10th, 2010|

Most ERP projects promise to transfer software knowledge from the consultants to the client. Once a project is over however, the client is often clueless about how to make software configuration changes, and may even struggle with performing basic transactions in the system. So what gives? Even though many aspire for successful knowledge transfer, most businesses lack a real strategy to make it more than just a dream. Secondly, when push comes to shove, we often set learning to the side and thi [...]

Business and IT Alignment – Integrating Technology and IT Spend with Business
Business and IT Alignment – Integrating Technology and IT Spend with Business

Business and IT Alignment – Integrating Technology and IT Spend with Business

By Bill Wood|February 5th, 2010|

Aligning technology to business requirements is based on a few underlying assumptions that are often lacking from SAP projects. Those assumptions are 1) the business actually knows what their requirements are, 2) the project scope includes those requirements, 3) the right management and internal employees are committed and engaged, and 4) the system integrator you select has consultants with the required experience. Often, I see businesses fail to look beyond operational excellence areas of the [...]