Unravelling the ERP Planning Paradox: Why Big ERP Vendors Fail Despite Data Dominance and Credibility

Have you wondered why some things that should be SO easy to do, aren’t?

Planning by ERP Vendors is one such mystery for me.

Please share your thoughts.

.. and a Happy Holi y’all!

p.s: If you are a Big ERP Vendor.. err.. bura na mano .. Holi hai !

Yesterday, Lora Cecere posted about how planning from ERP vendors is BAD for business.

Lora’s insight aligns with our experience.

And this is so counterintuitive.

After all, ERP has all the data.

Plus Big ERP Vendors have super creds regarding:
– Experience
– Industry Knowledge
– Technology Expertise
– Data Analysis
– Already have a list of clients 😉

In spite of this, planning implementations of Big ERP have bad results.

Some had to junk it.

Why ??

Some reasons why ERP planning may be bad for business could be:

– 𝗟𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴: Not understanding client workflows means that needs are not met
– 𝗟𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗙𝗹𝗲𝘅𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆: Not customizable enough limits effectiveness
– 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀: Employees can’t believe that they have to do 10 things now to get a report which used to take 1 step
– 𝗟𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: ERPs are stuck in 80s. Sorry.
– 𝗖𝗼𝘀𝘁: Poor return on investment cause of high costs

But, what is your experience?
And your thoughts?
Do you feel that ERP vendors can do a good job of planning?

Would love to hear your thoughts..

PS: Original post in comment.

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