Customization
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What is your ERP, a commodity or a solution?
Years ago, when I didn’t know what consultant was, let alone thought about eventually becoming one, I was sitting in a cafe in Zagreb with then my boss and now…
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Sure Step in action: business process change
Service Providers (or colloquially partners) often refrain from undertaking organization or process changes during implementation projects of Microsoft…
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5th rule of agile ERP: interface where possible
One of the biggest absurdities about ERP systems springs from the very word we use so often when describing ERP: integrated. ERP is an integrated system: it…
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4th rule of agile ERP: avoid heavy customizations
You can’t avoid customizations. Vanilla ERP is a great first step, and a valuable tool for establishing common language between the customer and the…
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3rd rule of agile ERP: focus on value
– “We need a report which groups our sales by product components.” – “And we need it broken down by cost centers.” – “And it must show comparison with last…
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1st rule of agile ERP: deploy vanilla ERP
“Our highest priority is to satisfy the customer through early and continuous delivery of valuable software.” That’s the very first principle of the Agile…
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5 steps to implement ERP the Agile way
In my previous post I’ve (what, again?) shared some statistics about success and failure rates of software projects in general and ERP projects specifically.…
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Why is add-on better than custom, any day?
Implementation is like marriage. For better or worse, you choose a piece of software, take it under your roof and commit to it for a long term, so help you…
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Top 7 reasons why to avoid (much) customization
To customize or not to customize, that is the question. When you see a complex business process far from the standard ERP system, a knee-jerk reaction is to…
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Sure Step in action: Degree of Fit
I’d like to have a BMW X6. A fantastic car. Only, I’d like it to be convertible, because I love the feel of wind in my hair while driving into summer sunset. I…