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guidelines for successful ERP implement.

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by janez.vovk

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What to do not to fail long and very expensive implementation of ERP system?

Is it decission of well-known system implementation (such as SAP) enough for success or it depends on other factors too?

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by xiaxiong

- Get total support from management

- Get user involvement (at least of the key users in your org.) in all aspects of the decision making process. If they are handed something from above and told to deal with it they are likely to oppose it or at the very least not put any effort in making it work.

- Understand that just as Ms-Word will not actually write your novel, your ERP system will not run your business

These factors are independent of what system you go with. Buying a well known and expensive system is by no means a guarantee for succes. (SAP has had more than it's share of major project failures.) In fact, if you think that just throwing money at a system will make it successful, yo8u are pretty much assuring that the project will fail.

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