ERP Success

  • Building Communities

    Building Communities

    One of the lessons from the Shared Services Strategy for Government was the importance of building communities. Any project is delivered by people. A programme even more so, and with five programmes that each span multiple organisations, the importance of bringing people together can’t be stressed enough. The first community…

  • Learning from the Shared Services Strategy for Government

    Learning from the Shared Services Strategy for Government

    I gave a presentation at the UK Oracle User Group based on my five years at the heart of this initiative. There’s too much to cover in a single blog post, so I am going to spread this out as a series. This first post will introduce the Shared Services…

  • The Case for Cloud

    The Case for Cloud

    Many organisations are looking at the prospect of moving from their existing ERP to a SaaS, or cloud-based, platform. This could be organisations looking to move from Oracle’s E-Business Suite (EBS) to Oracle Fusion Cloud, or from SAP’s ECC6 to S/4 HANA. The latter is being largely driven by SAP…

  • Replying to a Challenge

    Replying to a Challenge

    I was challenged on my last blog post. It was such a good challenge that I’ve devoted this week’s blog to answering it. The Challenge “Regardless of politics, reducing the proportion of civil servants employed in non public-facing roles should be a good thing.” That seems not only objectionable on…

  • ERP Trends in the Public Sector

    ERP Trends in the Public Sector

    There have been several key factors impacting the UK public sector ERP market. The first of these has been a policy driver from the Government Digital Service known as Cloud First. Now over a decade old, it has shaped many decisions and strategies in public sector organisations, and ERPs have…

  • Minimising Business Impact

    Minimising Business Impact

    My heart sinks when I hear of an ERP implementation aiming to minimise any impact on the business. It sounds like that would be a good thing, but implementing an ERP in an organisation can be a once in a generation event. It should be a transformational programme, not something…

  • Welcome

    Welcome

    I’ve created this blog for two main reasons: to help promote the launch of my book of the same name, and to share content that didn’t make it into the book. There are many people in the world who have more knowledge and more experience of ERPs than me. I…