When Is The Right Time To Change Your ERP?
ERP Today, February 3rd, 2023
ERP replacement projects are rarely taken on lightly. Transformation at the scale of ERP can be complex, costly, disruptive, and risky. That said, when well executed, the benefits can be great. So why might you consider changing ERP?
Many organizations wait until the end of the road to change ERP. This is when the existing technology stack will no longer be supported. All major ERP solutions implemented over ten years ago have already, or will soon, reach this point - SAP ECC6, Oracle eBusiness Suite, and Microsoft AX2012, to name a few. Even when there is an 'upgrade' path to the more current products from these vendors, the change is such that many organizations decide to look at the market anew when faced with this reality. Evergreen cloud solutions should make this reason a thing of the past. Time will tell. In the meantime, there are significant install bases of all of the major ERP solutions that will, sooner or later, need replacing.