CTO: Adapt Processes To ERP To Avoid Implementation Failure
SearchERP, Thursday, July 13,2023
Unit4 CTO Claus Jepsen discusses why some ERP projects fail and how this can be avoided. Technology is usually not the problem, he says, but rather how systems are customized.
ERP implementations are usually complex undertakings that often run into problems and occasionally result in outright failure.
There's typically finger-pointing between the parties involved in the implementation -- the organization, the ERP vendor and the implementation partner, if used -- that can result in costly litigation. However, there are many culprits when an ERP implementation goes south, and an organization needs to understand a number of factors before embarking on an ERP implementation project in order to have the best conditions for success, according to Claus Jepsen, CTO of Unit4.
Unit4, based in Utrecht, Netherlands, focuses on cloud ERP platforms for midsize organizations in four people-centric industries: professional services, public sector, higher education and nonprofits.