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I previously noted I would follow up with a post on doing an SAP implementation for only marginally more than a technical upgrade (see Technical SAP Upgrade or SAP Reimplementation).  In the process there are a few assumptions and several considerations to keep in mind. Your IT Department Skills and Qualifications If you are at [...]

  “If the software functionality does not do what we need it to do, nothing else really matters.” Back in the 1980’s, IT department preferences or mandates to use specific proprietary mainframe technologies drove many ERP software decisions. This was about the technologies the IT department could (or would) support not the mainframe software that [...]

THREE PART SERIES ON DEVELOPING AN SAP COMPETENCY CENTER OR AN SAP CENTER OF EXCELLENCE. Business Transformation from an SAP or ERP business application is no longer an option.  Many companies never move past the competency center mindset of help desk and system support.  They remain in a reactive mode with little or no system [...]