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IMPLEMENTATION TIMELINE
Make sure you have a realistic implementation timeline. Hershey’s could not fulfil $100 million worth of sales despite having the inventory in stock, because they set an unrealistic timeline for their ERP implementation.
EASE OF USE & CHANGE MANAGEMENT
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Ease of use is important because like cosmetics, you don’ want your employees to struggle to learn how to use the software. This lead to AVON abandoning its four-year ERP and change management project costing $125 M
Integrations With Current Systems
Integration is a must-have because you need to be able to connect your ERP software with other software and systems. LIDL decided to drop the new system they used for 7-years and faced losses worth $580 million because they did not change their processes to align with the new system.
