ERP Success Is Decided Long Before Implementation

ERP success isn’t decided during implementation. It’s decided long before that. The same pattern shows up across manufacturing environments: inaccurate BOMs, inventory that can’t be trusted, spreadsheets holding the real process together — and then the ERP gets blamed.

The reality is that if the operational foundation isn’t right, the system won’t fix it. ERP success is decided before ERP selection, through clarity, data integrity, and alignment across the business. That’s the thinking behind how we’ve built out the advisory side of our practice — helping companies get the foundation right before they commit to a system. We covered the full announcement in a piece for Manufacturing Tomorrow.

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Lee Stout