When there is no executive sponsor. ERP crosses functions within a company. Therefore, the program needs someone with the authority to bring various functional managers together. People must devote time and resources to the project, and if they don’t think that doing so is in their best interest or important enough to the organization, they will undoubtedly find something else to do.
About the author:
Stephen Chen is a CPA, an executive-level Sage ERP consultant with more than 25 years of information systems and technology management experience in manufacturing, distribution, finance, planning, and process improvement. He has been responsible for the implementation of IT solutions in both domestic and multi-national companies, with emphasis on technology infrastructure, integration of enterprise-wide business solutions, and applications development.
