Global ERP: You can get there from here, but should you?

October 15, 2007 from Computerworld – “One of the biggest pieces of the change management puzzle is gaining buy-in from local business leaders accustomed to suites tailor-made to support their unique business processes, says Forrester analyst Paul Hamerman. “There’s often reluctance among business units to give up the systems they use,” he says."

180 View – The same problem exists for small companies with different operating groups, each with their own system. Good luck trying to convince these operating groups that standardization is the way to go. They won’t care if the corporate CFO is able to generate financial statements in fewer days. They won’t care if the IT group can save money. They only care about their business and for what they are accountable.