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ERP implementation guide
When teams depend on separate spreadsheets and disagree about the numbers, a new ERP can feel overdue. But choosing the software is only one part of the work. The Software Is Not the Problem helps you prepare the business, agree what the system needs to do and plan the implementation with your team.
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Vendor-neutral. Not a software comparison or a configuration manual. Already in the middle of a difficult implementation? Talk to me about your situation.
Does this sound familiar?
| The situation | What the guide helps you work through |
|---|---|
| "Finance, operations and projects are working with different figures." | Define what needs to improve and agree what success should look like.Chapters 1 and 4 |
| "Everyone wants a new system, but each department has a different list of requirements." | Map the work and turn it into requirements the business can agree on.Chapters 2, 3 and 8, Appendices A and B |
| "The demonstration looks convincing, but we are unsure what the full commitment involves." | Compare vendors against clear criteria and examine the total cost over five years.Chapter 5, Appendix C |
| "The people needed for implementation already have full-time jobs." | Plan responsibilities, internal capacity, testing and preparation alongside everyday operations.Chapters 6, 7 and 11, Appendices D to F |
Selecting the software is one part of the work. Preparing the business is the other, and the guide gives you a structured way to do it, along with the implementation decisions that follow.
A scorecard and a costing checklist, by email.
Get the free resourcesYour requirements, readiness or implementation.
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Chapter 1 · Leadership summary
The decision to implement an ERP is rarely the hard part. Preparing the organisation for what comes next is.
Most implementations run into difficulty because of insufficient preparation, not because of the software.
Before any vendor conversation begins, your business needs to answer five fundamental questions honestly.
The cost of a poorly prepared implementation is measured in months and budget overruns, not minor inconveniences.
Leadership commitment starts now, not at contract signing.
One of 15+ diagrams · Process clarity
In words: on paper an order moves cleanly from order in to dispatch. In practice it passes through phone orders, a spreadsheet and an exception route for large items. The wider the gap between the two, the harder the landing at go-live.
Appendix A · Readiness scorecard
Dimension 1, process clarity: can your business describe how it operates, step by step, in a way that an informed outsider could understand?
What's included
The PDF is about 95 pages and includes leadership summaries, eight appendix tools and a list of sources. The tools are printed in the PDF; separate editable templates are not included.
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A practical reference for you and your project team
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The guide gives you a structure to work with. If you need support with your company's requirements, readiness or implementation decisions, we can discuss a separate consultancy assignment, or a review of your readiness scorecard.
Free ERP resources
Use the readiness scorecard to compare how your leadership team sees the preparation ahead. The project costing checklist helps engineering and project-based businesses examine what they need to understand before ERP workshops begin.
Free PDF
Review seven areas of preparation, including process clarity, leadership commitment, internal capacity and data quality. Complete it individually, then compare the team's answers. This is the guide's readiness scorecard (Appendix A), available separately as a free PDF.
Free PDF
Examine how you track costs, changes and the work still to complete. Use it to identify questions that finance and project managers need to settle together before ERP workshops begin. Seven areas, scored out of 35.
About the author
I was Director of Operations at an offshore energy engineering company and led three ERP implementations on the business side. I now advise management teams independently.
No. It is vendor-neutral and applies to any ERP. Its principles may also help with other systems that cross several departments.
The principles apply at any size. The examples and team structures are written for businesses of roughly 30 to 250 people.
No, the principles apply at every stage. But if you need help with a live project now, a conversation with me may be more useful than the guide alone.
The leadership boxes take under an hour. The full guide is designed to be read once and then used as a reference throughout the project.
A PDF of about 95 pages, delivered by email straight after purchase. Eight tools are printed in it as appendices.
Yes, within your own organisation and for your own project. You may print it and use the tools. Please do not copy, resell or publish it, and do not pass it to other companies. A consultant who wants to use it with clients needs a separate licence: ask me.
If you are an EU consumer you have 14 days to cancel after purchase. Beyond that, if the guide is not what you expected, email me within 30 days with your order number and the reason, and I will look at it fairly.
Work through the preparation and decisions before they become urgent.
