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The paradox where ERP+BI is squeezing out BICC 01 October 2009

Posted by Ola Wallinder in Business Improvements, ERP.
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A recent reflection from the market is that while ERP suppliers are integrating BI into their platforms – this opens up for a more coherent and common view of the IT strategy – which means that BICC will not have such as a strong position anymore.

The paradox is that while BI is stronger integrated into ERP platforms – this seems to mean that BICC is loosing momentum in IT departments and becomes a less independent unit.

The new challenge might rather be to deal with information management as a part of integrating operational ERP with management oriented BI and tie it all together in an IT strategy.

The new way would rather be to integrate the ERP and BI perspectives towards each business domain. The coherent and common view on IT from a business domain would (with this line of thinking) be better than sliced independent view of BI and ERP, respectively.

The new ERP system have a lot of reports – that will suit our management needs, or? 10 February 2009

Posted by Ola Wallinder in Stories from the field.
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Have you heard that before ? Luckily we hear those comments more seldom nowadays, even though the line of reasoning is still very common.

The very problem with this is that the ERP-system is optimized for operational processes and functions, not for managing the business. This means that key management needs of measures and dimensions often are missing in the end – implying millions to be invested and changed after the ERP-implementation.

For example, why can´t we find a report for delivery precision per product for our new delivery channel to customer X ? Because the delivery precision report can´t cope with both order objects and inventory objects. Or because we cant´t grasp the critical event of replenishment orderdate since there is no order in the ERP-system.

So, how can companies avoid the fallace and include the BI/management perspective already in the very prestudy of the ERP-project ?

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