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Field notes from live programmes.
Practical writing on ERP procurement, delivery and recovery, data migration, integration and carve-outs. No theory: what I've seen work, and what I've been called in to fix.
Field notes
Procurement, carve-outs and lessons from live programmes.
Five simple steps before you go to market for an ERP
Nearly every ERP recovery has the same root cause: a procurement that never established what was being bought. Five steps to avoid it.
3 November 2026 Carve-outsEveryone plans the ERP go-live. Nobody plans the goodbye.
In a carve-out the old ERP never gets switched off. How to handle in-flight transactions so customers never notice the separation.
10 September 2026Recovering ERP programmes
Five pieces on how a failing ERP programme is brought back under control.
The hardest part of an ERP recovery is getting executives to admit it's failing
Status green, milestones missed. How to move a management team from 'there is no problem' to 'what do you need?' in an ERP recovery.
13 October 2026 Data migrationRecovering an ERP data migration
ERPs live and die by data migration, and it's where most recoveries start. A six-step method and how to recover when steps were skipped.
15 October 2026 IntegrationThe ERP was fine. The integration wasn't.
Payroll didn't run, invoices didn't go out. How to recover failing ERP integrations: find the clusters, move them to iPaaS, and know when to rebuild.
17 October 2026 Go-live recoveryHow to recover an ERP go-live that's falling apart
Stop working tickets and find where the business is broken. A four-step approach to stabilising a failing ERP launch within weeks.
20 October 2026 ERP procurementSo you bought the wrong ERP
When the demo promised everything and the system can't deliver: how to negotiate a resolution and make the vendor carry the cost of overselling.
24 October 2026Delivering ERP well
Five pieces on what doing ERP right looks like, from executive support to benefits.
ERP programmes aren't difficult. They're delivered poorly.
What real executive support looks like on an ERP programme: honest estimates, seconded people with backfill, and patience about transformation.
1 October 2026 ERP procurementMost ERP programmes don't fail in delivery. They fail at the point of purchase.
Around 80% of ERP recoveries trace back to the wrong system, the wrong integrator, or both. Three golden rules before you buy.
3 October 2026 ERP deliveryYour ERP programme doesn't have an estimating problem. It has a scope problem.
Control scope and you control schedule and budget. How fit-to-standard and three simple tests keep ERP customisation in check.
6 October 2026 Data migrationERP data migration is not an IT task
IT moves the data. Only the business knows if it's right. Ownership, design, trial loads and the special rules of carve-out migrations.
8 October 2026 Adoption & benefitsNo change manager has ever delivered an ERP benefit
Business leaders deliver ERP benefits, or nobody does. Named benefit owners, leaders in the design room, and steering committees that govern outcomes.
10 October 2026More on LinkedIn, where new posts appear first.
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