Yet the benefits of ERP cannot always be realised overnight. The alternative could be an expensive monolith that is incapable of adaptation and has to be circumvented to arrive at sensible decisions. This contrasts with the need to reconfigure as the business changes. There is a significant human element to this as well. This leads to slower progress which, in turn, leads to longer implementation times and to less interest - it's a vicious circle often leading to a failed implementation.
Lengthy implementations consume enormous amounts of resource.
It is recognised that the cost of implementation is directly proportional to the time it takes as, during this time, internal resources are diverted from their normal activities and expensive external consultants are on-site. In addition, the business is inevitably disrupted so its performance tends to drop, without any tangible benefits, until the system is fully up and running. All these things contribute to the cost of implementation - so the quicker it happens the better. For more information email MAX International .