Dissatisfied with their in-house legacy applications, the brass at this specialty manufacturer decides a few years ago to go the ERP route.
Nobody bothers to get the IT department's input on what or how, says a pilot fish who was there.
The new ERP application was forced down our throats. But when the dust settles, IT gets corporate approval to try again. Fish's team researches and finalizes a new choice for the ERP package and sends it upstream to the executive committee. If it gets printed, you get a sharp Shark shirt. Now is the time to speak up and influence these discussions.