| Directing the ERP Implementation: A Best Practice Guide to Avoiding Program Failure Traps While Tuning System Performance Subjects: Economics Finance Business & Industry; Engineering & Technology; Business Management and Accounting; Manufacturing Engineering; Engineering Management; Production Operations & Information Management; Enterprise Resource Management (ERP); Production Research & Economics; Although many books outline approaches for successful ERP implementations, the data shows that most ERP efforts yield minimal return on investment (ROI), with most projects failing. Directing the ERP Implementation: A Best Practice Guide to Avoiding Program Failure Traps While Tuning System Performance supplies best practices along with a proven ro Michael W. Pelphrey obtained his BA in business administration from California State University, Fullerton, California, and his MS in finance from West Coast University, Los Angeles, California. He has over 30 years of experience with a broad and varied background in the ERP marketplace. Not only has he been a user of ERP solutions, but he was also a director of technical and business consultants at Comserv, a leading ERP software company located in Stuart, Florida; an ERP project manager; an ERP business architect; and a partner at BDO Seidman, an accounting and consulting practice. Functionally, he was the president/CEO of a mid-market just-in-time manufacturing firm with nine divisions spread across the United States. |