ERP transformation remains a big mandate and undertaking for IT leaders — and not one most relish doing. But done well, a new ERP implementation can unleash untapped business benefits. Here, CIOs share ERP update experiences and advice. Credit: Jacob Lund / Shutterstock When it embarked on an ERP modernization project, the second time proved to be the charm for Allegis Corp., which performed two ERP deployments in seven years. “Two ERP deployments in seven years is not for the faint of heart,” admits Dave Shannon, CIO of the hardware distribution firm. Allegis had been using a legacy on-premises ERP system called Eclipse for about 15 years, which Shannon says met the business needs well but had limitations. Integration with other systems was difficult and it required a lot of specialized resources to make changes, such as business processes and validation during order entry and replenishment to branch offices, he says. Allegis had been using Eclipse for 10 years, when the system was acquired by Epicor, and Allegis began exploring migrating to a cloud-based ERP system. “Quite frankly, we didn’t have the internal resources to support an on-premise solution,” Shannon says. The company wanted to leverage all the benefits […]
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