The ERP Encyclopedia
Have you read the entire encyclopedia? There’s a lot of useful information in there but there’s also a lot of stuff that you probably just don’t need to know. Maybe that’s why encyclopedia publishers have fared poorly in recent years.
Have you noticed that ERP software is a lot like the encyclopedia? It comes with a lot of extras. Like functionality that’s not useful to your business. You pay for it but you never use it.
Unnecessary functionality breeds unnecessary complexity. The BigCo ERP vendors aim to do everything and that makes everything more complex. It takes longer to implement, it’s harder to learn, and it costs you more. It’s like cutting butter with a chain saw. It works but it’s not optimal. That’s just one of the reasons we believe simpler is better.
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