A week into ERP Consulting

I always wondered why the consultant are paid so much (Please don't assume that I am paid too much). There indeed is a reason. Firstly, they usually have a diverse technology experience making them an easy going person while understanding existing enterprise applications and architectural environment. Secondly, they have good persuasive skills and also good command over what they talk and how they talk. That makes them gel well with company people and eases the process of fetching requirements, understanding existing company processes and so on. Thats in general about consulting.

Lets now focus on ERP implementation. While reading articles on ERP, you will always come across an astonishing percentage of the failures during ERP implementation. Well, I learned in my first week of work that most of this comes from unclear business needs and organization's un-readiness (specially people) for adopting the change. Obviously, if you are at the age of 50, you might as well grow up to be reluctant to learn new things. So what do you do with these otherwise innocent people. Infact most of the organization are finding this problem of holding on with a talent because talented individuals keep moving (causing exodus) while some hold on with the existing skillset but expect hikes in the pay check. That might well be the reason for labor unions which cause stoppage of work. I think, I diverted from the main topic, but the perception of PPT still holds true for sustainable success of any organization.

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