IT in manufacturing: How do you like your ‘go live’?

Posted on 6 Feb 2013 by Malcolm Wheatley

Do you back ‘big bang’ IT implementations or do you favour the phased approach? John Donagher, senior IS consultant at BSM Consulting, a specialist in ERP implementations, explains what each approach will mean to a business and how to decide which will fit you best.

The phrases ‘big bang’ and ‘phased’ are used to describe strategies for introducing new systems into an organisation. A ‘big bang’ ERP implementation is typically used to describe a go-live or cut-over scenario where a business switches from their old ERP system to their new system at a single point in time. In contrast, a…

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