The average ERP implementation lasts about 9 months according to Panorama Consulting, but the range runs from 4 months for an SMB to more than 24 months for a large enterprise. Here are the phases, their share of the schedule, the factors that stretch projects and the stabilization nobody budgets.
The vendor sells software, the integrator sells hours, the independent consultant sells advice. This article untangles the three roles, shows why an integrator's proposal is a sales document, and prices what an independent ERP advisor costs, and returns, in Quebec.