iPlan's experts have been project managers for the implementation of advanced business systems since the eighties. Over time, we have amassed a wealth of practical experience and deep expertise in this field. In collaboration with Syspro, an ERP vendor, we wrote this guide aimed at the executive who is tasked to make the strategic decisions about ERP in their organization before it commits to a course of action.

This website address (www.iplan.co.za/thinkingabouterp.htm) serves as a companion to the book with downloads of some of the iPlan Intellectual Property (IP) discussed in the book and collateral material with full detail of concepts only summarised in the book.

 
 
 
 
         
Description of the layout of the book "Thinking about ERP" Summary of the different strategies advocated by the book for each of the four classes of ERP project.
           
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The papers below elaborate in more detail on some of the models, concepts and templates briefly referred to in the book. The interested reader is encouraged to browse through and download whatever seems interesting and relevant.
         
White paper on the "Management of Discontinuous Change" "Business Process Mapping"
           
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