"Thinking about ERP":

iPlan's experts have been project managers for the implementation of advanced management 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) 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.

Click here to download a one page description of the layout of the book “Thinking about ERP” in pdf format. (358 kb)

Click here to download a one page summary of the different strategies advocated by the book for each of the four classes of ERP project in jpg format. (308 kb)

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.

Click here to download a white paper on the "Management of Discontinuous Change" in pdf format. (47 kb)

Click here to download "Enable your ERP decision" in PDF format. (304 KB)

Click here to download "Life Cycle Costing" in PDF format. (26 kb)

Click here to download "Business Process Mapping" in PDF format. (257 kb)

Click here to download "ERP customisation matrix" in PDF format. (269 KB)

Click here to download "Key milestones in a one degree of freedom implementation" in PDF format. (149 kb)

Click here to download a white paper on the "Guidelines for upgrading you ERP" in pdf format. (240 kb)