Anyone Know About ERP?

[malvolio]

Fair advice Murder... I suppose those would be a couple of routes in.

I've been looking at online training courses... Could they be worth a punt? It'd mean I could pop ERP training on the CV, even if the experience isn't practical/work based yet...

Waste of time, IMHO.

ERP systems run entire companies. The people implementing them are both risk averse and very aware of the potential for damage that comes from a botched implementation. They want people who know the issues, understand the business processes in the tool and how they map to the real world and who can prove they know what they're doing and won't kill the company.

Put it this way - I've migrated half a dozen ERPs to new platforms, I've worked on two implementation programmes and one major upgrade and I've been the equivalent of a senior PM for around 20 years. I don't go for ERP implementation roles, my skills aren't good enough where it matters. Those high rates are there for a reason.

[Techforcer]

Waste of time, IMHO.

ERP systems run entire companies. The people implementing them are both risk averse and very aware of the potential for damage that comes from a botched implementation. They want people who know the issues, understand the business processes in the tool and how they map to the real world and who can prove they know what they're doing and won't kill the company.

Put it this way - I've migrated half a dozen ERPs to new platforms, I've worked on two implementation programmes and one major upgrade and I've been the equivalent of a senior PM for around 20 years. I don't go for ERP implementation roles, my skills aren't good enough where it matters. Those high rates are there for a reason.

Totally understand... Thanks for the input.

Out of interest, what was your route into ERP?

[malvolio]

Totally understand... Thanks for the input.

Out of interest, what was your route into ERP?

Mostly via my Transition Management experience, where I get them from project to BaU. To do that means I understand how they work and how the relate to the business, and obviously I have to deal with the dev teams so get a good insight into the underlying mechanics of them to define the support models. I've worked with Oracle Financials, SAP and JDP over the years.

But don't ask me to build one...

[darrylmg]

There's two different areas of ERP.
Technical systems (implementation of the technology) and the business process side.
If you know technology, then you could probably go in via that route.
If you know business processes and/or understand an operations manager's role and the role that the tech can play in running a (large) company, then you can go in via that route.

Which are you?

[Techforcer]

There's two different areas of ERP.
Technical systems (implementation of the technology) and the business process side.
If you know technology, then you could probably go in via that route.
If you know business processes and/or understand an operations manager's role and the role that the tech can play in running a (large) company, then you can go in via that route.

Which are you?

I suppose probably somewhere in the middle... I guess the issue there could be "Jack of trades, master of none"...