To RFP or Not to RFP: That is the Question
Hamlet might have been contemplating the pain of life versus the fear of death as he said his famous line, “To be, or not to be: that is the question,” but a similar question is at the heart of most companies’ PLM selection processes. Many companies are afraid of the cost and pain involved in developing a detailed RFP (Request for Proposal), but just as many companies fear equally the ramifications of not precisely defining what they want in an enterprise business system. With this theatrical analogy now played out (get it “play”ed out), let’s explore RFP’s a bit further. What should you do in an RFP and what should you skip? Continue Reading
The launch of nearly every new business system requires some level of legacy data load. After all, you have probably been doing the things the new business system does, just by some other means. I believe a successful import begins with quality source data. Remember, garbage in, garbage out. The more consistent your source data is the more consistent your import will be. 
I am often asked “How long will it take to migrate our data?” My response is almost always, “That depends on the data.” I am not being intentionally vague, I’m just sharing a truth which many do not understand or want to believe. 
