The ABCs of ERP & Beyond
ERP systems run your business — but most of the advice out there is buried in jargon or sounds like a sales pitch. The ABCs of ERP & Beyond cuts through that. Hosted by Pete Nicholson and Nirav Shah, two ERP practitioners working in the trenches with manufacturing and distribution businesses, this podcast covers everything from go-live survival to planning, scheduling, inventory, finance, and the tech that ties it all together. No fluff. No vendor spin. Just practical insight you can actually use.
The ABCs of ERP & Beyond
Parallel Running Your ERP? Here's Why That Backfires
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Parallel running sounds like a safety net. In reality, it's one of the most common and most expensive mistakes in ERP implementation.
In this episode, Pete and Nirav are joined by Emily Browning — an IT leader in manufacturing — to break down exactly why running your old system alongside your new ERP almost always backfires.
We talk through:
- Why data duplication quickly becomes data chaos — and you lose your single source of truth
- The real impact on your teams when you ask them to do everything twice during go-live
- What "just in case" actually signals to the rest of the business
- Why phased or staggered go-lives rarely work for fully integrated ERP systems
- How keeping the old system alive delays ROI and muddies the business case
- Practical tactics for driving adoption — from post-go-live training to accountability dashboards
If you're approaching go-live and leadership is asking about parallel running, this episode gives you the arguments (and the confidence) to push back.
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