Orpington Technologies Insights

Practical writing on ERP readiness, governance, testing, data migration and recovery — for people who have to defend a go-live decision.

ERP data migration: reconciliation evidence that survives an audit

Migrated data that has not been reconciled is not migrated data. It is data that has been moved.

UAT sign-off: what real verification looks like, and what a rubber stamp looks like

A signed UAT document is not evidence that the system works. It is evidence that someone signed a document.

What ERP failure statistics actually say — and why they contradict each other

You have seen the figure. Seventy percent of ERP projects fail. It is quoted everywhere, sourced almost nowhere, and it does not survive being checked.

Why your ERP status report says green when the program is not

Nobody sets out to mislead a steering committee. The reporting structure does it for them. On this page How a red status is actually born The mitigation trick Percentage complete measures the wrong th…

How to know if your ERP go-live is actually ready

"On track" and "ready" are different claims. These are the checks that tell you which one you are looking at.

ERP implementation readiness: what it means, how it is measured, and how it fails

Most ERP programmes do not fail at go-live. They fail months earlier, quietly, while every dashboard still reads green. This guide explains what readiness actually is, how to measure it, and where the measurement usually goes wrong.