ERP Podcasts
Real conversations with ERP practitioners, programme directors and business analysts who have been through the trenches of ERP implementation. Each episode covers the strategies, pitfalls and lessons learned that matter most when selecting, implementing or optimising enterprise software.
Running ERP In-House: Lessons From a Six-Country ERP System Rollout
Aissam Drai, ERP Head at the Middle East Broadcasting Centre (MBC), talks through his journey of selecting, implementing, and adopting an ERP system. He explains how he runs Oracle Fusion across six countries and 38 legal entities at the largest broadcaster in the Middle East, and why he chose to implement it in-house.
Aissam Drai
88% vs 13%: Why ERP Change Management Makes or Breaks Implementation
Ashley Birrell-Riley, a change management lead with over a decade guiding large-scale ERP transformations across local government, construction, and transport, explains why change management decides whether an ERP implementation succeeds or fails.
Ashley Birrell-Riley
How to Ensure a Successful ERP Implementation Go-Live
Laura Pointer explains the methodology behind her 100% ERP go-live success rate. Drawing on her experience across oil and gas, engineering, manufacturing and facilities management, Laura unpacks what go-live really means and the checklist non-negotiables that keep hers on track.
Laura Pointer
What Your ERP Delivery Partner Does Between Purchase and Go-Live
Yuriy Zaletskyy draws on 13 years of hands-on implementation experience to explain what really happens once a business has chosen its ERP and an ERP delivery partner takes over.
Yuriy Zaletskyy
ERP Recovery Roadmap: How to Rescue a Failing ERP Programme
Drawing on 15 years in construction and EPC operations and her experience leading ERP transformation and recovery work at Deloitte, Adileh Mountain unpacks what causes ERP programmes to go off the rails and what a practical recovery plan looks like.
Adileh Mountain
AI-Native ERP: What Buyers Should Know Before Selecting a System
John Cusick joins the Comparesoft ERP Podcast to explain what AI-native ERP actually means for software buyers. He breaks down the practical differences between AI-native and traditional ERP systems, from implementation and evolution to integrations, training, and post-go-live governance.
John Cusick
How Manufacturers Can Optimise Supply Chains By Fixing ERPs & Layering AI
Lee Wachter, ERP & AI Supply Chain Advisor, joins the Comparesoft ERP Podcast to explain how mid-market manufacturers and CPG companies can regain control of failing ERP supply chain operations, drawing on senior leadership experience at Olympus, Diageo, and three years inside an ERP vendor.
Lee Wachter
How an ERP Project Manager Keeps Large-Scale Programs on Track
Tanya Last explains the role of an ERP project manager and how large-scale ERP programs are kept on track from early delivery through to post-go-live stabilisation. Tanya covers delivery control, early warning signs, change management & what successful stabilisation looks like after implementation.
Tanya Last
How ERP Phase 0 Prevents Scope Creep, Governance Drift & Data Chaos
Bryan Oak unpacks ERP Phase 0 and why it is the decision work that protects scope, governance and data from chaos later. Drawing on decades of experience advising leadership teams, Bryan explains what Phase 0 actually covers and what “good enough” looks like.
Bryan Oak
What ERP Failure Really Looks Like and How to Prevent It
James Robertson, ERP Troubleshooter & Published Author, explains what ERP failure really looks like today and why it is far more common than most organisations realise, arguing that up to 95% of ERP programmes fail at the executive decision-making level.
Dr James A Robertson
Making Legacy-to-Cloud Public Sector ERP Transformations Stick
Ramzan Amin, Founder and CEO of SIM Consulting, joins the Comparesoft ERP Podcast to draw on his experience as ERP Programme Director at Kent County Council and explore why public sector organisations are being pushed to replace ageing ERP systems.
Ramzan Amin
The Critical Success Factors (CSF) Behind Successful ERP Implementations
Jen Payne, Co-founder of Bright Lambs, joins us to break down the critical success factors behind successful ERP implementations and why so many projects fail before they even reach go-live.
Jen Payne
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Running ERP In-House: Lessons From a Six-Country ERP System Rollout
Aissam Drai, ERP Head at the Middle East Broadcasting Centre (MBC), talks through his journey of selecting, implementing, and adopting an ERP system. He explains how he runs Oracle Fusion across six countries and 38 legal entities at the largest broadcaster in the Middle East, and why he chose to implement it in-house.