A decade or more ago, anybody who had anything to do with technology talked in three-letter acronyms. To everyone else, these acronyms conjured up pound signs; multiple pound signs, in fact.
One of the most discussed of these was ERP – which became so well-known that it’s now difficult to remember what the initials actually stand for (Enterprise Resource Planning, if you remember). Yet it’s safe to say that ERP didn’t always receive good press at the time. There are some 20-year old statistics that suggest that around 70% of ERP projects failed.
However, we are living in different times now and inevitably many situations get turned on their heads. Competition in the industrial gas sector is now so fierce and the need to streamline operational processes in order to cut overheads and maximise assets has become acute. Yet, there are also ever-increasing demands for regulatory compliance, for the reduction of delivery times, and for greater flexibility to meet changing market conditions. The pressure to overcome these challenges is intense.
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