30 hard truths about your next ERP project

Most ERP implementations fail and this guide offers insights as to why. You have to know that expectations will always exceed resources. That complexity is a tool. And that implementation partners cannot be honest—though they are essential. Everest’s founders have spent 30 years gathering this wisdom to pass along to you.

See 30 years into the future

Whether you realize it or not, ERP is organizational design. HR's role is just as important as IT. Read the guide to learn what that means for training and how you should be thinking about an ERP that will last you the next 30 years.

The psychology of ERP rollouts

The art of managing complexity

Why the real innovators are rural

The certainty of inflated expectations

Why all ERPs demo nicely

Insights into 100s of organizations, large and small

If your team had a chance to start your current business over, would you build it differently? Most leaders say they would. You probably know much more now than when you started or joined. The team here feels the same about enterprise resource planning (ERP) software. Learn the lessons that inspired them to start Everest.

All those lessons in a readable a book of aphorisms

Every page contains one concise idea that can inform your thinking about ERP.

At the end, there's an ERP evaluation checklist

The last page summarizes all that wisdom into a list of characteristics to look for in your next ERP and implementation partner. And how to get the most from your present fintech investments.