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Digital Stratosphere: Digital Transformation, ERP, HCM, and CRM Implementation Best Practices

Digital Stratosphere: Digital Transformation, ERP, HCM, and CRM Implementation Best Practices

Breaking ERP Systems

Aug 27, 2026 · 18 min · 10 segments

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Speakers: Eric KimberlingHostSarah DokowiczHost

Top entities: Enterprise resource planning×90 Denver×7 Artificial intelligence×7 Eric Kimberling×3 SAP×2

The Broken ERP Dream0:00 – 1:04

Sarah DokowiczHost

0:00

Welcome to Digital Stratosphere, the podcast that helps organizations throughout the world with their digital transformation journeys.

Sarah DokowiczHost

0:08

Here, you will find independent and technology agnostic advice with no software vendor sales spend to help you make the best decisions for your organization.

Sarah DokowiczHost

0:19

Whether you are in the process of selecting technology, in the midst of your transformation, or trying to get your initiative back on track, Digital Stratosphere provides expertise and best practices to help.

Eric KimberlingHost

0:35

For decades now, this industry has been chasing a dream of a single integrated unified ERP system that can handle all of our operations with one single user interface, one database, one throat to choke, one hand to shake.

Eric KimberlingHost

0:49

And this vision is not reality.

Eric KimberlingHost

0:52

This is a shattered dream that has not been realized and it's not going to be realized anytime soon.

Eric KimberlingHost

0:57

And I'm going to talk today about the top 10 ways that we break ERP systems in our implementations.

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Enterprise resource planningEntitySoftware category
97%90 mentions
DenverCityCity in Colorado
90%7 mentions
Artificial intelligenceEntityProfessional field
83%7 mentions
Eric KimberlingPersonInternet personality
77%3 mentions
SAPCompanySoftware company
70%2 mentions
ManagementEntityField of study
63%1 mention
Configure, price and quoteEntitySoftware category
57%4 mentions
ColoradoAdministrative AreaUS state
50%3 mentions
SalesforceCompanySoftware company
43%3 mentions
Siebel SystemsCompanySoftware company
37%1 mention
Fourth Industrial RevolutionEvent
30%1 mention
SAP SuccessFactorsCompanySoftware company
23%1 mention
OracleCompanySoftware company
17%1 mention
ImplementationEntity
10%1 mention
Warehouse management systemEntity
3%2 mentions

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