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Enterprise systems
ERP boundaries, integration patterns, build versus buy, and the organizational realities around long-lived systems.
Most Companies Don't Have a Technology Problem. They Have an Ownership Problem.
Vendors own your ERP, your commerce platform, your pricing engine. Somewhere along the way, distributors stopped owning the business contracts that tie them together.
The ERP Is Not the Platform
Your ERP is a system of record, not a system of engagement. Stop trying to make it both.
The Demo Is Lying to You
Every platform demo uses clean data, simple workflows, and a catalog of 50 products. Your reality has none of those things.