[notatoad]

>The CFO and some senior leadership erroneously blamed it for their shortcomings/used it as a scapegoat

the key thing to understand about ERP systems is that this is their primary purpose. anything else they claim to do is secondary.

[ZiiS]

Which is why they are vastly better whilst in the middle of a tricky migration, especially if it is going badly, and especially especially if it is being done by the most expensive contractors.

[notatoad]

yes, the key is to always have some sort of migration happening so every problem can be addressed by saying "this will be resolved after the new ERP is rolled out"

[datadrivenangel]

And you can decline to do literally any piece of work because you need to focus on the migration.

Perfect scheme.

[8b16380d]

Or “it’s best to wait till the migration complete before our team needs to do anything”

[highwaylights]

The latter half of your sentence suggests this project may actually have been a roaring success (for the vendor).

[paulryanrogers]

Depends on the vendor's goals. If it's to fatten and butcher a pig, and never see any future work from them, sure. If the vendor is hoping to have a sustained profitable relationship then not so much.