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Articles and guides from the people doing the work. Each argues from a pattern rather than a named client.
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PinnedArticle · 5 min read
When access is solved by copying
Nobody decides to build six copies of the same dataset. It happens one reasonable decision at a time — and the fix is governance, not a tidying exercise.
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PinnedGuide · 6 min read
The three levers of licensing cost, and why most organizations pull only one
Reducing licensing cost almost always means calling the vendor. Negotiation is one lever of three, and rarely the one with the most money behind it.
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Article · 6 min read
When procurement runs on two ERPs
Dual-ERP environments are common in manufacturing and rarely written about. The systems are not the problem — the undocumented space between them is.
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Article · 5 min read
Let the data move on status, not on somebody remembering
Most failed integrations are not technical failures — they are a person who was on vacation. The hard part of fixing it is not the code, it is agreeing what the statuses mean.
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Nobody evaluates year five
Platform decisions get made on a feature comparison and a first-year price, then lived with for a decade. The two costs that compound — capability you never switch on, and an upgrade that becomes an annual project — are in neither column.
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