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The 60-Sec Trace Test: If you can’t trace Batch → Lot → Customer in under a minute, you don’t have inventory—you have liability. I’ve seen firms burn hours & spreadsheets just to answer “Who bought Lot 7G19?” Could you pass the test today? #SupplyChain #ERP

The 5-Minute ERP Health Check. 10 boxes. If 3 are red, pause every project. Most “ERP failures” aren’t software—they’re silent control gaps I use this checklist in every rescue 0–2 red: optimize. 3–5 red: freeze scope. 6+: stop & re-baseline Ping “Sage” to see it in action.

We audited 50+ ERP rollouts in MEA last year. 90% of “failures” weren’t software—they were ops rules, dirty masters, shadow processes. ERP just scaled bad inputs. Across SAP, Oracle, Odoo, Sage… the same 7 killers repeat. Ignore them & your system fails too.

Middle East CFOs: Run these 9 kill-tests before your auditor does Last quarter, a Saudi group called me 48h pre-audit. FX looked fine, e-invoice matched, but VAT didn’t tie. Revals were “netted,” and SAR 6.2M sat in suspense. Want me to stress-test your numbers? DM -Sage VAT/FX

Your ERP didn’t fail—your units did. Saw 4.3% margin bleed from teams using PCS, Nos, Each etc. No system bug; just messy UOMs, rounding drift, wrong cost bases, tax mismatches. Audit UOMs, enforce one list, assign a steward. Want a quick UOM test? DM “Sage”.

$4.6M “missing”… then back. A Saudi firm recovered SAR 17.3M after a fraud case. ERP firewalls I test: 1⃣ No end-to-end SoD breaks 2⃣ Evidence-grade vendor logs 3⃣ Real-time CCM alerts Logs ≠ control. Block or fail. DM “SAGE” for a 10-min audit.

Saudi firm disclosed SAR 7.3B losses (44% of capital) by June ’25. That’s not just markets—it’s broken ERP plumbing. 25+ yrs in GCC, I see the same: dashboards shine, controls blind. 6-pt ERP litmus test exposes hidden P&L risk. Fail 2+? Earnings bleed. DM “AUDIT.”

A company lost 7M+ AED because SKU-001 ≠ SKU_001. Hyphen vs underscore. Same item, treated as two. These “forbidden characters” corrupt items, vendors, GLs, UoM. No warnings. If you haven’t audited your masters in 6 months, you’re reconciling ghosts right now.

Your ERP isn’t slow. Your dirty data is. Switching to SAP, Sage, or Oracle in 2025? Don’t just compare features—audit your data. I built a 6-step cleanup ladder that’s saved ERP rollouts across the Middle East. DM me “LADDER” & I’ll send you the full checklist.

90% of ERP failures aren’t about the software. We audited 50+ rollouts—most damage came from what never makes a checklist: broken UOM logic, hidden Excel workflows, bypassed approvals, dev shortcuts, untrained teams. Which one’s bleeding your ROI?

In 2018, Saudi suspended Juxxxxx. By 2020, 100+ products were back. If your ERP can’t survive that, you’re not compliant—you’re logging. The 60-sec “Trace or Fail” Drill proves it. DM me “TRACE10” for a live 10-min audit.

Your ERP rollout doesn’t fail on time. It fails on pacing. Every module doesn’t move at the same speed. Here’s the 4-gear rollout framework 1️⃣ Crawl – data & UAT 2️⃣ Sprint – alerts & approvals 3️⃣ Cruise – core ops 4️⃣ Flywheel – RPA & audits Timeline = vanity. Pacing = survival.

$20M+ lost because “0” became “O” in vendor IDs. Seen it in invoices, PDFs & onboarding. Fix it with a 10-min “Zero-vs-O” audit: vendor ID sanity, bank acct collisions, pay run preview, OCR checks, pre-pay edits If your ERP can’t show 5 screenshots, you’ve no control—just hope

If month-end takes >5 days, it’s not AI you need—it’s controls. After 200+ closes, slow teams don’t have a data problem, they have a control problem. 7 fixes: freeze calendars, daily GL recs, bank matches, 3WM queues, IC certs, journal governance, policy engines.

I’ve sat in 100+ “flawless” ERP demos—none show what happens when things break. GRNs vs POs, bad supplier codes, dead approvals… My “Mess Test” runs 7 failure drills before dashboards. If your vendor can’t handle them live, you’re buying theater, not a system.

100+ ERP projects collapse post–go-live from SCOPE CREEP. I call it: The ERP Void. Avoid it: 1️⃣ No big-bang launches 2️⃣ Simulate a real business day 3️⃣ Finance goes first 4️⃣ Hypercare = 10% of project cost 5️⃣ Track confusion, not just bugs. ERP fails in silence—plan for it.

Go‑Live ≠ Success. It’s often the start of quiet collapse. In 30 days, Excel creeps back, data breaks trust, and ops bypass the system. I run a 13‑point Smell Test on every rollout. Fail 3+? You didn’t go live — you went dark. Which would yours fail today?

Most ERP demos look clean—until data gets dirty. Run this 10-min Dirty Data Drill before buying: → Duplicate vendors → Mismatched UoMs → Conflicting date formats → Price tolerance breaks If the system crashes by step 3, walk away. DM me “Sage” to test yours.

I’ve migrated 100+ companies across ERP tiers. Biggest risk? Not wrong software—wrong 𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐫. Tier 1: Tally, Zoho — great for early stage Tier 2: Odoo, SAP B1 — modular, mid-market Tier 3: SAP, Oracle — built for scale Your ERP must match complexity, not budget.

Your ERP is lying about your margins. A true landed-cost analysis at a mid-market manufacturer found $3.2M in hidden leakage: duties logged late, freight miscoded, transfers booked at std cost COGS ≠ Margin. If you’re not tracking every cost per SKU at receipt, you’re guessing