What happens when years of ERP experience walk out the door?
For organizations running BPCS or Infor LX, maintaining the expertise needed to support the system is a growing continuity risk.
That means preparing the people who will support it next, but it also means transferring institutional knowledge, documenting critical processes, and planning for succession before that expertise leaves.
Documentation matters, too. VIRTUTEM regularly encounters Read more...established ERP environments with gaps such as undocumented customizations and job streams without runbooks.
The hardest part of an IBM i modernization conversation is rarely the technology.
It is the internal one. Getting leadership aligned around investment in a platform they may not fully understand. Making the case for a phased approach without overpromising outcomes. Building a roadmap that IT can defend and the business can trust.
IBM i is the only enterprise platform with a publicly committed 10-year roadmap. That matters in that conversation.
It means Read more...investment in modernization is investment in a platform IBM has publicly stood behind, not a system being fully retired.
95% of IBM i users report greater ROI on the platform than on any other. That is not a legacy system holding businesses back, that is a proven foundation that deserves to be extended, not replaced.
What holds teams back is what surrounds them. Green screen interfaces that slow modern users down. Integration gaps that limit real-time visibility. Institutional knowledge is concentrated in a handful of people who are close to retirement.
The platform is strong. The Read more...modernization conversation is about building on that strength, not walking away from it.
