One of the most underestimated challenges in ERP implementation is not the software, not the configuration and not the project plan. It is the quality of the data provided by the customer. Many organisations hand over raw spreadsheets, incomplete records or unstructured data and expect the ERP team to sort it out. This leads to delays, rework and serious integrity issues across the system.

Approval workflows are often treated as a checkbox in ERP systems. You may get a simple “approve” button or a single-stage authorisation. In practice, business processes are rarely that simple. Real-world approvals involve multiple roles, time limits, escalation rules and notifications across different channels. If these are not handled properly, the system creates more bottlenecks than it solves.