July 22, 2026

Make Sure There's A Business Case For Upgrading Your ERP

by Michael Biwer, Cavallo CEO


​Imagine committing to a long-term lease on a building you haven’t fully walked through. You’ve seen the highlights, the location seems right and the broker is confident. There’s also pressure, as other tenants are interested, and leadership wants a decision. You need to act now.

You decide to move forward. Later, however, you discover that the layout doesn’t fit your operations and the space limits how your business runs. It’s a familiar pattern: When urgency comes from outside, it’s not always aligned with your best interests.

That’s what’s happening right now with ERPs. Vendors are under pressure to move customers off legacy systems and onto newer platforms. That urgency gets passed downstream, often without the context needed to evaluate whether…

Read the full Forbes article here.