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ERP Data Migration Blog

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The Digital Adaption blog focuses on ERP data migration, master data, reporting reliability and practical data management for UK SMEs, especially manufacturers changing systems or recovering from post go-live data problems.

Practical articles on ERP migration, master data, reporting reliability and data management for UK SMEs. No trend commentary.

Start here if you are changing ERP, cleaning operational data, rebuilding reports after go-live, or trying to make stock, finance and customer-service numbers line up across systems.

The current editorial focus is owner-managed manufacturing and operational SME problems: data migration risk, master data ownership, Power BI reporting that teams trust, and the practical work needed before automation or dashboards will pay back.

Why UK law firms, accountants and clinics need private AI (not ChatGPT)

Regulated firms cannot put confidential data into ChatGPT. Why private, UK-hosted sovereign AI is the fix, and why your data has to be sorted first.

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Power BI data quality issues: why the dashboard is not the real problem

Power BI data quality issues: why dashboards fail when source data, definitions, ownership and reconciliation controls are unmanaged.

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Single source of truth for SMEs: why leadership teams argue over numbers

How UK SMEs can build a practical single source of truth for ERP, finance, operations and Power BI reporting without turning it into a dashboard-only project.

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Data quality audit checklist for finance and operations teams

A practical data quality audit checklist for SME finance and operations teams preparing for ERP migration, Power BI reporting or workflow automation.

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Why your OTIF report causes arguments instead of action

A real Power BI operations reporting example showing why OTIF, SLA and pick performance logic must split by product category, fulfilment route and business ownership.

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How one barcode mistake caused 14 products to be sent instead of 1

A real Infor LN stock control example where supplier packaging used the same barcode for outer and inner units, causing wrong picks and thousands in losses.

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Your ERP went live, but the warehouse was still working around it

A real warehouse reporting example where skipped barcode scanning left picks open in Infor, causing duplicate deliveries and six-figure risk.

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Why Power BI can match the ERP and still disagree with the ERP report

A real Infor LN margin reporting example where Power BI matched the ERP data, but an internal ERP report used different exchange-rate logic.

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The ERP data migration mistake that almost sent products to the wrong customers

A real ERP data migration example where a CSV export shifted customer address records by one row in Dev, and why record counts are not enough before cutover.

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ERP go-live worked, but the reports didn't: what to fix first

Why ERP cutover can be technically successful while stock, finance, OTIF and management reports stop being trusted after go-live.

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When should an SME bring in data migration help?

When to bring in data migration support, what needs checking before cutover, and how SMEs reduce ERP go-live data risk.

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ERP data migration checklist for SMEs: what to fix before cutover

A practical checklist for cleaning, mapping, owning and reconciling ERP data before a new system inherits old problems.

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Data management consultant: when messy operational data becomes board risk

How ownership gaps, duplicated records and unreliable reporting turn from admin irritation into board-level operational risk.

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The Dashboard Debt Index: why ten quick reports become one meeting nobody trusts

How unmanaged reporting creates metric confusion, duplicated effort and slow decision-making across SME operations.

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The Spreadsheet Tax: how a free Excel habit becomes reporting drag

The hidden labour cost, delayed decisions and fragile processes that build up when Excel becomes the operating system.

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Why your master data problem is killing your digital transformation

Why master data is the foundation for ERP migration, automation, reporting reliability and practical digital improvement.

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Data management consultant: when messy operational data becomes board risk

How ownership gaps, duplicated records and unreliable reporting turn from admin irritation into board-level operational risk.

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The Dashboard Debt Index: why ten quick reports become one meeting nobody trusts

How unmanaged reporting creates metric confusion, duplicated effort and slow decision-making across SME operations.

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The Spreadsheet Tax: how a free Excel habit becomes reporting drag

The hidden labour cost, delayed decisions and fragile processes that build up when Excel becomes the operating system.

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Why your master data problem is killing your digital transformation

Why master data is the foundation for ERP migration, automation, reporting reliability and practical digital improvement.

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Find out why the numbers do not match before the project gets expensive.

Tell me what needs to migrate, what no longer reconciles, or which report the business no longer trusts. If there is a fit, we start with a 5 to 10 day ERP Data Readiness Review.