Thought Leadership: 50 IFS Organisations take part in a global survey on APPS 8
Posted on December 8, 2014
50 IFS customers from around the world took part in AMEL’s independent APPS 8 upgrade research, presented here in an infographic format
75% of IFS upgrades go live on time:
- 21% felt that they could upgrade within 4 months
- 29% felt they could upgrade within 5-8 months
- 14% felt they could upgrade within 9-12 months
- 36% felt they could upgrade within 12 months or more
Out of the 50 IFS customers:
- 21% have upgraded
- 21% are mid upgrade
- 46% have not yet upgraded
Out of those who have not yet upgraded:
- 39% plan to in 2015
- 16% plan to in 2016
- 14% plan to in 2017
- 27% do not plan to upgrade – 100% of these companies said they had concerns over the vendor not supporting them
Lessons learnt:
- 75% said to engage key users early
- 58% said to work closely with the vendor
- 58% also said to gain senior sponsorship from day one