The best-of-breed versus all-in-one ERP debate is framed as a choice — but that framing is the problem. Both sides are selling you something, and neither is telling the full truth.

In this Untangled conversation, we break down why this isn’t an ideological decision and why agencies that treat it that way lock themselves into a decade of frustration. Best of breed brings depth and specialization — but also integration risk and operational overhead. All-in-one offers simplicity and accountability — but often at the cost of compromised functionality.

Using real government examples, this episode walks through the five questions that actually determine the right approach: how specialized your requirements really are, what your IT team can realistically support, how critical integration is to daily operations, your vendor management maturity, and whether you’re modernizing all at once or in phases.

Most organizations don’t need purity. They need fit. The right answer is usually a deliberate middle ground — one vendors don’t sell, but leaders have to design.

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Government IT Modernization and ERP Strategies for 2025: A Comprehensive Guide for Public Sector Transformation
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Your data is dirty. Not because your staff is careless — but because legacy systems were designed to be forgiving. Over decades, phone number fields became notes, dates changed meaning, duplicates piled up, and rules were quietly broken to keep operations moving.

The problem is what happens next. Agencies try to lift that data straight into a modern ERP and are shocked when the system rejects records, reports fail, billing breaks, and audits don’t balance. That isn’t a software failure. It’s a data hygiene failure.

This Untangled episode breaks down why “lift and shift” migrations collapse, how semantic drift corrupts history, and the four-step data hygiene protocol agencies must follow before selecting a vendor. Data cleanup isn’t glamorous — but it’s the difference between a smooth go-live and a public disaster.

#UntangledPodcast #GovernmentIT #ERP #DataMigration #PublicSectorTechnology

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Most government RFPs aren’t vague because teams are careless — they’re vague because people are trying to be “fair.” Broad language feels safe. In reality, it’s exactly what gets agencies sued, protested, and stalled for years.

In this episode of Untangled, we break down why subjective RFP language turns procurement into a beauty contest — and how vendors use that ambiguity to file protests that agencies can’t defend. We walk through a real-world permitting system case where a city lost two years, millions in revenue, and public trust because the evaluation relied on feelings instead of math.

You’ll learn how to:
• Replace vague requirements with binary, defensible questions
• Use weighted scoring matrices that hold up in court
• Eliminate “support” language that shifts work back to staff
• Turn demos into measurable outcomes instead of gut reactions
• Build an RFP that vendors — and their lawyers — can’t argue with

Procurement doesn’t need to be an art. When you treat it like a science, math does the defending for you.

#Procurement #GovernmentIT #UntangledPodcast #RFPStrategy #PublicSectorLeadership

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Government IT Modernization and ERP Strategies for 2025: A Comprehensive Guide for Public Sector Transformation
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