There are usually two paths that lead to an Emerging score: rushed launch or aging system.
Rushed launch. Some GCs implement an ERP under the pressure of a sunsetting system or other limitations out of their control. This kind of timeline doesn’t leave much room to align the new ERP with how the business works today or to use the transition as a chance to improve ways of working. The system goes live, and alignment work gets pushed to “later.”
Aging system. Other GCs have been on the same ERP for years; long enough that no one has stopped to ask whether it fits how the business operates today versus how it operated when the ERP was first implemented. In this case, many people are accepting workarounds and inefficiencies without even realizing it.
The Emerging score doesn’t mean the system is wrong, though. It can mean that there’s real, achievable ground between where your ERP is today and what it is actually capable of doing for you.
