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As a manager you should be aware that ERP projects are uniquely difficult to control. The cost of an ERP system is usually around $10,000 an employee. There is about a 43% chance that the project will end in failure or in a state where no one is sure whether it was a success or not. ERP implementation is a very high-risk project. The more than time they take they take is the more than a year of paying the consultant before he sees anything.