IDG Contributor Network: Does your ERP provider run your business?

Sounds like a simple question, but the answer may be more complex that you think.  SAP had a tagline that read, “The best-run businesses run SAP.”  But is this statement evolving to be more like, “the best-run businesses ARE run BY SAP?”  This does not apply to just SAP, but can also be applied to Oracle and Microsoft, and potentially other vendors depending on how extensively a customer is using their software solutions.Executives are increasingly less lik