With Halloween around the corner, spooky stories aren’t far behind.

But, for manufacturing professionals, the scariest season might not be limited to October 31^st alone. Terror can take on a whole new meaning when it comes to nightmares on the shop floor.

Here are the top phrases that might leave any plant manager with a legacy ERP system quaking.

• “Press 1 is down.”
• “Half of this run was out of spec.”
• “There’s been a recall.”
• “Which version of this document is the correct one?”
• “The auditors will be here next week”
• “Does anyone know where the inventory is?”
• “Our customer is in town and wants to drop in.”
• “This problem is the manufacturers’ responsibility.”
• “The server is down, and we can’t reach anyone.”
• “We can’t do that unless we upgrade our ERP.”