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5 Tricks for Choosing Your Next ERP System
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5 Tricks for Choosing Your Next ERP System
5 Tips to Make It a Success
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Let’s see some insights into software selection from software vendor’s perspective…
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New business
New businesses can align themselves better to software standard capabilities.
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Mature businessMature organizations often require software
to align with their own existing business
process.
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Statements we hear from our customers during the first meetings…
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1. “We need an out-of-the-box system”
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For new business – YesFor mature – Not really…
With the core systems it could end with:- customizations, - ugly work - arounds, - disappointed users.
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Tip 1. Look for the “best fit”. 2. Don‘t fall for the illusion of a 100% fit.
Many cases where even a 70% fit was deemed to be good enough.
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2. “We will change our business process accordingly”
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The difficulties begin at the UAT (user acceptance testing) phase, your employees not ready for the change, or sometimes not willing to accept it.
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Look for a vendor who has in-depth understanding of your industry sector and is good at managing change.
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3. “We are just like any other business in the sector”
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Your business is very special, even if as per your understanding it is “standard”.
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Consider how flexible the software system is, whether it is flexible enough to accommodate your way of doing things.
Biggest competitive advantage – doing business in your own way.
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4. “All these requirements we listed are a must-have and required at the time the system goes live”
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It is risky!If the scope is too large, it may lead to missed deadlines or rescheduling your ERP software implementation process.
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Look at the modularity of the system, the possibility to implement the system in stages – start with the basic
functionality that is crucial for your business NOW, and add more functions as you go.
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5. “What’s the big issue about data migration? Just move the data across to the new system!”
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Data migration is often underestimatedIt ends up with budget overruns or with the legacy system running in parallel “to look up historical records”.
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1. Find out what tools software has for data migration.
2. Estimate is new data structure is flexible enough to accommodate your historical records.
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