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Water Gremlin started by making lead fishing sinkers and thenexpanded into lead acid battery terminals for agricultural,automotive and marine markets

Water Gremlins old ERP was causing inefficiencies

Delays in manufacturing and gathering financial data

Only one person in the organization knew about the working

of the old ERP which posed a threat

Finding an ERP to fit the manufacturing company requiredexecutive support


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Need of a system which could provide insights into how well thebusiness was operating

With the old system he had to wait till the end of the month toknow the financial standing

Inaccessibility of a lot of valuable data through the old ERP

Insufficient amount of management information out of the existingsystem

Information was isolated and not shared in a timely way

Some departments preferred creating their own spreadsheets ratherthan entering the data into the ERP


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Numerous ERP packages were available

Varying s/w combinations to handle tracking orders,

manufacturing process, sales contacts, and othercompany data

Its a six-figure kind project. Four pg memo

But managers still had to be convinced regarding itsefficiency

Schulz went for a three pronged approach


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Internal research at Water Gremlin to help define the

need

Need assessment used to narrow down ERP productchoices

Hiring consultant to provide objective guide


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Interviewed 4 consultants familiar with ERP s/w and

manufacturing processes and selected Minnesota Tech

First tool-Accounting Software libraryy need analysis program that narrows ERP choice by answering

4000 questions

y Sells for $1400 and evaluates 150 programs

Asks users to define business requirement by ranking

them


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Another s/w program-SoftSelect

It addresses macro-level issues

It produces a printout showing which s/w would work

along with short explanations


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Shortlisted 5 Vendors

User Involvement Provided with demonstrationscripts

Factors being looked for short listing

y Customization

y Demonstrations to include real examples

Based on responses scheduled demonstrations withthree vendors


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Upfront planning : needs assessment, creation of

selection committee, rigorous research, regular updates,

timelines

Delay in purchasing a new ERP

Collaborative approach

Treat only as a software


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Ease of use

Service and dependability

y Software upgrades

y Duration of providing support

y Training after implementation

y Right off the shelf (minimum customization)


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ERP very critical for organization

y Intensive research required

y Consultants can help in selection

y Minimum customization

y Look for aspects like support, installation, training.

y User interaction must Dont let vendors impact

your selection decision

y Manage change in organization

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