The Right Stuff: How to Decide Which ERP Is Best For Your Business
Enterprise resource planning (ERP) software has become an integral part of modern business. By integrating a variety of key business processes, ERP software helps collect and manage data across a business' processes. This makes it much easier for management to see the "big picture" and make decisions accordingly.
As with most things, the effectiveness of your ERP software will depend largely on choosing the solution that best fits your business. Let's take a look at a few of the factors you should consider when looking at your options.
Take Stock of Current Practices
The single biggest step in selecting the right ERP package is to take stock of your current business practices. Here are some great questions to kick off how this should be done:
- What are your goals?
- What pain-points are you trying to alleviate?
- What are you hoping an ERP solution will help you achieve?
Above all, when analyzing your business requirements, be sure to take feedback from a cross-section of your employees. Because ERP software integrates a wide variety of systems and processes, you need input from an equally wide variety of employees who will be using it. Find out what features would help them perform their duties, save them time, and boost their productivity.
In addition to valuable input, involving employees in the decision-making process usually goes a long way toward a smooth transition to the new system.
The Right Architecture is Vital to Consider
Another important consideration is the architecture needed to run a particular ERP package. You should be asking questions such as:
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What type of database do you use?
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