ERP Selection and ERP Implementation: Avoid Making Costly and Surprisingly Common Mistakes

ERP software selection and ERP implementation is not a project to be taken lightly; it is one of the most costly and time consuming ventures your company will take on. If done correctly, you will reap the many benefits of all your hard work and you will have a system that can grow and change as your business does. After the ERP implementation the pains associated with selecting and implementing won’t seem so bad when you are seeing that bottom line rise. Failure to choose the right ERP system for your company can result in poor performance, frustrations, and a downward trend in your bottomed line, etc. soon enough you will need to go through the whole process all over again - so how can you avoid the latter?

Start out with a complete understanding of important factors such as project budget, time required for the implementation, people who will need to be involved, resources required, and your overall goals; from there you can come up with a roadmap for your ERP implementation and benchmarks along the way to measure your success.

What are some of the biggest reasons an ERP implementation fails?

• The wrong solution was selected and implemented
• Inability to change process
• Senior management
• Customization
• Training
• IT based implementation

As a reseller and developer of ERP solutions and applications, we have seen the same mistakes repeated over and over during ERP selection and ERP implementation. So we developed a white paper outlining the common and critical mistakes companies make when choosing and implementing their ERP systems and how they can be avoided. The white paper entitled, “6 Common Mistakes Businesses Make When Selecting ERP Software” can be downloaded here at no cost.

About e2b teknologies:
e2b teknologies operates three business units – e2b anytime apps , e2b enterprise, and e2b calibration. e2b enterprise develops custom cloud-based business applications and resells leading ERP accounting software, CRM, HRMS, and other enterprise business software applications from Sage Software, Epicor, Intacct, Sugar CRM, and other publishers. e2b anytime is the publisher of Anytime Collect, Anytime Assets, Anytime 500, Anytime Commerce, and related Anytime brand products. e2b calibration is an ISO/IEC 17025 accredited calibration and repair laboratory providing a full scope of services (traceable to NIST) for most popular calibration, test, and measurement instruments.

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