If you are considering upgrading to an ERP solution and looking into cloud options, then you have most likely heard about NetSuite and looked into working with a NetSuite VAR (Value-Added Reseller)? Many of our clients are moving their ERP solutions to the cloud and find that NetSuite is a good fit. While the software you choose is an important piece, your ERP implementation success is not just about the software. Finding the right NetSuite VAR to help you during the implementation and transition can be an even larger factor in your success. Customers are known to only use a fraction of their ERP solution in their day to day business processes. Your NetSuite VAR will spend time understanding your requirements and business processes to help you sort out what functionality you do and don’t need out of your ERP system.
4 Benefits to Working with a NetSuite VAR for a Successful Implementation
Before you take the plunge and commit to a software vendor directly, say NetSuite, consider the benefits of a NetSuite VAR) relationship.
- Needs Assessment: A well-chosen NetSuite VAR or ERP Solution Provider will care about your real business needs. The NetSuite ERP solution provider will not only have expertise in the software solution, but also in your business processes and how to pull these out of you.
- ERP Selection: The VAR will take the time to understand your business and solution needs, and will give you an unbiased opinion on the proper fit of the chosen solution for your business.
- Industry Expertise: The VAR will understand industry best practices and be able to advise you on approaches to achieve these results. The software vendor will certainly know their product but will have a tendency not to invest in advisory skill sets and industry best practices.
- Ongoing Relationship with VAR: Once the software is purchased, a VAR will be a trusted partner and advisor who can guide you and your business, implement the solution and even support your implementation on a day to day basis. They will certainly be very customer satisfaction oriented but will view the customer through a lens of software licenses vs through the lens of consulting services. Right or wrong even in the cloud a customer is viewed by the software vendor as a series of transactions vs. with the VAR as a long term relationship.
There are many decisions to be made when transitioning your ERP solution to the cloud. Having the right partner in the implementation and transition will ensure that you are making the right decisions every step of the way. For the best possible guidance, consider a VAR. Visit our NetSuite VAR Implementation page to learn more.
DSG delivers cloud accelerated business solutions based on leading ERP and CRM applications NetSuite and Salesforce™. With our deep business and technology expertise and the experience gained in hundreds of successful projects, DSG is acknowledged as one of the leading cloud business solutions providers by our major business partner, NetSuite, and by cloud media and analysts such as IDC and CRN. Since 2005, hundreds of companies from startups to the Fortune 500 have worked with DSG and our proven Realize, Optimize and Revitalize methodologies to implement tailored NetSuite and Salesforce™ solutions that, from day one, deliver value, insight and business acceleration.
Another version of this blog was posted on DSG’s Blog site: Implementation with a NetSuite VAR: It’s Not Just About the Software
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