Every year we talk with hundreds of companies about their ERP selection or upgrade. What we find is many of these companies experience common issues, including poor access to information, core systems that are difficult to use, and an over-reliance on standalone systems that are islands of information. As these companies enter into an ERP selection and ERP comparison project, we see the following groups of ERP selection challenges:

Uncertainty: The company can’t get a clear handle on what’s available with modern ERP in terms of BI, reporting, features, integration, mobile access, security and more.

Resource, time challenges: The company doesn’t have the necessary internal IT expertise, resources or time to effectively take on an ERP project. Nor can the company spare internal staff for this effort.

Lack of insight: The company needs help to understand current processes, including where the opportunities are to improve with new technology, and which ERP system best fits requirements.

Future growth: Many organizations are not exactly sure of their technology needs in the face of growth from expanded markets or facilities.

ROI concerns: Many teams are wary of making a significant investment in technology when they don’t have a clear handle on expected costs and ROI.

Meeting ERP Selection Challenges

ERP selection is a challenge for many companies, as this set of common concerns illustrates. Procon’s selection methodology has been specifically designed to address many of these issues.

Our proven methodology helps you take the time to analyze current systems, educate process owners on best practices, and build a long-term “business process improvement” plan that includes a vision of future processes that can be directly tied to business performance improvements. From ERP readiness assessment to vendor negotiations, many organizations meet their ERP selection challenges by teaming with Procon.