Declutter ERP decision – hire a consultant
Today a customer for ERP is swamped with choices ranging from international ERPs to ERPs developed by local software companies and with costs ranging from few lakhs to crores. ERPs are selected by the Founders/ CEOs based on features and costs (license and...
Do you want to continue chasing your competitor?
There is a saying that you will get the same results if you continue to do the same thing. But I will ask and say, can you do better than your competitor if you are doing the same thing that the competitor is doing? Most businessmen want the same ERP software that...
GIGO and ERP Implementation
Garbage in, Garbage Out, popular in early days of computers, was used to suggest that faulty or meaningless input data would result in nonsense data or information. The term is more relevant today, than in early days, as not only computing power has increased, but...
Minimize your risk of ERP failure?
In the last few years some of the typical responses we have heard on experience of ERP implementation range from I could not get ERP working in my company as my employees failed me. I installed ERP of a reputed company. It took us a year to implement it but I am still...
ERPs in Indian Market
ERPs have become very popular with small and medium sized companies adopting them to improve their competitiveness in challenging times. There are a host of solutions available in India. Some of them are international bigwigs, but most of them are homegrown companies....
Is your company ready to implement an ERP?
Any company planning to implement ERP may want to ask these 5 questions? Are our systems (policies, processes and workflows, procedures and forms) clearly defined or have we clearly defined what systems do desire to be implemented in ERP? How comfortable are our...
Cost benefit Analysis for ERP Implementation
The other day, we got a call from IT Head of a company. The company has been planning to implement ERP. The CEO wanted to know how much reduction could he expect in the current headcount once ERP was implemented. The IT head was truly lost for ERP helps us reduce our...
How to select an ERP?
What to look for in an ERP - ERP Selection. There are multiple sets of criteria on which any ERP system can be assessed. These criteria are built around some basic questions which needs to be asked and responded to. Some of them are: Does the ERP System cater to all...
I want the best ERP in market for my company
Pretty early in my career, we were faced with a dilemma. My colleague wanted someone from his own community with 15 years’ experience for an entry-level job. I anticipated problems and a year down the line we had a big problem on our hands. As...
Enterprise Resource Planning – An Introduction.
All Business entities, whether Multi-National Firms, Large Corporations, Medium sized Organisations or MSMEs, are now engaged in a Digital World. They have invested in some kind of Software which enables them to measure, control and communicate their business...