ERP SELECTION INSIGHT AND BEST PRACTICES

Every executive team asks the same four questions about AI in an ERP - security, accuracy, reliability and cost. Here is how to answer each one, and how to weigh AI features in an ERP selection.

Dynamics NAV end of support turns an upgrade into an ERP decision for many companies. How to weigh Business Central against a wider ERP selection.

Based on our life sciences experience supporting outsourced operators, including contract development and manufacturing organizations (CDMO) and contract research organizations (CRO), this guide summarizes the ERP software selection requirements vendors must prove, demo, and document.

Capacity planning for radiopharmaceutical therapy - plan around decay, QC gates, hot cells and courier cut-offs so every dose releases on time.

RPT manufacturers often need both ERP and MES. This post shows how to split responsibilities—put batch truth and eBR in MES, and commercial/financial truth in ERP—then wire them with event‑based, validated integrations. Learn the boundary for labels, QA release, RAM license gates, and waste; how to avoid double entry and time‑of‑calibration drift; and what to demand in scenario‑based demos. Scale dose‑to‑door without audit risk.

The Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA) is pushing the industry toward an interoperable, electronic way to identify and trace certain prescription drugs at the package level as they move through the supply chain.

ASC 606 isn’t a switch—it’s ERP design. This guide turns the 5‑step model into contracts, performance obligations, SSP allocation, events, and schedules you can audit. See how to handle variable consideration, acceptance, and contract changes, then build disclosures that tie to the GL. Includes high‑level pointers for D365, NetSuite, Infor, Epicor, Acumatica, and IFS, plus a checklist to test edge cases before go‑live.

Validation is proving that a system meets the intended purpose it was designed for by confirming that the system works properly. Validating an ERP system involves testing and validating its various components, including security controls, configuration settings, processes, functions, and reports.

Recall readiness is not a single feature. It is the ability to detect an issue, contain it quickly, and prove what happened with an audit ready trail.

A CRO sells a service, not a product, so its ERP needs differ: project accounting, milestone invoicing, prepayments and deferred revenue, and time tracking.