ERP SELECTION INSIGHT AND BEST PRACTICES

A route-based specialty distributor outgrew its systems, selected Acumatica, and ran a business-transformation program with John Hannan LLC leading cutover and change workstreams to go-live.

What to settle before you sign the ERP contract and SOW - the eight areas we review, two lessons from work after signature, and what three second opinions found.

Most stalled ERP programs are recovered, not restarted. What the first sixty days of a reset look like, from the inside of a national distributor's Dynamics 365 program.

When a partner-led Dynamics 365 program fell behind, a national distributor brought in an independent leader to reset methodology, plan and governance. Here is how it went.

A new radiopharmaceutical manufacturer with plants under construction needed a system of record before the first batch. The selection led straight into a multi-year implementation role.

A growing multi-site fabricator with a new facility on the way needed an ERP decision in weeks, not quarters. Here is how the selection ran and what was decided.

What a full ERP selection actually looks like for a multi-site company, week by week, and what it asks of your team.

ERP requirements shape the entire software selection. When they reflect how work really gets done and account for future business changes, vendors can respond more consistently, demonstrations become more relevant, and stakeholders can evaluate solutions against the same business needs.

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.

For business leaders, the opportunity is bigger than migrating Dynamics GP. It is the chance to evaluate what the business needs from its next ERP environment and determine which solution best supports those requirements.

Five to eight qualified vendors for the RFP and two to four demonstrations, usually three - what our own ERP selections show about building the vendor field, why some vendors withdraw, and how to narrow it fairly.

ERP selection takes time because it is not just a software decision. It is a business decision that affects finance, operations, supply chain, inventory, manufacturing, warehousing, purchasing, sales, reporting, compliance, customer service, and executive visibility.