ERP Evaluation

Critical Success and Failure Factors of ERP Implementations: A Market Perspective–Continued

ERP Business Functions
The Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system is a unified set of programs and applications that provides support for core organizational activities such as supplychain, operations, manufacturing, distribution, finance and accounting, sales and marketing and human resources (Prasad Bingi, 1999). In a nutshell, an ERP systemhelps the different corporate functions of the organization share [...]

Critical Success and Failure Factors of ERP Implementations: A Market Perspective

Every year, according to the Project Management Institute (PMI), nearly 70-80% of all Enterprise Resource Planning implementation projects fail, go over-budget or go live past the original deadline (A. Roman, 2005). There are various reasons attributed to the success or failure of ERP Implementations. One of the reasons is resistance to change and top [...]

Importance of Brand in Software Selling

The Brand of a software that surfaces above others has to be backed up with success in delivering its promises and the expectations that are set to the customers.
The word ‘ERP’ forces us to recall brands like SAP, Oracle, SAP, Microsoft (which has done a wonderful job in positioning its ERP to SMEs), SAGE, and [...]

Choosing the Right ERP Vendor

Criteria involved in choosing the right enterprise vendor can vary across organizations. However, below are three factors that can prove helpful in making a good choice.
Vendor Credibility
Vendor background, number of years in market, vendor client list, success stories, brand name etc. should be researched by the Buyer to have an idea of the market reputation [...]

The ‘RIGHT’ Enterprise Product

Selecting the Right ERP Software is a decision that involves several factors in terms of Technology and Services. A right evaluation, and Fit Gap analysis to an optimized software solution can greatly help reduce costs and boost Organizational Efficiency.
The buying organization must consider all the parameters including service, cost and maintenance before taking a decision.
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