Before you buy a new ERP: eight questions show whether you should keep and connect your system, keep and extend it, or look into replacing it.
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System check
For each question, choose the answer that fits best. If none fits exactly, take the closest one.
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Your system basically fits your business. The friction lies between the programs: data is re-keyed, records drift apart. Often it is enough to connect the existing systems properly. A new ERP alone does not solve this problem.
The first step List the handovers where someone transfers data by hand today, and tackle the most laborious one first.
ERP integration & interfacesWe take this step in the process analysisRead more in the ERP guide
Your system covers the essentials. What is missing are your own workflows: costing, approvals and special workflows run alongside in lists and emails. An application of your own beside the ERP brings them back into one continuous workflow. Your ERP stays.
The first step Follow a real order from receipt to invoice and find the points where it leaves the system.
Tailored softwareWe take this step in the process analysisRead more in the ERP guide
Much suggests your system is reaching its limits: little development, little knowledge in-house, workarounds day to day. Replacing it does not need a cut-over date. With ElbDesk, our custom ERP, one area moves after another, and the old system keeps running until then.
The first step Record what the old system really does today - including what only one person knows.
Replacing ERP & old systemsWe take this step in the process analysisRead more in the ERP guide
Going by your answers, your system fits your business and the work runs inside it. There is no reason to touch anything big. If a single workflow still snags, it is worth looking at exactly that point.
The first step Note where queries or duplicate work arise day to day, and only then decide whether anything is worth doing.
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In 20 minutes you go through one of your workflows with Tobias Kietzmann. Afterwards you know which next step makes sense. And if none is needed, he will tell you so.
Tobias Kietzmann
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