ERP Implementation Tips : Before Implementation

1. Getting Top Management support
2. Documenting existing workflow, identifying SWOTs
3. Identifying the expected tangible benefits and any measurable ROIs/KPIs
4. Need to put together the project team which should comprise departmental heads from Marketing,Materials Control, Purchasing,Production Control, Finance & Document control (ISO)
5. Need for significant intra-departmental co-operation . As such, adequate representation from the various departments is crucial to ensure that intra-departmental processes and workflow as well as individual departmental needs are taken to account.
6. Choosing the right ERP2 software which can truly integrate between SCM, CRM and ERM. Do not underestimate the nightmare and the waste of time and resources if integration has not been factored in from the beginning of the project.
7. Choosing the right software vendor who has to be suitably experienced i.e with a good track record and who can provide strategic business consulting on SCM, software development and support infrastructure. Costs should not be the only reason for choosing the right vendor.