ERP Selection Mistakes: 5 Questions to Answer Before You Sign

ERP selection involves more than comparing software features. Understanding business requirements, architecture, implementation scope, and long-term commitments can help organizations make more informed decisions.

An organization has narrowed its ERP options to two vendors.

Both have demonstrated the functionality the business needs. Both have answered the requirements checklist. Both have provided proposals.

So how do you make the final decision?

The answer isn't necessarily another demonstration or a longer list of features.

Before choosing an ERP system, organizations need to understand how the software will support their business processes, what other technology will be involved, who will be responsible for implementation, and what is actually included in the agreement.

Here are five...