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Over the past 30 years, LogicData has focused on assisting manufacturing clients in choosing and implementing the right ERP solution for their specific needs. During that time, we have engaged with well over 500 diverse clients possessing a widely varying level of understanding of how to evaluate their ERP needs. The purpose of this document is to leverage what LogicData has learned from past engagements in assisting our potential clients in their ERP evaluation process.

If you have read my recent blog with my thoughts on considering your ERP needs, then you are likely ready to move forward with exploring the many available options. Keep in mind that choosing the ERP software that best meets your company requirements is only one piece of the decision-making process. If you don’t implement the solution properly, or the software provider doesn’t have adequate support and stability, you may find yourself quickly struggling. At a high level, let’s examine each of these aspects and see how it may affect your decisions.

Unless your business is stupid simple, it’s highly likely that you need, and probably already have, some type of software system to help you manage your day to day operations. Now, you, or someone in your organization, has determined that whatever is in place isn’t good enough. Before you go charging into frantic web searches on available solutions that will provide you with more information (or mis-information) than you can possibly digest, you should map out exactly why you need an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution in the first place.