ERP Readiness Assessment

Often times, businesses are unsure as to whether or not they are ready for a new ERP system. Is this the right time? Can we be successful with a new system? Will we be wasting our money? These are all important questions to ask when going through the ERP readiness assessment stage.

SelectHub Services offers vendor-independent ERP software selection and implementation consulting and serves a multitude of industries throughout North America. We maintain an autonomous perspective so that our clients receive unbiased information, education and a solution that is right for their business.

Our mission is to successfully lead you through an unbiased ERP selection process that will reduce your effort, cost and risk. We will guide you to increases in productivity and overall business performance while realizing a faster ROI.

Stages in the ERP Readiness / Fitness Assessment

Collectively, our consultants have been involved in over 7,000 enterprise selection projects. We gathered as a team to combine our expertise and identify the following as keys to readiness for a new ERP system.

• Business Case for Change
  We will guide our clients through the development of the business case by reviewing and analyzing existing processes, educating the client in best practices for their industry, and designing future state business processes based on the latest ERP technology. Once that future state is defined, we can then ask management, “What is the benefit of these new processes?” This dialogue leads to the definition of the business case for change.

• Deciding if Now is the Right Time
  Many times the answer to this question is “no!” ERP projects are tough and they require a lot of resources. Oftentimes, these resources are vital to running day-to-day business operations, or they may already be consumed on other projects. The management needs to decide where this change fits in their priorities. You are only ready to proceed once the management team agrees this ERP project is one of their top priorities.

• Resources and Expertise
  A company embarking on an ERP selection project needs to apply its best resources, and have or take the time to acquire modern ERP knowledge. The project will only be successful if it is run by a collaborative business team. This team can only be successful if they go through some serious ERP education to gain knowledge of modern ERP systems and ERP best practices.

• Management Support
  ERP projects must be driven by support from the top management team. Do you trust that executive management will fund the project monetarily, and also by offering up the necessary resources to form a strong team to make the project a success?

When we are asked to perform an ERP fitness assessment, we will evaluate the above points as well as develop the following deliverables:

• Analysis of current system
• Education on ERP best practices
• Future state process definition
• Business case for change
• Identify Enterprise project management team
• Project plan
• Project budget
• Risk assessment
• Readiness assessment

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