Right For YOU

Companies buy a software package because they don’t want the expense and risk of building and maintaining their own. During the evaluation process, if you find you’ll have to modify more than 30% of the system to fit your business, you have made the wrong choice. If the software doesn’t fit your business, your employees will soon start working outside the system with their own manual subsystems and rogue spreadsheets. That defeats the whole purpose of an integrated system. 

The right fit also means buying only what you need. How much of the product will you use? If you purchase a product focused on your industry, all the functionality should be relevant or modular enough to allow you to slowly grow into it. Avoid buying a product that was designed to fit a broad spectrum. You will end up paying for modules or functionality you’ll never use. 

Conducting a comprehensive evaluation of multiple systems can be daunting and time-consuming. So, it's essential that you focus the majority of your time on the areas of the system that will have the most significant impact on your business. Keep the demonstration focused on your specific needs and focus on the parts of the system that solve your problems and will help you gain a competitive edge. No one has ever won more business because they had a great general ledger.

1. What percentage of the customer base are job shops, machine shops, or make-to-order manufacturers?
2. How much of the product is relevant to your business?
3. Who determines the priorities for the product development?
4. Is the demonstration geared towards solving your specific needs?