How does ERP selection based on industry characteristics
We know that, ERP selection, including two aspects, first, how to select the implementation consultant, second is how to examine ERP product itself. In the previous article, I elaborated on the issue of how to choose a good implementation of the consultant as the enterprise ERP project manager, today, I would proceed in this regard from the product to talk about enterprise ERP implementation in the selection of consultants at the same time, how to Select ERP software.

Starting from the following aspects.

Take full account of industry needs
As between the various sectors, such as clothing, chemicals, food, machine-building among the various sectors, the difference is growing. ERP In order to reduce the number of secondary development to a minimum, shorten the project cycle, reducing implementation costs and enhance competitiveness in the market, its ERP products are taking the road industry, various manufacturers have developed for a specific industry, ERP products.

Such as the garment industry, for processing technology, materials management more concerned about the same time, require the use of PDM and so closely integrated, the same styles of clothing have size of the number, color distinction; chemical industry recipe is the source of its development life, so the formula for the management, including the formulation of the accuracy, provisions, to carry out batch management, shelf-life management.

Formal formulations of these industries the security of the data itself, etc., compared to other industry, even more important; while the food industry in accordance with national mandatory characteristics and requirements of enterprises in ERP product selection, the first company to be aware of their industry characteristics, Then we went to select the appropriate ERP products in this industry. First elected to the general direction, as if the election clothes, the first election under the color of the clothes the same color, you can narrow the choice of space and avoid detours.

In this industry, software products of the credibility
As the saying goes, practice is the sole criterion for testing truth. Any business, do not want others to test their own companies as their products of experimental fields. Therefore, the company initially and Italy to a product, going to look at, this product in the industry, whether there is successful implementation of the case.

Specifically, you can do so:
1. To each other consultant to their customer list At this point, we should note that basically every company has a model for ERP customers. Recommended for the other users, enterprises have different treatment. These users may be the real success of the customers, is also possible that these users are with the software companies "complicity" good. The best business through networking, forums, tools, software companies themselves to find the latest user resources, and their voices may be from the truth than the software companies to provide the user should be higher.

2. in the inspection process, we should note that in the enterprise sector to do an excellent ERP, not necessarily in the industry is also doing well. Through the above analysis, we can see ERP industry agenda. Therefore, an ERP product, in the chemical industry to do very successful, but its very much in the clothing industry does not necessarily fit. Perhaps its garment industry, ERP is not yet very mature, there may still at the experimental stage, it is possible to solve the chemical industry is just copy the ideas, for Tom is not still medicine. Therefore, the enterprises in the ERP product inspection, we should note that the other is in the successful implementation of industry experience.

3. The number of secondary development issues. Some companies may be based on their strong technical strength, although their products less suitable for certain businesses, but its able to provide rapid secondary development to meet business needs. In fact, the second development is a double-edged sword, on the one hand, you can meet the maximum demand of enterprises, on the other hand, will affect the stability of the software, the most important is that it will increase the cost of the project.

The technical maturity
ERP software products, the technology used, whether mature, but also an element of business to be considered. Note that this uses a mature, rather than advanced. Advanced technology, does not necessarily mean maturity. The company seeks security and stability of software products, so their adoption of the technology need not be advanced, but it must be mature. Specifically, there are several aspects to note.

1. The software supported language environments.
As the international trend of more and more apparent, companies may at any time to find a foreigner as a corporate senior management. Therefore, even if companies do not have to use English language environment, such as the operation, but it is possible in the near future, the need to support more than two languages management software. Therefore, in the selection, we should consider each other's software products, whether to support multiple languages. Enterprises according to their own situation choose to support the language.

2. The software supported by the operating system platform.
With India's accession to the WTO, Microsoft and other big companies have stepped up efforts to crack down piracy of Indian enterprises. Now enterprises have ventured to each of the offerings that the company used its own operating system is 100% genuine? After all if the use of legitimate operating system, require a large investment. Fortunately, Microsoft's opponents do not see this and error Microsoft models, there has been no usage charges, security, more Linux, UNIX and other operating systems. This gives companies a choice.

Therefore, the enterprises in the selection, it is necessary prudence, given the choice of cross-platform operating system. So even if the future to replace the operating system platform is also a very easy thing, do not need to replace the ERP product itself.