Product integration
Product integration, is undoubtedly the test ERP product, is a very critical maturity indicators. Companies in the ERP product, there may already have other information management software, such as financial management system, and used very well. Enterprises may not want to replace the existing system, this time, they are required with the existing ERP products to information technology management software can be effectively integrated to reduce duplication of investment.

ERP, not all enterprise information software, information technology is only a part of his entourage, but also includes many products, such as customer relationship management systems, e-commerce, supply chain management, PDM systems, CAD systems and the like, and these products in the some respects, there is duplication of place. So that each system independently gave rise to a new round of "island" phenomenon will cause a number of repetitive work.

Therefore companies in the ERP before, there must be a period of time in information technology strategy the decision in a certain period of time which may be at the information management system and then in the ERP selection we should consider whether to provide the relevant interface.

Product development capabilities of the secondary
The most comprehensive ERP software products will inevitably be some secondary development. However, the secondary development due to the need of additional costs and may affect the project cycle companies should consider how to avoid this negative impact?

On the one hand, enterprises should examine functional integrity, to minimize the number of secondary development.

Secondly, we must consider the system configuration flexibility. An increasing number of ERP products, began to take the platform to the road. Such as gold discs BOSS platform, COMPIERE the application of dictionaries, for some simple needs, without going through the background to complete the program development, as long as these platforms to carry out simple operations to complete. So significantly reduce the secondary development costs and development time.

Finally to examine the strength of the company whether the company set up dedicated technical departments of secondary development and related development costs.

In short, ERP products, inspection, require businesses to lots to listen to the views of front-line users, rather than blindly follow the other pre-sales consultant’s eloquent introduction. Through the forum, home visits and other means to reach the practical application of some experienced users to understand the authenticity of their products.