How we manage your Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Systems Evaluation & Request for Quotation Process

The business challenge?

The reasons why you might want to implement or replace an ERP-System can be very diverse. If you want to scale your business and expand internationally a state-of-the-art ERP system is one of the key elements in your system landscape to bring in place. Sure – you can do a lot with google sheets and excel and you can have a different tool for every function within your business (if those tools are properly integrated – but usually they are not), but without an ERP system that fits your business model, we usually saw across our past projects following high level issues:?

• Fragmented application landscape?
• Lack of data visibility and availability?
• Low master data quality?
• Low productivity and efficiency?
• Manual data maintenance?
• No standard processes?
• A lot of errors – because of the high human-factor?
• High efforts for closing of month-end?

And if you are facing such issues, that has direct effects on your business such as:?

• You are not ready to scale or expand?
• Bad customer experience?
• Low employee satisfaction?
• Bad customer service?

As a business owner or manager, you certainly want to avoid that so a state-of-the art tool can.

The project challenge?

Maybe you find yourself in the previous lines and/or you are already convinced your business needs a new ERP, but you:?

• lack the know-how of the ERP market internally?
• You are aware that most IT-Consulting companies have their “preferred” ERP solution or are implementation partners, so they earn when they sell the solution to you – hence they are very biased?
• You have a lack of internal resources to manage a project of such importance?

In other words, you need to bring external help in terms of software evaluation and implementation project management on board.?

Our ERP evaluation & RFQ service explained?

To tackle the challenge CONSENSO developed a standard ERP evaluation and tender management approach where we cover following phases:?

• Situation Analysis including analysis of the current system landscape?
• Detailed Requirements Matrix & RFQ Documentation?
• Tender Management?
• Result-Matrix covering critical factors for a successful ERP Implementation assessing the pro- and cons of the different systems and the potential implementation partner?

How does our ERP evaluation process look in more detail??

The Approach?

The result is a detailed matrix, which evaluates the qualitative and quantitative aspects of an successful ERP-Implementation as shown in the example below, together with a clear recommendation from our side.

What else can we offer??

The ERP Evaluation Service is one of 3 services that we offer in the ERP space, so if you want to want to benefit from our expertise also in the implementation of the system, we can help you with:?

ERP implementation service?

• Usually you need an implementation partner, which is also the distributor of the manufacturer of the selected software-stack such as SAP, Abacus, MS Dynamics 365 business central, NetSuite or Odoo.??
• Often the implementation partners do a good job in the technical configuration of the system and their internal project management, but have less focus on the project & change management process, which includes also various internal and external stakeholders of your company.??
• Moreover, when managed internally, such a project puts a lot of pressure on the existing organization.??
• Therefore, our experts with the experience of more than 15 end-2-end ERP implementations can help you with the project management for the whole implementation covering day-to-day management, methodology, templates and processes?

ERP data migration service

One of the most common reasons why ERP Implementations fail – hands down. Our consultants supported the data migration of various major customers such as Bucherer AG one of the leading luxury watch and jewelry retailers in Switzerland and Paul Ullrich AG, a major dealer of alcoholic beverages & liquor in North-Western Switzerland. This service consists of:?

• Best practices?
• Conceptional approach?
• Development of data extractions from the legacy system & transformation?into the format needed for the import into the new ERP?
• If necessary, implementation of Data Migration tools in order to automatize the migration

About CONSENSO?

CONSENSO is a young and innovative IT and digital business consulting company that is specialized in application development and technical consulting across key domains such as Business Intelligence & Data Analytics, system integration, master data management, and ERP systems. Our unique offering includes "CDO, CIO and CTO as a Service", catering to SMEs that require on-demand or interim Digital & IT leadership, or seek an external expert for targeted IT initiatives.?

Our philosophy emphasizes that software should be leveraged to enhance efficiency, productivity, and informed decision-making through data transparency. To achieve this, business processes and software must be carefully aligned prior to implementation or development, and new tools should seamlessly integrate with existing processes.?

At CONSENSO, we are committed to delivering comprehensive and strategic advice to our clients, enabling them to implement and develop applications that serve as sustainable, end-to-end solutions within their existing system landscape. This approach ensures that our clients derive maximum value from their IT investments, ultimately driving their core business objectives. To accomplish this, we prioritize understanding our clients' business models and processes in detail, and thoroughly assess their current system landscape to propose the most effective solutions.

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