Essential Steps for SMBs Preparing for an ERP Implementation

The vast majority of smaller companies today make their most critical business decisions based on spreadsheets and underpowered desktop accounting packages.

Those companies that manage to succeed using limited business tools such as spreadsheets will eventually find themselves kicking the tires of a full-blown ERP system to manage their organizations' end-to-end business processes — from financial reporting to inventory management, and from human resources to sales support, forecasting, customer relations and more. However, before smaller companies take the plunge into an integrated ERP environment, there are a few steps they can take to help their organization prepare for the transition, and to ensure that the investment produces maximum rewards in terms of streamlined processes, real-time reporting on key business indicators, and ideally, decreased costs and improved profitability.
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Steve Kovsky
InformationWeek

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