ERP Role in selling your mid-size business – Microsoft Great Plains and CRM exampleWritten by Andrew Karasev
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•Order Execution. You need standard ERP to control order fulfillment. Usually such a system is implemented on one of Accounting applications platforms. In case of small and mid-size business, we would encourage you to map to your functional diagram, described above and clarify all your needs with consultant, who will help you with implementation. Order Execution automation will allow you to introduce another formal position – Controller. •CRM/ERP market. You could find variety of systems on market. Here you need to stick to quality rules. When you implement computer system you should probably take leaders on market and be sure that they will stay or get additional market share in future. In case of mid-size business – in our opinion you should be selecting between two leaders: Microsoft Business Solutions with its ERP: Great Plains, Navision, Solomon, Microsoft CRM, and Best Software with their MAS 5000 •Microsoft Great Plains & CRM. These two systems are integrated and allow you to implement Sales Control and Order Execution, if you decide to stake on Microsoft brand.You can always have us help you with implementation & customization. Call us: 1-866-528-0577, 1-630-961-5918.
Andrew Karasev is Chief Technology Officer in Alba Spectrum Technologies – USA nationwide Microsoft CRM, Microsoft Great Plains customization company, serving clients in Chicago, California, Texas, New York, Georgia, Arizona, Louisiana, Michigan, Florida, Canada, UK, Australia, South Africa and having locations in multiple states and internationally ( http://www.albaspectrum.com )
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ERP System – structuring your business processes. It is not a secret that when you are trying to sell company – first potential buyer question would be your ERP system and structuring around it. •Do you have Accounting/Inventory/Supply Chain management automation system? •How expensive is its annual support? •Is it general industrial ERP or custom made one (risks to lose IT support) It is common scenario when your IT budget is overburdening and you can switch to ERP system which is cheaper in software licenses cost and annual support. We saw successful scenarios: •Switch from expensive ERP: Oracle Financials, PeopleSoft, SAP to budget ERP: Microsoft Great Plains, Navision •Switch from legacy CRM solution, such as Siebel to budget CRM: Microsoft CRM More advanced expense reduction scenario might lead you to your Business Processes Outsourcing (BPO) – this is when you have your accounting and data processing done from countries like India. You can always have option to call us: 1-866-528-0577, 1-630-961-5918, help@albaspectrum.com
Andrew Karasev is consultant at Alba Spectrum Technologies, LLC, ( http://www.albaspectrum.com ) nation-wide ERP consulting company, specializing in IT cost reduction and working in tandem with Business Consulting Group Unlimited ( http://www.bcgu.com )
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