Before you implement ERP, understand its many components

If your manufacturing company suffers from difficulties in extracting business information from your existing systems or your company is facing an inability to coordinate order fulfillment for your customers, it may be time to turn to a trusted enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution. TechTarget states that when approaching the implementation of an ERP system, there are five components that must first be considered and researched. These software components focus on functionality in HR, finance, business intelligence, customer relationship management and purchasing and procurement. 

Every manufacturing company needs to be able to track and consolidate all of its sales data and customer information in one central system. However, an enhanced software ERP focus on supply chain management is also needed to make your day-to-day operations run smoothly. Overall, the most important consideration is simply knowing your company's processes and what type of ERP solution will be best for you.  

"A manufacturer seeks integration of its manufacturing processes," explains TechTarget, "and starts with material requirements planning-style ERP that can solve its integration issues of tracking orders, beginning with order placement and origination and then processing these orders all the way through the operations of manufacturing, distribution/delivery and order fulfillment and payment. The company also wants to get rid of the data discrepancies and software licensing costs from using disparate systems for each function."

At Accent Software, we can expertly deploy, monitor and troubleshoot a new ERP system that centralizes operations at your enterprise and allows for more effective decision making. Contact us today to learn more about how we provide the most advanced business management software available.