Specialties: ERP sales and implementation in Process industries, food, chemical, biotech, pharmacutical, metals, paper, beverages and rolled goods. Building and running a moderate sized ERP consulting organization with worldwide customers. Quoting ERP implementation costs, assembling implementation teams and managing implementation projects.
Current focus is on Cloud based ERP with SAP Business ByDesign after 20 years focused on Oracle E-Business Suite for Process Manufacturing companies
Take a look at SAP Business ByDesign. Cloud based and international. It could handle this. See demos at our site http://appliedprogress.com/
I would look for a smaller firm or maybe an independent consultant that has experience with my industry. You want your project to be important to them. Fitting the software to the business is a successful approach but that takes more time and money. If you ...
Cloud based multi-tenant ERP has only three real players. NetSuite, Plex, SAP Business ByDesign. We do ByDesign but have also had experience with the other two. http://appliedprogress.com/ Read the article on ERP risks if you visit our website. ERP is not easy but can be ...
You mention NetSuite. Its most direct competitor would be SAP Business ByDesign which is also a multi-tenant cloud solution. SAP has three midmarket ERP products so when you say SAP I'm not sure if you meant "ByDesign" or "Business One" or "All in One". If you don't ...
I've been doing ERP for 20 years and I'm not sure how well the typical Oracle, SAP or Microsoft product would fit a university. Probably would fit just fine in Accounting, Purchasing and Projects. Pricing would be a bit difficult since you would need to identify what ...
I'm going to suggest SAP Business ByDesign. It can do all of what you said, runs in the cloud for a monthly fee. Not intended for smaller companies, more for mid-sized. You can see demos at http://appliedprogress.com/
Most ERP systems were created in the later part of the 20th century. They were systems that started small and grew. They started as accounting packages, or inventory control or some other area and then kept adding functionality until they could handle most any situation. Oracle, Microsoft, ...
It sounds like you bid on a testing job, input a quote, turn that into a sales order for a testing service, receive the materials, maybe create a project to test the materials, conduct the tests, then possibly record that the test is complete in the project, then invoice for ...
What size is your midsized firm? SAP considers mid-sized to be any company under $500 million in revenue.
Overall the best bang for your buck is going to multi-tenant cloud based software. You are saving money on infrastructure and not paying any large up front licensing fee. Three choices for manufacuring are NetSuite, Plex, and SAP Business ByDesign. I have connections to all three ...
Darryl, I'd focus on Cloud based products that were licensed monthly. That lowers your cost to get in and reduces your need for internal IT support staff. You pay one monthly fee and it covers the software license, support, future releases and all software maintenance. Then ...
Terry, My company handles SAP Business ByDesign. We import technical drawings and materials from CAD/PDM systems and provide for the reviewing and updating of product design versions (engineering bill of material). It includes the definition of product models as well as the definition of characteristics of product ...
Joao, Just about everybody who has an ERP package is now hosting it and pricing it monthly. That's Software As A Service in the cloud. There are also a few that are true multi-tenant solutions that were built from the ground up to run in the cloud. ...
Titus, Here is a short video of SAP Business ByDesign. But I would need to know more about your industry to decide if its a good fit. Generally its a good fit for professional services, distribution and manufacturing. http://appliedprogress.com/byd-overview/
Julia, Forget best of breed. You don't want to mess with the lack of integration that comes with that. The whole point of ERP is that's its an enterprise package where the data is all in one place so you can do proper analysis of what's going ...
Keith, You might want to take a look at this article "Are you a tactical or strategic ERP buyer" http://appliedprogress.com/articles/ The answer to this question will have a lot to do with what ERP will mean to you and your company. Generally my clients have ...
Lynn, Are you a distributor or manufacturer? Are you selling via a webstore? Is it B2B or B2C? Lots of questions. Take a look at a demo of the software my company handles at http://appliedprogress.com/byd-overview/ and contact me if you want to talk further. ...
You can look at SAP Business ByDesign. The most modern ERP package in existence developed specifically for mid-sized companies. Go to this site http://appliedprogress.com/byd-overview/ and look at the overview demonstration video. This is cloud based software that is licensed at a monthly rate and is ...
John, what size is your small business? Some software vendors consider anything with revenue under $500 million to be an SMB (Small & Medium Business).