ERP Strategy & Selection
Choosing an ERP platform is a decade-long decision usually made in a few months, often under pressure from a vendor's sales cycle. We slow that part down: gathering real requirements from the departments who will use the system, building an honest business case, and running a shortlist and demo process that surfaces the platform's actual weaknesses, not just its highlight reel.
Who this is for
Organizations that have decided a new or replacement ERP platform is the right move and need an independent, structured way to choose between vendors.
What's included
- Requirements gathering across departments and stakeholders
- Vendor shortlist, scoring, and demo facilitation
- Business case and total-cost-of-ownership modeling
- Contract and licensing negotiation support
How this engagement runs
Requirements workshops
We run structured sessions with each department to capture what the system actually needs to do, not just what it needs to look like in a demo.
Shortlist and scoring
We score vendors against your specific requirements, not a generic checklist, and facilitate demos designed to expose gaps.
Business case and negotiation
We build the total-cost-of-ownership model and support contract negotiation, since list price is rarely the real price.
Illustrative example, not a client case study
Example engagement: a professional services firm had narrowed its choice to two platforms based on vendor demos alone. A structured scoring process against their actual project-accounting requirements reversed the frontrunner. The platform that looked better in the demo would have required a costly custom module to handle their billing model.
Ready to talk about this?
Tell us where you are today. We'll tell you honestly whether this is the right starting point.