ERPodcast Episode 10

Step by Step DIY ERP

ERPlanner  (Will the ERPuns never stop?)

Hey – it’s the DIY- Do it Yourself - Profit From ERP with the ERPlanner

(MFX Up and under)

So, the secrets behind Profit From ERP – how do we do it?  Well, we’ve collected the winning methodology from over 400 ERP implementations over the years. From our first ERP project where a company that quote – totally embraced change – unquote had half the staff quit because change…wasn’t what they were expecting  - - all the way to the on demand manufacturer who paid for their ERP system many times over within three months.

There are lessons to be learned in all of them.

I’m Gene Hammons, Practice Director for Profit From ERP and host for ERPodcast and today we’re going to give you a step by step checklists of the steps you should take,  to Profit From ERP on your own – it’s a checklist - what we’re calling the ERPlanner which we’ll tell you how to download the template and exactly how to follow each step on your road to Profit From ERP as you select and implement an ERP system on your own.

Now the disclaimer – we can tell you the steps and give you a whole podcast’s full of coaching – and you might say, well, Gene, if you tell everyone all the steps, why would anyone hire you as an ERP selection consultant in the future? Your secrets are already out of the bag.

Well, here’s the thing. If you follow these steps, you’ll do just as well, probably better than I did on my very firstERP project – some 25 years and 400+ projects ago.  You’ll do better than 95% of the companies who go about selecting ERP as if it were a capital purchasing effort.

But things happen in ERP projects – things you, I, the software vendors – things no one anticipated. Crazy unrealistic deadlines, massive underestimation of how much effort a ERP project demands, massive under-budgeting – then twists and turns – your business model has a little twist that similar businesses don’t do – and this little twist is what differentiates you, makes you cost less or have better service, or better quality – and there’s no ERP product on the market that anticipated your secret sauce.  Crazy things happen – and that’s when our expertise really shines – that’s why companies hire us to consult during the entire process.

And I’m afraid that’s not in the checklist.

But – we hear from many companies all the time – usually smaller firms, who don’t have much budget for consultants and even less budget for software – and if this sounds like you, this podcast and the ERPlanner are perfect for you.

A – they’re both free, the ERPodcast and the ERPlanner.

B – It will give you an important leg up and put you ahead of the game.

Even if you’re not a smaller business, these are the same steps we’ll recommend to a global multinational company looking for a new ERP – of course there’s more detail, and instead of one guy with a clipboard walking around your office it’s a team of business analysts, software architects, project planners – but it’s the same proven methodology that’s worked now hundreds of times.

Of course the Do-it-yourself version not going to revolutionize your business like a full blown digital transformation and mobile cloud company-wide connectivity – but it’ll at least get you on the road to growth – and in a couple of years, after your company has implemented it’s first ERP and grown some more – you will be in the market for a full blown digital transformation – and you’ll be back with the budget to really take things stratospheric – with Profit From ERP

MFX out

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If you’ve been listening to the podcast for any time now, you know that an ERP project is bigger than a plug and play software implementation.

There’s planning, business analysis, business consulting, project valuation, and all that happens up front.