An ERP system makes things more complicated
Your business is running nicely. Employees know what to do and have been doing it the same way for years. So why integrate an ERP system that changes business processes and requires a lot of adjustments from your employees?
Long-term
The answer is simple: because research shows that in the long run, an ERP system makes processes more structured and clear.
As business processes become unified and follow established structures, an ERP system paves the way for growth as a company.
The fact that you do not (yet) experience problems with interdepartmental cooperation is probably because your company is still fairly small, employees know and understand each other and can easily walk into each other's offices.
Prerequisite for growth
Nice of course, but what if your business wants to grow? Then seemingly simple business processes quickly become more complicated and less obvious.
If you don't structure on time, you will find that people work past each other, miss essential information and duplicate tasks. This creates stress and frustration, not only with your employees, but certainly with your customers as well!
Beginners' mistakes out
In a sense, a SaaS ERP system is as complicated as you make it. On the contrary, its basics are simple. Tens of thousands of users before you took out the "beginner's mistakes" and make sure the system is intuitive and understandable.
Key business processes in the system are standardized in a way that makes them readily usable for 95% of SMEs. Adapting the system to your way of working is easy, but not always desirable.
Even better: you may discover during the implementation that things could be a lot more efficient. Your experienced business consultant will take you along and advise you on this.
Simple for you, complicated for the customer?
What we frequently see is that companies that say they function just fine without an ERP system sometimes look too much to themselves and too little to the outside world.
Ask yourself if your way of working is also the most ideal way of working for your customers and suppliers....
- Learn more about customer-oriented ERP solutions in this blog
Not switching
All arguments
1. ERP systems are expensive
Indeed, ERP systems are pricey. Not only do you pay a monthly cost per user, but (especially) the implementation and consultancy involved.
There is also, of course, a cost in the internal hours that must be incurred to get the system up-and-running.
2. An ERP implementation is a lot of work
One should not think lightly about an ERP implementation. The process often takes from several months to as much as a full year.
During this period, your employees must provide constant input, in the form of data and process descriptions. In addition, they have to do a lot of testing and consultation. In short: a lot of work!
3. An ERP system makes things more complicated
Your business is running nicely. Employees know what to do and have been doing it the same way for years.
So why integrate an ERP system that changes business processes and requires many adjustments from your employees?
4. My company is too small for an ERP system
Does your company consist of few employees? Congratulations!!! Then implementing an ERP system is little work and the costs are not that high either....
Switch to an ERP system to get rid of inflexible Excel documents and poorly secured data traffic all at once. Or switch to always have real-time insight: wherever you are.
5. We can do without an ERP system
Of course you can do without an ERP system! But not without internal communication, right? Not without sharing data and documents. Nor without oversight, insight and management decisions that are based on something other than a gut feeling....