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.
Noise on the line
Of course, not all companies need an ERP system. But any company that is growing knows that when tasks splinter and employees specialize, noise soon develops on the line. That "noise" costs time, money and customer satisfaction.
Many companies have experienced this noise as a problem for years, but strangely enough do not come up with the idea of purchasing an ERP package. For example, because they think an ERP package is pricey or is only for large companies.
Examples
At Logres, we have several companies as clients where less than 10 people use the ERP system. For example, read the stories of Timberlab, Feltest or Vesta Chemicals.
They experience their ERP system as a catalyst for growth in sales and production, even without the need to hire additional employees.
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....