On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 5:42 PM, Arun Khan <knura9 at gmail.com> wrote:
Typically with the help of a consulting company with domain knowledge
in the industry and/or ERP methodology.
Budget for a competent consultant (who knows both ERP as a methodology
and at least one software implementation). ? ?End user training should
be part of the contract. ? Convince the friend's father not be penny
wise and pound foolish in this aspect. ?I mention this specifically
because I have experienced this first hand. ? In one case, the CEO
wanted the system to be "distributed" ?pan India in remote mills but
balked at the price. ? He told me he could do it with a "networked"
version of the most popular accounting package starting with the
letter T. ?I told him he was welcome to do what he thought was best
for his enterprise.
A well implemented ERP can pay for itself in a matter of couple of
years - the opposite can be a disaster. ? ?Some of the biggies are
offering it as SAAS.
3. And a dumb one. Suggest a package / service. Preferably free license, as
he is going to test it out and convince his father before getting it
deployed in real world.
openBRAVO has a downloadable virtual appliance that you can experiment
with. ? openTAPS also used to have one.