We are often asked whether there is a distinction between ERP and Best of Breed enterprise systems. We hear these terms as we meet with manufacturing ERP project teams, as well as solution vendors, to classify solutions in the marketplace.
Is your company looking at who should be on your ERP evaluation team? The evaluation of any software vendor solution must be conducted with an ERP project team with proven expertise and objectivity.
Complex manufacturing organizations typically seek to simplify the production of engineered, ordered, planned, and controlled products that are configured or assembled uniquely for each customer order.
Ultra provides expertise related to enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems for process manufacturers. Process manufacturers work with ingredients instead of parts, and the production process is more focused on recipes and formulas than traditional bills of materials.
Many teams we meet with have questions during ERP software selection. Based on our 25-year history as an independent ERP consulting firm, Ultra Consultants knows that an ERP project will deliver success only when it is built on business process improvement rather than driven merely by ERP system features.
The Ultra ERP Blog keeps pace with enterprise software market activity – especially as it relates to ERP selection and enterprise software implementation.
This guest post looks at ways manufacturers are using ERP to complement their lean production methods.
