Here are a couple of nice sites to check out if you’re looking for ERP solutions. These sites are ERP blogs that do news releases for ERP solutions providers. They provide Reviews and information on emergent technology.

• WEB BASED ERP SOFTWARE Offers a collection of articles on web based solutions.
• Flexible ERP Software This is a nice site on flexible/agile systems. Nice reviews.
• Expert ERP Solutions The site discusses exper systems in relationshipe to ERP Topics.
• ERP Dashboards This is a site with info on business intelligence, dashboards and scorecards.

ERP systems have really changed over the last decade. In earlier years ERP systems were primarily reserved for high companies with large bottom lines. Smaller companies were forced to implement a best of breed approach to their core business systems.

The number of systems providers and their availability to small and mid size companies has been on a steady increase and there are a lot of options on the market. There are application service providers that offer an solutions that can’t be modified. These solutions can be a nice choice in that many of them are offered in a pay as you go model that allows the software to be expensed instead of taken on to your books as an asset. The other strong advantage is that you can try before you buy. Larger implementations are often time highly configured and there is the risk that your team won’t really be happy with the systems after they have been installed.

The larger systems on the other hand offer flexibility that you simply will not be able to find in smaller systems. You team is allowed to modify and adapt the systems to your corporate culture allowing your business to reinvent itself. When this type of flexibility is offered you have the capability to create systems that will offer you a competitive advantage.

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