questions to ask when buying erp software?
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Will you be relying on your vendor and/or implementation partner to support your ERP anytime there is an issue)? How long has the vendor been in business? Do they have a long-term plan for the product? Is the vendor's business a financially healthy one?
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['How has your background prepared you for sales?', 'How do you feel about working to targets? ... ', 'Describe the process you would follow for business development.', 'What are ways to identify a new market to enter?', 'What are the three most important factors when evaluating a deal?']
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['What is your highest priority in the next six months, and how could someone like me help? ... ', "Why do your customers buy from you and why don't they buy from you? ... ", 'What are the characteristics of your top people? ... ', 'Tell me about the history/growth of the company.']
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['Has the product been tested, and does it function and perform as the literature and salesperson says it will? ... ', "Who else uses the product in the industry, and what do they think of the product's usefulness and performance? ... ", 'Is the product cost effective, and does it fit in the current budget?']
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['Focused IT Costs. Although ERP software is often a large investment, it can unify your IT costs and improve efficiency. ... ', 'Total Visibility. ... ', 'Improved Reporting and Planning. ... ', 'Flexible Modularity. ... ', 'Improved Efficiency. ... ', 'Customer Service. ... ', 'Data Security and Quality. ... ', 'Improved Collaboration and Workflows.']
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['What are the best practices to follow while writing a use case? ... ', 'What is the difference between exception flow and alternate flow? ... ', 'Do you think a business analyst should be involved in testing? ... ', 'What does INVEST stand for? ... ', 'What is Pareto Analysis?']
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['Does the technology actually meet a business need you can identify? ... ', 'Is this new technology the best way that you could meet that need? ... ', 'Will purchasing this equipment allow the company to offer a service it has never offered before?']
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['How long have you been in business?', 'When was you last upgrade released? ... ', "What's involved in doing an upgrade? ... ", 'Are manuals available for the software?', 'Does the software update cost include phone based tech support?', 'What percentage of customers are current with their annual support contract?', 'Where is the product heading?']
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["What are you counting on me to deliver? What's the value you need me to add?", 'How do you prefer to communicate? When should I check in? What kind of information do you like?', "What doesn't work for you? How is someone most likely to let you down?"]
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['What interested you in our product/service?', 'How open is your company to change?', 'What is the biggest barrier preventing you from meeting your goals?', 'What is your strategic direction?', 'What are your short term and long term goals?', 'What is your buying criteria?', 'Which vendors are you currently working with?']
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['Who is our audience, and what are their goals? ... ', 'What are the major pain-points of the current version (if one exists)? ... ', 'What does success look like for the project? ... ', 'Is there any existing research data we can use? ... ', 'How will we involve users during the design process?']
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["I don't have time to get anything from my customers but their money. ... ", 'What types of personal data should I collect and why? ... ', 'What types of transactional data should I collect and why? ... ', 'What are the best ways to collect customer data? ... ', 'How should I organize and store it?']
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['How Has the Business Been Valued? ... ', 'What are You Purchasing? ... ', "What are the Business' Financial Records? ... ", 'Are the Financial Records Accurate? ... ', 'Will You Retain Existing Employees? ... ', 'What is the Trial Period?']
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['What are your deliverables and outputs? ... ', 'Will any materials need to be shipped? ... ', 'Is there travel involved? ... ', 'How about catering or meal service? ... ', "What's your timeline? ... ", 'Did you remember to include internal media time?']
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['Have you ever done business under a different name? ... ', 'What is your license number? ... ', 'How can I get in touch with you? ... ', 'Can I have a copy of your insurance policy? ... ', 'How much will this project cost? ... ', 'How many projects like mine have you done in the last year?']
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['How can we reduce the steps in this process?', 'How can we combine steps to make it simpler to follow?', 'Can we repurpose an existing system or tool to save us time or give us a better result?', 'How can we speed up this process or any step within this process?', 'How can we automate this process (or any part of this process)?']
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['What are the demographics of my target consumer?', 'How do my target consumers currently use my product?', 'What problems can I solve that my competition cannot?', 'What do my customers dislike about my product?', 'What ideas do customers have to improve my product?']