1. Single Point of Control
The primary advantage of single ERP system usage is “single point of control.” A single software system is the primary source for your company. One ERP system allows you to streamline your business processes by providing a single location for all data. It also makes data maintenance easier and serves as the primary source for data entry in one, central location.
2. Duplicate Entry Elimination
As the “single point of control” for your data, the use of one software system eliminates duplicate data entry. Accounts, Customers, Vendors, Banks, Inventory, production history, and a lot are processed once with real-time transactional posting.
3. Data Integrity
There is a basic software formula: “No matter how hard you try, data in two places will eventually be different.” Never is this more applicable than with the use of more than one software system.
As the sole recipient of all data, a single ERP software system avoids this scenario. Information entered in one location will always be the same.
4. Data Validation
Consistent data allows for simple research, reporting, and planning through one ERP system. Comprehensive reports can be run to deliver cross-promotion opportunities that allow you to reduce stale inventory, better utilize fixed assets equipment, or leverage working capital and budgeting. From these accounting reports and summaries, specific transaction details can be investigated to be audited.
5. Basic Training
Training is less complicated with a single software system. Users adjust to one “look and feel” of one system, as opposed to conforming to several different landscape designs and controls. This conserves time and effort during the training process.
6. Manageable Support
One software system means one vendor. All companies would prefer to deal with one vendor when dealing with technical constraints to receive better service and support. Simply instead of wading through a number of sources, only one support team is responsible for addressing your system feature questions or data conversion issues.
7. Minimal IT Maintenance
Your system support problems are fewer with a single ERP system, as maintenance is lower. There is one team replacing multiple teams of technical personnel to handle regular updates and a backup method from only one software system. Network issues, such as system interaction with network infrastructure, are kept to a minimum.
8. Easy Upgrades8. Easy Upgrades
In addition to lower maintenance, single systems are easier to upgrade too. Multiple software systems conflict when one system is updated and no longer works correctly with other systems. These differences are eliminated with single ERP system upgrades.
9. Reduced Costs
The formula is clear: The more software systems that one utilizes, the more associated costs are generated. It is far more expensive to support multiple software systems than a single ERP package. Utilizing several systems typically requires overall high implementation costs, including adaptation to your IT environment, user training, and integration with other corporate software, in addition to the cost of the system itself.
10. Partnering with EDM
EDM is not another vendor of an off-the-shelf information package. We want to help businesses better invest their resources by joining forces with them in order to develop a complete solution that will last and help us both grow mutually.
We will come to you with intense analysis, extensive experience, precise implementation and assured support and maintenance. Contact us because Noria can be demonstrated at your premises to let you know how we can let your business grow from within and hence run better. With EDM you ensure a long term partner that will address your long term growth.
