Helping you to enhance your organisation's performance by helping you create a development path for your business or project. "Turning Acorns into Oaks."
System Selection - Platt & Hill Limited
Platt & Hill Limited, an independent company, specialising in the manufacture of products primarily for the furniture trade, commissioned us to select a replacement for their existing ERP system.More Info
IT Strategy & Systems Selection - Ferranti Technologies Limited
Ferranti Technologies Limited, a world-class supplier of electronic, electrical and electro-mechanical equipment, commissioned us to undertake an IT Strategy Study, followed by a Systems Selection.More Info
IT Strategy - a Stately Home
This 18th Century stately home is now run by a Trust. We were commissioned to produce an IT Strategy to enable evolution from a series of separate systems to an integrated suite of systems.More Info
Selection of Software Developer - Dyson Insulations Limited
Dyson Insulations Limited, which specialises in cavity wall and roof insulation, and home heating systems, commissioned us to select a software developer to develop new applications systems.More Info
This is first page of the sub-web covering Selecting ERP, and other Application, Computer Systems. To go to the web-site home page, please click Home.
Most companies need to change their computer systems from time to time. Making mistakes in this process can prove extremely costly and this is not helped by the wide choice on the market. Our consultants have undertaken many computer selections and are aware of the pitfalls. They are also experienced at helping clients who have encountered problems both during a selection and subsequently.
The range of systems, which we have selected, is very wide. Currently, ERP /MIS systems are the most common, but payroll and personnel systems crop up regularly and other systems selected have covered a diverse range, from Computer Aided Design to Stock Exchange Market-Making.
The Stages of a Computer Selection
There are many stages to undertaking a successful selection. These are summarized below, with more detailed information available by following the links. Before you start, you need to consider:
Thereafter, the stages are:
Other areas of advice
In addition, there are certain other areas of advice, relating to IT systems, where we can help, and which may arise before, during, or after the selection process. These include:
These, and other areas, are discussed briefly, in Other Areas where we can Help.
Summary and Conclusions
We hope that you found this information informative. If, after reading this, there are questions, which you wish to discuss with us, please do not hesitate to contact us. We do not charge, unless the workload involved becomes significant and, even then, we would wish to agree the basis for charging, in advance.