How to Negotiate with Software Vendors [ERP, HCM, and CRM Contract Negotiation Advice]

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  • @rodneyrichi
    @rodneyrichi ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very informative.

  • @alessandrocasartelli7173
    @alessandrocasartelli7173 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Somenthing interesting in all this Is that saying others are selling their products at higher costs than necessary (which Is probably true), you are selling yours. Very nice strategy Indeed.
    I would Say instead to generally avoid anyone that tells you he knows 10-15 ERPS and can help you choosing the right One for you. Knowing One erp takes Years, knowing 10 even on surface Is impossible. No one really can compare the capabilites of 3-4-5 ERPs to select the best for a specific company. They are just bulling around knowing acutally notthing of any software.
    In my opinion the best possible idea Is to increase the time the vendors spends in presale, asking them more precisely cases, scenario, and asking them to make not one but many many demos. It Will costs more, but you Will have a clearer picture.
    The advices on the contract like assumption on real data are instead pretty good. Fact Is, no one Will quote you data migration not knowing how stable your actual data are: It could be months of work to get them right if the system is a disaster.
    You can do it time and material or hope your system is consistent.
    Asking for wage discount Is Also a pretty good advice

    • @erickimberling
      @erickimberling  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you for your feedback, Alessandro. I don’t know everything about every system out there (I don’t know if anyone does), but I am on enough client steering committees, see enough demos, and manage enough project teams across all these platforms to know about their strengths and weaknesses. Hope this objective feedback helps!

    • @alessandrocasartelli7173
      @alessandrocasartelli7173 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@erickimberling i'm sure you are in many steerings. However, even if you follow 10 ERP implementations a year, considering the rate of development and change of those software, you can only really judge their First layer. Let's Say basic and general charachetistics: One is more stable, One is more flexible, and so on. When It comes to a set of specific funcionalities that can be a gamechanger for a Company is acutally impossible, even if you are very prepared as i'm sure you are, to have the knowledge to support the client decisions with competence.
      An erp of 3 Years ago doesn't work the same as It does today. It's a too fast changing world to really have a clear picture of the capabilites of each ERP

  • @restorationpartssource4162
    @restorationpartssource4162 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi Eric. I very much enjoy your videos on selecting an erp system for small business. I own a auto parts store with 5 employees and i am looking to move off of quickbooks and fishbowl into a one stop system to manage my parts inventory, payroll, accounting and taxes. I am looking at netsuite but wondering about other possible options. Am i too small a company to reach out to you and ask advice and questions or do you primarily do large companies. thanks

  • @VCRrepairman
    @VCRrepairman ปีที่แล้ว

    This dude is a fuking rockstar…SNL

  • @fsaetre
    @fsaetre 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    There is a difference on Multi tenant and single tenant cloud solutions... It is maybe time to talk about these in different terms. 😉

    • @erickimberling
      @erickimberling  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks, Fredrik. You are correct that I didn’t differentiate between the two in this particular video, but it’s a good point.