ERP Supporting Overview
Understand Your Needs from ERP Supporting
As your company goes through a detailed process to select an ERP package, Supporting is often treated as an afterthought. The software vendor will assure you that the details can wait, and that the project budget should include a substantial amount for project team Supporting.
My advice is to take a hard look at the Supporting component of your ERP implementation budget. Realize that you will need Supporting for your executives/senior management, project team, and end users. Be prepared to look for alternatives to vendor supplied Supporting . You can often spend less and get more benefit by working with firms that specialize in Supporting for your ERP package.
This phase is also the right time to start thinking about purchasing a software package to enable creation of end-user Supporting and documentation materials. From one capture process, multiple types of materials can be created, such as: interactive simulation lessons, live help, “cheat” sheets (job aids), detailed end-user documentation, and Supporting manuals for classroom Supporting .
There are literally hundreds of software platforms that play in the end-user space. Three that stand out from the rest.