{"id":5618,"date":"2017-01-11T09:04:03","date_gmt":"2017-01-11T17:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog-prod.qad.com\/blog\/?p=5618"},"modified":"2018-09-27T10:56:18","modified_gmt":"2018-09-27T17:56:18","slug":"metrics-matter-align-erp-business-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/metrics-matter-align-erp-business-strategy","title":{"rendered":"Metrics Matter: Align ERP With Business Strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;5619&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So you\u2019re in the middle of an ERP selection, reviewing items such as functionality, technology, user interface, etc. and contemplating the expense and effort of a long implementation cycle. But, how do you or your management team, know that your ERP project will support and enhance your business strategy? After all, this is a major investment in money and time that may also incur opportunity costs resulting from potential business disruptions during implementation. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Did your team ask and answer the \u201cwhy\u201d question, as in \u201cwhy do you think this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/cloud-erp\">ERP system<\/a> will support your business strategy?\u201d Or are you mired in the \u201chow\u201d questions, checking boxes in a rehashed RFP questionnaire that focuses on technology and functionality that supports old or vendor proposed processes? The key to success is to ensure that your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/solutions\">ERP solution<\/a> is aligned with your business strategy, and will support the inevitable adjustments to your goals resulting from today\u2019s dynamic marketplace.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Metrics Must Align ERP with Business Strategy<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How can you ensure that your ERP solution aligns and grows with your business strategy? It starts by identifying the critical factors that determine the success of your business strategy. Then, through a continuous improvement approach you define specific outcomes and how to measure them. We understand that improvements are the result of applying people, process and technology to solving problems. However, outcomes as a measurement of key metrics remains the means for assessing the alignment between your ERP system and your business strategy. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Metrics form the basis for defining your outcomes, assessing achievement, refining your processes and then applying those refinements to key processes in order to drive those outcomes. By embracing a continuous improvement mindset, supported by the right metrics, your ERP implementation takes on a business rather than feature focused approach. Your ERP is no longer a one-shot implementation, but rather your tool for ongoing business improvement. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Metrics not only define and measure outcomes, they provide a vital link between your company\u2019s business strategy and the key operational processes that enable that strategy. Identifying these key processes and ensuring that they are aligned with your company\u2019s business and strategic goals is an essential element of success. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first step is to understand the likely source of the problem and relate it to the performance problem, or metric that you want to address. Then by using level two and three metrics as diagnostics you will be able to identify and optimize the related business processes. Metrics are the critical links between outcomes, key operational processes and the success of your business strategy. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Metrics, Outcomes And Your ERP System<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can be assured that over time your business environment will evolve and your company will face unforeseen challenges. The ability to adapt to those changes may depend upon using a KPI framework that links metrics to process, and process to the best practices and essential skills required. Your ERP system plays a critical role in tracking, managing and presenting the information you need accurately and in the proper business context. Therefore, it is important that the ERP vendor you choose embraces the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/future-proofing-erp-system\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">philosophy of continuous improvement<\/a>, delivering a product and service focused on helping you achieve your strategic goals.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_cta h2=&#8221;Become An Effective Enterprise&#8221; h4=&#8221;A core element of QAD\u2019s customer-centric vision is to act as partners with our customers on their journey of continuous improvement. Our goal to help customers become an Effective Enterprise, where every business process is running at peak efficiency and perfectly aligned to their strategic goals.&#8221; add_button=&#8221;bottom&#8221; btn_title=&#8221;Learn More&#8221; btn_color=&#8221;warning&#8221; btn_link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.qad.com%2Fblog%2F2017%2F01%2Fbecoming-effective-enterprise%2F|title:Learn%20More|target:%20_blank&#8221;][\/vc_cta][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;5619&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]So you\u2019re in the middle of an ERP selection, reviewing items such as functionality, technology, user interface, etc. and contemplating the expense and effort of a long implementation cycle. But, how do you or your management team, know that your ERP project will support and enhance your business strategy? 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