ERP Software

Services ERP Software

Professional service providers need to track client projects, client expectations and needs, and employees.  A Services ERP or Enterprise Resource Planning solution enables professional service providers to do all of these tasks.  Not only can a Services ERP solution do all these tasks, but this type of solution can also manage client information, forecast project hours, forecast workload, keep track of time spend on each project, and help professional service providers maintain good customer relationships.

Businesses can manage client information with a Services ERP solution.  A Services ERP solution provides real-time client information, project information, payment information, and contact and correspondence information.  With up-to-date client information businesses can take advantage of this data and market new products or services.  With up-to-date project information businesses can accurately perform scheduling tasks, provide needed equipment, manage workloads, forecast future tasks and workloads, and manage project timelines.  With up-to-date payment information businesses can stay on-track, on-time and on-budget.  Billing can be tracked for all project tasks or for the project as a whole.  Service Enterprise Resource Planning solutions come with financial management functionality enabling businesses to automate the entire financial process.

There are several Services ERP software solutions on the market today.  These solutions are also called Professional Services ERP software solutions.  Some popular Services Enterprise Resource Planning vendors are:
•    Microsoft
•    Compiere
•    Lawson
•    Deltek
•    Oracle
•    SAP
•    NetSuite

Compiere offers an open source Services ERP software solution.  NetSuite offers a SaaS (Software as a Service) Services ERP solution.  Microsoft, Lawson, Deltek, Oracle and SAP offer on-site proprietary Services ERP software solutions.  All Services Enterprise Resource Planning solutions vary in functionality, look and feel, and price.  Small and medium sized businesses without the need for robust, customized solutions might want to take advantage of a SaaS Services ERP solution.  Open source solutions are becoming more and more popular and some are supported.  Open source solutions can easily be customized as the compiled and un-compiled code is delivered when this type of solution in downloaded.  On-site proprietary Services ERP solutions have a history of stability and may prove to be the best solution for your business.  Exploring all types of Services Enterprise Resource Planning software solutions is a good idea.  Most Services Enterprise Resource Planning vendors provide demos or free trials, which should be taken advantage of.

Written by :

kristine H