Can a small business use an ERP system?

In fact, an ERP system is highly flexible and can be used by small, medium, and large businesses alike. What clearly differs is that the budget of the business implementing the ERP system will differ by type.

Of course, the budget for implementing an ERP system follows the size of the business — for example, a small business uses a smaller budget than a medium or large business.

A small business may worry about the budget for implementing an ERP system — that it will require a budget too high for the organisation to allocate.

There is an approach for implementing an ERP system for a small business,

by which you can implement an ERP system on a limited or controllable budget for a small business.

The approach for implementing an ERP system on a limited budget is:

1. Granting a small number of user licences to access the system

2. Buying not too many man-days

3. Condensing the training content to finish within the shortest possible time

The details of each topic are as follows:

1. Granting a small number of user licences to access the system

This makes implementing the ERP system cheaper,

because part of the budget for implementing an ERP system depends on the number of users accessing the system concurrently.

Granting fewer user licences helps save budget well. A small organisation may have users take turns accessing the system, which lets all users access the system even though the number of access licences is small.

2. Buy not too many man-days

When buying man-days, a small organisation may buy a man-day package that isn’t large, but focuses on increasing the capability of system users so they can use the system on their own efficiently in a short time.

Then focus on using man-days for solving ERP problems in the parts the organisation cannot handle itself.

3. Condense the training content to finish within the shortest possible time

When arranging training for system users, you should train as much content as possible while taking the shortest time, so the organisation doesn’t have to pay excessively high training costs.

Arranging training online is another option that costs less as well.

In summary

For a small organisation or small business with a limited budget, an ERP system can be implemented with this approach too — that is, granting a small number of user licences, focusing on the system users’ efficiency in using it themselves, and arranging system training in the shortest time so users can be trained on the most content possible.