{"id":33,"date":"2018-08-01T14:11:22","date_gmt":"2018-08-01T14:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.axsoftware.co.uk\/AXS2018\/?page_id=33"},"modified":"2026-06-05T16:01:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T16:01:12","slug":"erp-product-selection","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.axsoftware.co.uk\/index.php\/erp-product-selection\/","title":{"rendered":"ERP Product Selection"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='av_section_1' class='avia-section main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling av-section-color-overlay-active avia-bg-style-scroll    container_wrap sidebar_right' style = 'background-color: #263557; background-image: linear-gradient(to right,#30769e,#0bc5de)'  ><div class='av-section-color-overlay-wrap'><div class='av-section-color-overlay' style='opacity: 0.9; background-image: url(https:\/\/www.axsoftware.co.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/enfold\/images\/background-images\/dots-for-dark-background.png); background-repeat: repeat;'><\/div><div class='container' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-33'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_full  av-animated-generic left-to-right  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first   \" style='border-radius:0px; '><div style='padding-bottom:10px; color:#ffffff;font-size:40px;' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h3 custom-color-heading blockquote modern-quote   av-inherit-size '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >ERP Product Selection <\/h3><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' style='border-color:#ffffff'><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id='after_section_1' class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap sidebar_right'   ><div class='container' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-33'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_four_fifth  av-animated-generic left-to-right  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first   \" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '  style='font-size:14px; '  itemprop=\"text\" ><h3>ERP Product Selection<\/h3>\n<p>Having substantial experience of a wide variety of software products from both a customer and supplier perspective, we can help guide you to making the right decisions for your organisation by supporting your ERP product selection process. <\/p>\n<p>Our consultants have all come from the \u2018real world\u2019 having been business managers before moving to the &#8216;dark side&#8217; of consultancy, most have been through their own ERP product selection process before and not all were Dynamics 365.<\/p>\n<p>Obviously we have Microsoft D365 specialisations within our organisation but having decades of historical ERP deliver experience behind us, we have accumulated expertise beneficial to businesses that lets face it are not specialists when it comes to reviewing ERP.<br \/>\nWhereas your expertise may be manufacturing or distribution, ours is ERP and its allied technologies, so doesn&#8217;t it make sense to seek the services of professionals?<\/p>\n<h3>Practice Does Make Perfect<\/h3>\n<p>Upgrading your ERP business system is not an everyday occurrence, so unsurprisingly many organisations have limited experience in the preparation and effort involved in selecting and changing what is core to your business operations. Similar to any major operation there\u2019s sense in having someone present who has done this before when it is so business critical to get it right. <\/p>\n<p>AX Software have a small dedicated, bi-partisan team who specialise in a selection and support role. It could be any software product, choosing the right Microsoft Partner or best fit Dynamics products such as CE, BC or D365 F&#038;O. Our consultants will ensure that you are fully prepared, from preparing your requirements appropriatley, product review right through to eventual system deployment and go-live. ERP selection and deployment is so much about preparation and we stand by the well used phrase &#8216;Fail to prepare and you prepare to fail&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>We can even help you with that all important contract ensuring that your business interests are best protected in what is a very complicated decision making process that most companies only encounter once in a decade. It&#8217;s always easier to start off in the right direction rather than try correct a poorly initiated project further down the line in our experience.<\/p>\n<p>We can confidently state that at every stage from the requirements gathering to shortlist and software selection right through to the implementation and deployment we have something to offer businesses and organisations be they SME&#8217;s or large multi-nationals &#8211; all whilst speaking in plain language, been straight to the point without the typical consultancy talk.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_half  av-animated-generic left-to-right  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first   \" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><h3>Making The Right Choice<\/h3>\n<p>ERP product selection is a complex undertaking, there are a lot of factors to consider and you should not be overly influenced by a slick and personable sales team, often once signed up that&#8217;s the last you may see of them, we are seeing change in this approach but still especially with the larger resellers there is this tendency to hand off the responsibility to another team once contracts have been signed. There are also a lot of products particularly in the Microsoft world that can be confusing as several have similar sounding features and functions, even a familiar look and feel, expert guidance can help here.<\/p>\n<p>For example determining what solution is best for your organisation between D365 CRM (customer relationship management) and Microsoft CE (customer engagement) needs an experienced review both of your requirements and aspiration&#8217;s. Both share some features but making that determination on your own might not be the most sensible approach and push you down a route you were not expecting in a later phase of deployment.<\/p>\n<p>There are many factors to consider and its not just all product fit.<\/p>\n<h3> ERP Product Acquisition<\/h3>\n<p>During the noughties and after the boom in ERP sales associated with the millennium bug, you would have seen a lot more ERP products available on the market place. Many independent software houses had benefitted from heathy sales from this period.  As companies typically change their ERP solutions on average between 5-10 years (more 10+ for SMEs) selling up was the right choice for these vendors in order to capitalise on their market value at that time. <\/p>\n<p>This saw a rapid contraction in choice which was also driven by the cost of redeveloping older systems that had become technologically obsolete, these costs and false starts led to a further decline in the number of ERP products available.<\/p>\n<p>The ERP market has therefore become dominated by businesses with deep pockets, AI is driving this trend even faster so the question has to be asked what will become of those ERP products that are not owned by the major software companies in the next 5 years or so?<\/p>\n<h3>Partner Acquisition<\/h3>\n<p>When Microsoft steeped into the world of ERP with their acquisitions of Navision and Damgaard&#8217;s Axapta , they were very active in acquiring new Microsoft Resellers.  <\/p>\n<p>AX Sotware became an early Axapta reseller but within a few years there were a multitude of small resellers offering the same solutions. This no doubt helped drive growth and as the product particularly AX as it was then known, benefitted from Microsoft investment, large consultancy firms came into the market.<\/p>\n<p>This has seen another period of busy acquisitions as Microsoft partners have realised their 5 year plans and sold up to those larger companies that continue to show growth through acquisition.<\/p>\n<p>For D365 users who may have purchased from a boutique Dynamics reseller only to have them become acquired by a larger corporation the change might not be too drastic but users should be aware that as businesses scale up generally so do their charges, what might have been a \u00a3850 per day consultancy rate could develop into a \u00a31200 next time support discussions take place.<\/p>\n<h3>AX Sotware<\/h3>\n<p>AXSoftware have been here since 2006, with in-depth ERP knowledge we can offer business our support from the very start getting everything as right as it can be, helping you navigate through these selection choices &#8211; we know how this industry works which is why we are still around today. <\/p>\n<p>Call or email us for further information<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><div class=\"flex_column av_one_third  av-animated-generic left-to-right  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding    \" style='border-radius:0px; '><div class='avia-image-container  av-styling-     avia-align-center '  itemprop=\"ImageObject\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"  ><div class='avia-image-container-inner'><div class='avia-image-overlay-wrap'><img class='avia_image ' src='https:\/\/www.axsoftware.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/softwareoptions-300x300.png' alt='' title='ERP Selection Advisors' height=\"300\"width=\"300\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-33","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.axsoftware.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.axsoftware.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.axsoftware.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.axsoftware.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.axsoftware.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/www.axsoftware.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":972,"href":"https:\/\/www.axsoftware.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33\/revisions\/972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.axsoftware.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}