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“In our opinion, an ERP makes sense for every company, especially for those with a vision to grow,” added Grinwis. “In fact, we like to say, “Everybody needs PalMate.” For such growth oriented companies, it makes sense to take advantage of best practices and strategies to get to where you want to be, and the earlier you start, the more ingrained the ERP will be in your business psyche as you scale.
“In fact, with PalMate being a fully scalable solution, we find that the most successful companies start with implementing basic functionality and as their businesses grow and become more complex, our system has the tools that can scale with them and handle that additional complexity. The trick for any company is to move at a pace that balances the organization’s ability to manage change and its ability to successfully maintain regular operations.”
4 Is ERP most appropriate for new
pallet producers or recyclers?
ERP systems are designed with both new pallet manufacturing and recycling in mind. “I think more and more recyclers are getting into ERP,” offered Miceli. “We personally have more recyclers than new pallet manufacturers, but a new pallet manufacturer has more of a need for ERP than our recycling. But in terms of penetration, I would say the
"In our opinion, an ERP makes sense for every company, especially for those with a vision to grow."
- Kevan Grinwis
percentages are about the same. In other words, 40 to 50%, of recyclers and 40 to 50% of new pallet producers.
5 The benefits outweigh the
perceived barriers to adoption
Common concerns by potential ERP customers include that it will be too expensive, that it will take too long to set up, or that the management team is not tech savvy enough to use it - or that the present spreadsheet system works just fine.
“Software, like any good business system, requires work and discipline to implement and maintain,” Grinwis stated. “We like to remind everyone that implementation is a process and that those users who are honest about what they want to accomplish, given their available resources, tend to be the most successful.”
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