Evaluating & Selecting Management Software Seminar

Course Description
Selecting a business management system from over 100 suppliers of print management and manufacturing systems is not easy. Features and flashy displays run together in your mind as you wade through software demonstrations. You hope to make the right decision, but you are not sure what the criteria should be or that you have considered all of your options. A company can easily spend thousands of dollars and hours researching all of the available systems and options.

This seminar provides an objective approach to defining your company's unique requirements and selecting the best business management and E-Commerce system to fulfill the requirements of customers, management, operations, technology, and the future. This methodology quickly isolates and focuses on the strengths and weaknesses of each package and gives your company the tools and knowledge necessary to make a confident decision.

What you will learn:

	The many considerations when selecting a system and vendor
	How to assemble a selection team that produces employee buy-in, understanding, focus, and cooperation
	An understanding of the vocabulary, concepts, key issues, and features in systems
	Defining detail functional requirements based on your business methods and needs
	A unique scoring system for prioritizing each requirement for importance
	Using requirements as a "Yard Stick" for equally measuring the capabilities of systems
	Developing an effective Request For Proposal (RFP) that communicates your company requirements and requests critical information from vendors
	Preparing vendors for onsite demonstrations that emulate your business needs
	Keeping demonstrations focused on your key issues and requirements
	Conducting team meetings to objectively review the pros and cons of each system
	Isolating the strengths and weaknesses of each system
	How to objectively interview the vendor's references
	Coming to a group decision on a final system solution
	Negotiating with vendors to get price breaks and free extra’s

Who Should Attend:
Principles, managers, financial officers, IT managers, department managers, and key personnel who can contribute to the selection of a “best-fit” system.