If you already have an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system, great. Now it’s time to add a purchase request system to your organization…but, how do you make sure you don’t overpay for your purchasing solution?
Popular ERP systems like Oracle NetSuite, SYSPRO, and Dynamics 365 can get rather pricey if you attempt to run a purchase request and approval system the wrong way.
The wrong way
So…what is the wrong way? The number one mistake people make when selecting an ERP-friendly purchasing system is paying for seats for each user. Think about it – how many people are in your organization? If you have to pay for a seat for each one of them just to allow them utilize a purchase request system, is it really worth it? Maybe not. In fact, you could easily be spending tens of thousands of dollars more than you need to.
The right way
If you go with a Purchasing System that works through an API in the M365/SharePoint environment like Crow Canyon Software’s Purchasing Solution, you can still leverage your ERP system and take advantage of tremendous savings – without sacrificing functionality.
By establishing an API connection with your ERP system, the purchase request can simply be sent to your ERP and tie back to your SharePoint site, keeping everything fully integrated and providing a robust, user-friendly purchase request system. Pretty simple, right?
Our Recommendation
In today’s economy, it is extra important for organizations to make financially responsible decisions. We get it. We advise our clients to skip the extra cost of trying to run purchase order requests directly in your ERP system, and instead go with an easy-to-use wrapper like Crow Canyon Purchasing that allows you to leverage your existing ERP system (and SharePoint), while cutting costs.
Curious to learn more? Book some time with one of our purchase request specialists here.
