ERP Software Cost Control

At Engleman Associates, we bring extensive expertise in controlling the costs and terms associated with ERP business applications. Our clients consistently achieve:

  1.  Significant initial cost savings.
  2.  Lower total lifecycle costs.
  3.  Better commercial control throughout the vendor relationship.


Key Opportunities for ERP License Cost Control

  • Minimized Initial Costs: We help arrange low initial costs, avoiding over-purchasing unnecessary modules or user licenses.
  • Controlled Ongoing Costs: We negotiate terms to limit cost escalation for subscriptions or perpetual license maintenance, a critical area of long-term vendor revenue.
  • Flexible Future Pricing: ERP needs evolve, making it difficult to predict future module and user requirements—even in the near term. So its important initial agreements include clear, favorable terms for future purchases.
  • Avoiding Cost Surprises: ERP vendors often introduce unexpected costs over time. We work to expose and mitigate these potential cost adders upfront.

When executed effectively, these strategies can reduce ERP lifecycle costs by at least 50%.


Let’s Discuss

Engleman Associates can help you:

  • Understand what ERP should cost.
  • Identify key drivers of ERP project budgets and financial models.
  • Compare estimated ERP costs against potential business benefits.

Contact us today to start the conversation.

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Learn details on how to control the ERP buying process—and in turn save money and gain control. This is one of many enterprise resource planning articles from EAI.

ERP Selection – Provo Craft

EAI-SoftSelect was a great partner throughout the process of choosing an ERP solution. They helped us control the terms throughout the ERP buying process, and we achieved impressive results in reduced ERP license fees.
Having an experienced partner like EAI-SoftSelect, helped us negotiate for the products we need and set our expectations for the process of implementing these solutions.

Provo Craft
Nate White
Nate White, COO, Provocraft

ERP Selection – Cornell Pump

Negotiating ERP costs is complicated and the ERP software vendors take advantage of the buyer’s lack of experience. EAI-SoftSelect’s experience and influence helped us level the playing field. We clearly saved money and lowered our long term risk.

Cornell Pump
Jeff Markham

ERP Selection – Leupold & Stevens

Long term ERP license costs were initially very difficult to calculate. Working with EAI-SoftSelect we were able to insist on a predicable ERP license fee approach and achieve much lower initial and ongoing license fee costs.

Leupold
Paul Castle