When it comes to choosing the best possible software for your business, it’s easy to fall into the trap of finding a solution that meets your unique needs at that particular time. Although this might seem to be an ideal solution, it means you risk wasting the investment at some point in the future should your needs change.
The best way to assess software is to keep an eye on the merits of a particular system in each of the key dimensions of scalability. Doing so means you will end up with software that not only meets your current needs but also protects your investment but still being able to meet those needs in the future.
Landing page software
Every successful business has a scalable marketing campaign built around a solid sales funnel. The easiest way to create such a funnel is to use landing page software to automate the creation process.
Landing page software makes it possible to conceptualize and launch your sales funnels with more speed and less effort, regardless of your areas of business. A wide range of funnels are available that can help you to gain saturation in a particular market. Choosing the right software package will let you create a landing page, add in a core offer, integrate your email systems and then set up payment processing, all in a fraction of the time it would take to do so manually.
ERP
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software is designed to improve communications between a businesses’ departments and help internal processes within the business to flow more smoothly. Implementing ERP can decrease costs, improve productivity and increase efficiency. ERP systems are also straightforward to scale as new users or functions can be added to the initial implementation as and when your business is ready to grow.
ERP software reduces the need to manually enter information and eliminates many repetitive processes, making it far easier for your company to collect data. It can also improve the security and accuracy of data and, by providing faster access to customer information, assist with the provision of high-quality customer service.
Every company has its own specific set of needs so SAP ERP systems offer customized solutions with different system modules for separate departments. Additionally, large organizations running SAP ERP have the option of further streamlining their supply chain and improving procurement processes by installing additional software within their ERP system, by running a SAP portal.
SaaS solutions
An increasingly common piece of advice given is to opt for SaaS software rather than standard installation options. The many benefits of SaaS include the fact that the initial cost is usually lower, that it can be used immediately and often within the scope of a free trial offer allowing for fast proof-of-concept operations and, of course, that cloud-based SaaS software allows for infinite scalability as well as integration with other products.
From accounting packages and document handling applications to cloud storage services and business travel expense management, a wide range of SaaS options are available, making it easy to find the individual package or combination of packages that best suits your business.