System selection

System selection

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I'm trying to build a questionnaire or flow chart to help decide the best system to use for a client, using industry type, volume of transactions, features etc.

I can get al the features together, but no provider wants to narrow their customer base to one or two industries. 

I'd be grateful if anyone could put any specific industries or types of work that they think any system excels at. I want to get beyond the generic value of VT and Sage's ubiquitousness.

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By mrme89
28th Jul 2015 09:47

You say you can get all the features together. Is it not possible for you to identify industries from those particular features? For example, a system with an inability to handle he FRS would not be a good solution for many contractor clients.

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By rorydowney
29th Jul 2015 09:24

What the manufactures list as features within their software is one thing, but it is only when trying to use it on a day to day basis that you really find out if it is really capable or practical for each industry.

I'm sure we've all come across times when the work around just makes it pointless to deploy a system as in certain circumstances.

 

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By tomcoyes
30th Jul 2015 20:22

Reg. "to help decide the best

Reg. "to help decide the best system to use for a client":.
Do you want something that makes it easy on the accountant to do his job or something that makes it easy on everybody (or nearly) in the company to do their daily work and encompasses the company's business processes?

Reg. "no provider wants to narrow their customer base to one or two industries".
Well, if any of these one-size-fits-all system providers (Sage/QB/Xero/VT and all the rest) did that, they would lose 80% of their market share.

Reg. "...that they think any system excels at.".
There is no system that 'excels' at any industry, at least that I know of. The best you can find is something that fits at 70/75% with constraints (there'll always be). For that, you need to go up the ladder and get into miniERPs/ERPs which is a different ball game - risky and costly by nature. It goes back to my 1st question: does 'best' mean something that pleases the accountant or something that espouses the workflow?

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