No matter whether you capture orders through websites, through call centers for direct mail and catalogs, or via retail transactions, having the right applications in place is critical to supporting the growth of the entire organization. Regardless of whether you’re looking at E-commerce solutions, Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP) or Order Management Systems (OMS), matching your business requirements with the best solution can be daunting with so many options and software models available. For over 24 years, F. Curtis Barry & Company has been assisting companies in making decisions to support their enterprise and achieve top-line growth.
Order Management System Strategies to Support the Enterprise
As companies grow, their existing order management solutions may not be adequate to maintain top-line sales or a competitive marketing advantage. You’ll face many questions, such as:
- Is the technology and functionality in the application strong enough to manage and grow the business?
- Should I continue to develop my own applications or should I contemplate evaluating commercially available solutions?
- How do I know if I am with the right vendor—one who is keeping up with the speed of the industry or best practices?
- How do I decide between Software as a Service (SaaS), licensed On-Premise applications, or applications developed internally?
Developing a long-term system strategy includes understanding the features and functions available, the hardware requirements, the timelines necessary for each option, the capital investments required, and the cost/benefits of implementing a chosen strategy. F. Curtis Barry & Company will listen to your plans, understand your uniqueness, and work collaboratively with your company to develop a strategy to meet your long-term systems goals and objectives. By combining our industry expertise as seasoned OMS consultants with your business requirements and best practices, we can assist you in implementing the strategy that is right for your company. Begin today by contacting our marketing manager, Jeff Barry, at (804) 740-8743 or e-mail him at jbarry@fcbco.com.
Order Management Solutions: Strategies for Acquisitions
Whether you are contemplating acquiring another business or have recently acquired a business, it usually means you’ll have various options to consider. If you have acquired the software in addition to the business, which system will you utilize? How will you convert the data from one system to another? What interfaces will need to be developed?
Determining the best software option is just as important as acquiring the business. In addition to performing an operational due diligence, F. Curtis Barry & Company can assist you with strategic decisions regarding which order management systems or enterprise resource planning software solution(s) are best for the combined entities.
Selecting and Implementing Enterprise-Wide Applications
Commercially available applications have evolved to support fairly complex multichannel businesses with both direct and business-to-business channels. Understanding the capabilities and functionality of these applications can seem like a confusing and endless task. What third party software do they seamlessly integrate with? What optional modules are available? How should companies compare various vendors’ solutions?
Vendor due diligence is critical to the success of your selection and implementation process. F. Curtis Barry & Company's OMS consultants will assist you with the development of detailed business requirements, evaluate vendor responses to your RFP as well as vendor references, and participate in in-depth vendor demonstrations and site visits. For selected clients, we have acted in an advisory role all the way through project managing the implementation. Upon selecting the partner that best suits your business, we can assist you with reviewing and negotiating a fair and balanced contract.
Vendor Independence
Most consultancies maintain a certain understanding of the various applications, or sell a predefined requirements document full of generalities with nothing that is truly specific to your company. Other consultants guide clients towards a preselected group of vendors in order to reap the benefits of a revenue share partnership.
F. Curtis Barry & Company is a different kind of OMS consulting firm. We are vendor independent, taking no commissions or finder’s fee for selecting a specific vendor, nor do we attempt to utilize a cookie cutter approach to address your requirements. Put simply, we recommend the order management solution that best fits your organization's needs. F. Curtis Barry & Company has successfully completed over 100 systems projects with some of the industry’s most complex businesses. Having project managed these complex order management and enterprise resource system implementations; we gained valuable first-hand knowledge of various vendors and their capabilities.
Developing Internal Applications to Support the Enterprise
Some companies have the desire to control their own destiny. Other companies have such unique requirements that commercially available applications provide a low-fit functionally. For these companies, developing applications internally is the most suitable option. Having the right internal resources and disciplines to develop applications internally is only part of the equation.
F. Curtis Barry & Company assists companies with developing internal applications from the ground up, from conceptually designing modules to functional designs, overseeing programming, testing and deployment. Companies may also choose to acquire a commercially-available application as a foundation and then develop functionality to resolve the gaps internally. F. Curtis Barry & Company has unparalleled multichannel experience that can be drawn on to develop best-in-class OMS and ERP system applications that meet the growing demands of your business.
Evaluate Systems with the Help of Experienced OMS Consultants.
Implement the right order management solution. Contact F. Curtis Barry & Company and work with a seasoned leader who can help you make the best decision for your business. Contact Jeff Barry at (804) 740-8743 or e-mail him at jbarry@fcbco.com for more information.
