When it comes to technology, you now have choices...
Question: How do you know your ERP/SIS really needs to be replaced?
FACT: You can go buy a $20-50 million ERP/SIS (and hope for the best) or you can have Beyond optimize the one you have for 1/10th the price – and get a 3x to 5x return on cash within 1 to 3 years*
*We’re happy to validate that claim with real institutional data when you talk to us.
If your staff is simply frustrated with your current ERP/SIS, it may not need to be replaced. It likely needs to be optimized through a modern, future-focused view. It may also need to be complemented by next-generation technologies like AI, RPA and blockchain to deliver a modern student experience. That’s what we help institutions do every day.
So unless your ERP/SIS is 20+ years old and in desperate need of replacement, let’s talk about a money-and-headache-saving optimization path, and let us introduce you to schools who are elated they chose this path instead.
When It’s Clearly Time to Replace ERP/SIS You Also Have a Choice
Choice 1: Stick with the old path of “lift and shift” of old processes to new technology, and you’ll get what everyone else is getting.
Read Our 2023 Study on ERP/SIS Debacles And Their Root Causes
Choice 2: Take our radically different approach based on 4 non-negotiables
1) Software vendors can’t own the transformation. You MUST!
A vendor’s roadmap involves getting in-and-out of your institution as fast as possible, to get to the next sale/delivery. Your transformation roadmap starts a minimum of 12 months before you even search for a vendor, and carries on long after they are gone. They must meet your requirements and timelines, not the other way around.
2) Take a smarter approach to building your house
Unless you plan to quit your job and live in a trailer on the lot of your dream home managing all the trades, you wouldn’t consider building that dream home without a general contractor. So don’t even think about a major institutional transformation without someone on like us your side – protecting you from those who aren’t fully aligned with you.
3) Software isn’t the transformation, people are.
Any institution can buy software, but if a culture of change is not embraced and sustained through the entire process, there will be adoption and adaptation problems that cost the institution millions. Changing old mindsets toward turf and tradition, while breaking down silos of mistrust are [more] important than the software itself.
3) It’s NEVER about ERP/SIS. It’s ALWAYS about the System of Systems – and where ERP/SIS fit into the modern institution
Technology has changed so much that the dominant place of ERP/SIS in an institution is no longer viable or sustainable. Even the most modern ERP/SIS systems of today have no clue how to leverage business process automation, generative AI, predictive analytics, and certainly NONE of them come close to providing the frictionless student experience you are hoping for. What your institution needs is the architecture of a “System of Systems” where ERP and SIS sit in their rightful place (at the back of the office), while nimble, modern technologies do the student-and-staff-facing interaction.
If it is clearly time to replace your ERP/SIS, invite us in before you select your vendor, so we can position you for a campus-led, future-ready transformation.
And yes, we’ll be happy to have you chat with institutions that chose to bring us in long before the analysts and software vendors – and how that has impacted their outcomes.
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