When implementing your new business management software, it's important to properly train your team. Preparing them to use the full scope of enterprise resource planning system capabilities will maximize your return on investment and set your users up for success.

Training is not a one-time investment. According to Learning Solutions Magazine, even trained users can forget 25 percent of what they've learned. Since ERP systems are scalable to your business, it's crucial to invest in continuous training so your users are always up to date on all of the system's capabilities. 

Legacy data
Review the data fields from your legacy system. Are all of those fields still useful? Now is your opportunity to clean your system of any unnecessary data. Perhaps your business model has changed, so some of your old data is no longer needed. Now is the time to identify any unnecessary data, so your new ERP system can start fresh. 

Best practices
Now that new data will be centralized, make sure each user learns the same best practices. Your new business information system is only as good as its data, so make sure everyone is on the same page about how to input new data. Put together a guide with screenshots or a video tutorial, so users can refer back to it.

Organizational buy-in
These new business management software solutions will affect employees at every level. Seeing leaders getting on board will create a domino effect throughout the enterprise. As decision-makers adapt to the new processes, they can become change agents for their teams. Some may be affected more than others, but it's essential for everyone in the organization to buy in to this change. 

A deployment vendor such as Accent Software can help you create a training plan and a change management strategy so your users become experts. We can help your ERP implementation go as smoothly as possible, so you can be well on your way to saving money and being more productive. We're proud Microsoft business software partners, and we help SMBs use Microsoft Dynamics NAV for their business management software solutions. Contact us to learn more about the many ways we can help.