According to a study by the Aberdeen Group, small businesses that have resisted enterprise resource planning (ERP) technology identify many of the same stumbling blocks to implementation. In a whitepaper titled "To ERP or Not to ERP: It Isn't Even a Question," Aberdeen researchers highlight some of those pain points:

• "Internal effort to implement." Many companies find it difficult to build consensus and momentum around a new system that threatens to disrupt familiar processes. As such, the role of executives is to be decisive in making choices that are perhaps a bit unpopular (at first), tuning out the reasons why not and reiterating why an ERP platform makes good business sense. 
• "We will be able to function without ERP." This argument comes up all the time, as 41 percent of respondents to the study cited it. While it's possible to function without an ERP system, that rationale prevents companies from achieving the level of growth and efficiency that comes with a streamlined resource planning system. 
• "Cost of software and services." While some critics may cite the new cost of adopting and maintaining an ERP platform, imagine the savings your enterprise will enjoy in areas like human resources, scheduling and other modules of the business that will be improved by a better system.
• "We are too small." The beauty of a flexible ERP platform is that it's fully scalable to the needs of your business at this time. A small enterprise with plans to grow can take those expansion steps with a reliable, streamlined resource planning system in tow. 
• "Systems are too complicated." The thought of giving your enterprise operations an overhaul can be daunting, but ERP platforms like the Microsoft Dynamics NAV are intuitive and easy to learn. Only 5 percent of respondents cited this issue, so the vast majority of hesitant organizations are on board. 

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