For many organizations, an enterprise resource planning (ERP) platform sounds like a solution to a host of present problems: managing inventory, human resources and other internal systems and tasks. And while a new, flexible system should solve those problems in the present, it's also important to look at the long-range benefits of the system your business deploys. For many companies, ERP provides a new place to start for future updates and overhauls to critical systems. 

Panorama Consulting reports that many organizations "miss" this benefit when they survey the advantages of adopting ERP. 

"When it comes to software selection, be sure keep your eye on the future state of how the business will be run so that it might avail itself of all the incredible benefits an integrated solution can bring," explains a company blog post. "Choosing an enterprise solution that matches an organization's current state is like redoing a house before you gut it — nothing but a waste of time and money."

By thinking big about how their companies may grow and change one, five and even 10 years down the road, decision makers can select and implement a system that puts them on track to achieve success. Panorama lists this as one of the five key factors to ERP implementation success. Conversely, overlooking this critical aspect of adoption can lead to failure down the road, so it's worth exploring with the utmost attention. 

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