ERP implementation: cost and lead time
What an ERP implementation costs and how long it takes depends on your processes, data quality and integrations. Here you read what drives cost and lead time and how to get a grip on it yourself.
An honest answer to "what does an ERP implementation cost" is a range with assumptions, not a fixed amount. The biggest cost items are licence or subscription, configuration and consultancy, data migration, integrations and training; lead time is mainly driven by the number of processes, the quality of your master data and the number of integrations. With Digital WorkMate you pay a one-off launch and a subscription for your whole company, tiered on employees and revenue and without a licence per user. In the ERP Migration Scan we build the plan and business case with your own figures; we do not state a fixed duration here because it differs per company.
What drives cost and lead time
- Licence or subscription, and whether it is per user, per module or per company
- Configuration and consultancy: how much is standard and how much is custom work
- Data migration: quality of accounts, items, BOMs, routings, stock and open orders
- Integrations with financial systems, machines and other systems, and their maintenance
- Training and the time of your own people
- Upgrades: do new versions arrive without a project, or does every release need a programme?
Start with your current cost
You only compare a new ERP fairly with your current situation once you know it: licences, consultancy, custom work, integrations, Excel workarounds and double entry. The calculator only adds up what you enter.
Shorter route to a working environment
The Onboarding Scan delivers a trial environment set up for your type of company, with example data. You load master data with the repeatable Excel import, and through our training programme we guide you through the basic setup at no charge.
No upgrade project
Digital WorkMate is a cloud platform in which new features become available without an upgrade project, with quarterly release notes. We look together at which cost items change in your situation.
We make no general savings promise: the outcome depends on your own figures and processes.
What Digital WorkMate offers for this today
For each part you can see whether it is fully or partially available.
- Onboarding Scan and pre-configured trial environmentAvailable
A questionnaire about company, products, planning, shop floor and machines produces a trial environment set up for your type of company: the modules you need, work centres with standard operations, product groups, stock locations, task boards, roles and example data. Setup tasks point out the next steps, such as checking templates and supplying your own customers and suppliers as Excel.
- Excel import with rule-driven mappingAvailable
Visual workflow editor to transform Excel columns and map them to DWM fields; repeatable through key fields, suitable for data migration.
- Cloud SaaS, browser and mobileAvailable
Fully web based: desktop, mobile app, terminal and Outlook from one platform; nothing to install except the optional Monitor.
- Continuous deliveryAvailable
Automated build and test pipeline and quarterly release notes; new features without an upgrade project.
ERP implementation: cost and lead time: frequently asked questions
What does an ERP implementation cost?
It differs per company and depends on the number of processes, data quality and the number of integrations. Count licence or subscription, configuration, data migration, integrations and training. With Digital WorkMate the price consists of a one-off launch and a subscription tiered on the number of employees and revenue.
How long does an ERP implementation take?
Lead time mainly depends on the number of processes, the quality of your master data and the number of integrations. We work in eleven steps, from discovery to continuous improvement; we set the schedule after the ERP Migration Scan based on your situation.
Do I pay per user with Digital WorkMate?
No. There is one subscription for your whole company, tiered on the number of employees and revenue. There is no licence per user.
Can we bring our existing data?
Yes. With the Excel import you load master data such as accounts, items and BOMs through rule-driven mapping. The import is repeatable through key fields, so you can rehearse until the data is right.
Can we try a trial environment first?
Yes. With the Onboarding Scan you answer questions about your company and receive a trial environment set up for your type of company, with example data.
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