Also, you need to consider which vendor’s approach best matches your present environment. Invite them to an extensive tour of your operations and provide a candid appraisal of your business needs. If the software provider seems to have software organized most like your current systems, then they win this part of the sweepstakes for your vote. This would include the possibility that one part of your company has already installed systems from a specific provider. If this unit has a good experience with the software, you are part way home in having a real live test in full operation.