As a next step, the task force devoted itself to determining whether either BPCS or PRISM met the company’s needs.
First, they evaluated the software supplier and its local representative. The Steering Committee studied the organizations, local facilities and technical support both in Peru and outside. The shareholding structure of the local representative, experience in prior implementations, customers and additional products and services offered were other factors taken into consideration. During visits with local representatives, they were asked to make presentations about their ERP systems and their organizations. Finally, references from clients with previous implementations were checked. Alimentos Peru IT personnel visited other subsidiaries where the selected ERP software had already been installed and examined the contingencies that emerged during the implementation stage and verified the systems’ functionality, transaction processing times and the volume they could support.