The decision to implement ERP should be treated as a project, given its importance within the organization. It should be planned in detail and have activities that can be monitored, from the choice of competitors to the GO LIVE date of the event. ERP.

As soon as it goes into production, another concern must be present in the daily lives of all C Levels: how to keep the version of ERP, It also incorporates new functionalities and guarantees intelligent use of all the information system's capacity. Once you have chosen your supplier, the project to implement the ERP must go through the planning, execution and production phases. In all these phases, one issue that cannot go unnoticed is the test quality to be executed and any tools that can help them in this task.

Planning: at the moment, there are no changes to your company's routine. This is an information-gathering phase, where the Project Plan should be developed. Consider at this stage, among other important aspects, what the testing methodology to be applied, the testing period, the resources that will be involved in this period, how many test cycles need to be run and, above all, whether there is a significant productivity gain by choosing a tool from the market to automate repetitive tests in more than one cycle.

Execution: this is the phase where the Project Plan prepared previously is put into practice. It ranges from software installation, configuration, training and testing of the new system. Be wary of Project Plans with a succinct testing phase and that do not involve key users or that simplify this phase by minimizing its risks, because based on the results of these tests, we will seek the approval of the system: its features and usability by users.
Committing users to this approval is a critical success factor for your project. There are usually two test phases: the first one where tests are done individually and customizations and configurations are tested one by one; and the second known as integrated testing, where the entire process flow – for example, from entering a purchase requisition to paying the supplier – is tested. During the integrated tests, the boundaries between the different business areas of your company are crossed.

Entry into Production: Once the system has been approved, this phase is characterized by the use of the ERP in the day-to-day running of your company. The problems and challenges encountered at this stage will be inversely proportional to the quality and scope of the tests carried out at the execution stage.
After going into production, ensure adequate support for the use of the ERP, This way, it will continue to be relevant to your company. This support should enable users to ask questions about how to use the system, make any corrections to settings in the event of changes to internal processes and implement improvements to the initial scope of implementation. At a more advanced level of support, constant updating of the implemented version should be a goal for the company. In these cases, there are tools that can help analyze changed functionalities that are already in production, pointing out which points have been modified and should be retested. Once again, a Project Plan for Migration and Upgrades should be drawn up and the testing methodology must be followed to ensure the continued success of your ERP.