ERP Needs-Assessment:
How to Choose the Best ERP Solution

A GYDE365-Discover Survey is the best tool for Dynamics GP customers to develop a data-driven, non-biased, ERP strategy and roadmap. A GYDE365-Discover Session is driven by an online application that: • Helps you define your business processes. • Captures your business requirements. • Analyses the fit and gap of alternative ERP solutions. • Estimates the project cost and timeline for a new ERP solution. • Builds an intelligent business case for moving from Dynamics GP It also saves significant time and money compared to traditional requirements-gathering methods and system evaluations. These savings have been calculated to be as high as 60%, if not more.

• Validate in just weeks or days, whether Dynamics 365 is a good fit for your business, instead of spending months on traditional methods. • Cut your system evaluation costs by 60% or more compared to other methods. • Easily build your own high-level system blueprint and indicative licensing costs based on your business goals, functional requirements, and project scope.

1. Onboard Your Team – Receive instructions on how to use the online GYDE365-Discover application. This is typically just a 15–30-minute exercise 2. Input Your Requirements – Fill out the GYDE365-Discover online requirements questionnaire tailored to your company’s needs in your own time. Typically, no more than 8 hours of your company’s time 3. Review Your Findings - Receive two GYDE365-Discover outputs: Detailed Analysis Report (Word) and Executive Slide Summary (PowerPoint)

• ERP fit/gap analysis – see how closely other Dynamics 365 ERP solutions meet your key business requirements. • High-level solution blueprint - receive enough detail to form the basis of an RFI/RFP document to judge potential implementation partners or compare alternative solutions. • Project estimation - obtain an informed estimate for a Dynamics 365 ERP solution deployment, covering software subscriptions, external implementation costs, and internal resource requirements.

Your partner is welcome. It changes nothing. You can still take part in this program We are happy to include your partner in the process and introduce them to the GYDE365 Platform.

Microsoft has already announced that there will no longer be mainstream or extended support for most versions of Microsoft Dynamics GP. While there is not a defined timeline, this is another indication that Microsoft will eventually be sunsetting Microsoft Dynamics GP. You can review the Microsoft Dynamics GP lifecycles by clicking here.