Develop your draft list of prospective ERP software providers. This is a great opportunity to get onto the web and do some initial research. There are approximately 300 small to medium business applications / ERP Solutions available in Australia. Your choice of potential suppliers to talk to will depend on: Budget -- SME solutions in Australia are sold and implemented for anything from $25,000 to $500,000. If your budget is $100,000 there is no point in considering solutions which will cost $500,000. Requirements -- broadly speaking your companies requirements will fall into one of a few different categories -- distribution, manufacturing, point of sale etc. if your company is a distributor of medical devices (for example) look for case studies and examples from existing suppliers -- ie case studies in your industry. Company size the size of your organisation (based on employees and turnover) will have an impact on the products and vendors that you shortlist. Larger companies tend to have more complex requirements and larger budgets. Do you need full ERP or small business accounting solutions? Number of users -- certain products on the market are better suited to only a small number of users. Complexity of requirements -- Some organisations (large and small) have more complex requirements -- inter-company, scheduling, landed costs etc. Again when doing research on the web look for references and case studies for organisations that look about the same size as yours and are in the same / similar industry? Technology requirements -- do