Whether you are looking to purchase a new enterprise resource planning (ERP) system or leverage a legacy system, the following tips and advice can help you improve your ROI.

Evolve your ERP system in little bites (and bytes). "It's important to plan on regularly expanding, updating and changing your ERP system, but to do so at a reasonable clip," advised David Gelula, Sage ERP Accpac certified consultant and practice czar/consigliore at Azamba Consulting Group. "Adding EDI processing, online customer order entry and just-in-time automated purchase order generation may make your business more efficient in the long run, but too much new functionality may cripple productivity right out of the gates."

An excerpt from A Dozen Ways to Get the Most out of Your ERP System by Jennifer Schiff. The full article is available at Enterprise APPS Today.