Why system selection requires more than vendor evaluations

System providers shine with functions and marketing - but success depends on whether they fit your processes, your organization and your level of digital maturity. An unconsidered selection rarely leads to comprehensive benefits: Expensive modules are often never used, interfaces have to be developed at great expense or changes to the system later cost more than the actual tool.

As neutral consultants, we support you in changing your perspective - from preaching the system to the actual requirements, from the feature catalog to embedding it in your organization.

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From the needs analysis to the final decision

DI Experts uses a proven five-step approach:

1. Requirements scoping & target definition
   Together, we determine which processes, data flows and organizational challenges need to be solved. Once we know what your system needs to achieve, the selection framework becomes clear.
2. Market research & shortlist
   We search the market, systematically evaluate providers and create a shortlist of suitable solutions - neutral and comparison-based on functionality, costs, interface capability and adaptability.
3. Workshops & demo analyses
   In targeted workshops, we test solutions under realistic scenarios: How inputs are processed, how reports can be created, how workflows run. This gives you practical feedback - even before a decision is made.
4. Prototyping & PoC
   Whether ERP, CRM or BI - we support you with prototyping and proof-of-concept to test integration with your existing data and processes under real conditions.
5. Decision template & support
   With clear criteria, business cases and cost-benefit analyses, we support you through to the final selection - including negotiation support, contract advice and handover to the implementation team.

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Our advantage - your benefit:

• Independence & neutrality: DI Experts is not tied to any provider - the focus is on your goal.
• Structure & methodology: Standardized evaluation, systematic workshops, transparent prototypes, well-founded decision template.
• Practical relevance: Scenario-based analyses with your data and processes show real usage behavior.
• Integration experience: We monitor how the system fits into existing landscapes right from the selection stage - technically, in terms of data and organizationally.
• Cost control: Long-term total cost of ownership (TCO) at a glance, license options as well as adaptation and operating costs taken into account.

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Conclusion

System selection is a critical step on the way to successful digitalization. With DI Experts, you gain a recommendation team that gives you security, minimizes risks and makes decisions comprehensible. So you don't buy a system - you integrate real added value.