Nonprofit & Public Sector ERP Software
We are independent ERP consultants providing expertise in Nonprofit & Public Sector ERP software selection and implementation.
Not all ERP systems are created equal. There is a big variance in functionality for a specific industry and for the size of company. Small companies don’t need the complexity required for larger companies. There is also a big difference in the ERP vendors which can be:
- Vendors with solutions for multiple industries. These systems are more complicated to setup because of all the industries they support.
- Vendors that offer a solution for a specific industry.
- Vendors that offer an extension developed by a 3rd party for a specific industry.
Our objective on this page is to provide you with some guidance in terms of unique Nonprofit & Public Sector industry requirements, functionality of Nonprofit & Public Sector ERP systems and Nonprofit & Public Sector ERP Software implementers with the hope you might want to speak with us to learn more.
Nonprofit & Public Sector ERP Software Requirements include:
– Commitment accounting
– Budget approval process
– RFQ Process
– PO approval process includes multiple levels and depends on organization structure
– Reporting structures
– Project accounting
– Forecasting by account and project
Compare Nonprofit & Public Sector ERP Software
Compare Nonprofit & Public Sector ERP software by scrolling down and across to see their applications/modules, number of customers, underlying technology and critical generic requirements.
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| Epicor Propello | NetSuite | Oracle Cloud ERP | SAP S/4 HANA | Tyler Technologies | Unit4 | Workday | |
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| Product Information | |||||||
| System | Epicor Propello | NetSuite | Oracle Cloud ERP | SAP S/4 HANA | Tyler Technologies | Unit4 | Workday |
| Vendor | Epicor Software Corporation | NetSuite | Oracle Cloud ERP | SAP S/4HANA | Tyler Technologies | Unit4 | Workday |
| Description | Epicor Propello, the unique comprehensive retail management platform with a pure web application 100% designed and built for the cloud, simplifies retail workflows to increase operational efficiency and improve profitability. High-value contextual information delivered at the point-of-sale helps empower employees to create exceptional customer experiences. And Propello’s modern, intuitive interface speeds learning, improves employee productivity, and reduces errors. Epicor is the essential partner for businesses that make, move and sell the things that keep the world running. With a history of 50 years in ERP software, we have evolved to provide end-to-end productivity solutions for five core industries: Epicor for Manufacturing, Epicor for Distribution, Epicor for Retail, Epicor for Building Supply, and Epicor for Automotive. Within each of these industries, we offer a portfolio of platforms and modules, secure in the cloud, curated to provide you with a complete solution set for your business. We’re cloud first with the flexibility to offer choice to those who are on the journey to cloud, so you have exactly what you need to run your business today and tomorrow. We go beyond enterprise resource planning and provide innovative and highly focused industry productivity solutions that are essential to our customers’ businesses. We enable them to track and streamline their processes, connect their employees, make better decisions, and accelerate their ambitions – whether that’s growing business, expanding capabilities, increasing productivity, or improving efficiency. With our continuous technical innovation and deep vertical knowledge, we’re able to curate and flex our solutions to anticipate the complex and changing needs of our customers’ businesses. | NetSuite ERP is an all-in-one, AI-powered, cloud business management solution that helps organizations operate more effectively by automating core processes and providing real-time visibility into operational and financial performance.
With a single, integrated suite of applications for managing accounting, order processing, inventory management, production, supply chain and warehouse operations, NetSuite ERP gives companies clear visibility into their data and tighter control over their businesses.
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Oracle Cloud ERP is a powerful, cloud-based enterprise resource planning ERP system designed to help businesses streamline and automate their core financial and operational processes. It provides a comprehensive suite of applications that covers areas such as risk management, expense management, financial management, procurement, project management, supply chain operations. By integrating these essential business functions into a single, unified platform, Oracle Cloud ERP enables organizations to improve efficiency, reduce operational costs, and gain real-time visibility into their operations. One of the key strengths of Oracle ERP is its user friendly, flexibility and scalability, making it suitable for businesses of all sizes, from growing enterprises to large, complex global corporations. The Oracle Cloud infrastructure leverages cutting-edge technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and data analytics to provide predictive insights, automate routine tasks, and drive continuous process improvement. For example, its AI-driven financial management capabilities can help businesses predict cash flow, detect anomalies in transactions, and automate expense reporting. The ERP software suite also offers advanced reporting and analytics tools, enabling users to make data-driven decisions with real-time insights into their business performance. Its cloud-based architecture ensures that organizations can benefit from regular updates and innovations without the need for costly and time-consuming on-premises maintenance. Furthermore, the platform is designed with built-in security and compliance features, ensuring that sensitive business data is protected while meeting industry-specific regulatory requirements. Learn more about cloud services and its enterprise functions of Oracle at https://www.oracle.com/ca-en/erp/. | SAP S/4 HANA. As the market leader in enterprise application software, SAP helps companies of all sizes and in all industries run better by redefining ERP and creating networks of intelligent enterprises that provide transparency, resiliency, and sustainability across supply chains. SAP's end-to-end suite of applications and services enables customers to operate profitably, adapt continuously, and make a difference worldwide. | Unit4’s next-generation enterprise software supports our customers in delivering an exceptional People Experience to their organization and onward to their customers – from boosting success for students and professionals, to empowering the public servants and nonprofit teams doing good in the world. We transform work to be more meaningful and inspiring through software that’s self-driving, adaptive and intuitive, intelligently automating administrative tasks and providing easy access to the answers people need. | Workday is a leading provider of enterprise cloud applications for finance and human resources, helping customers adapt and thrive in a changing world. Workday applications for financial management, human resources, planning, spend management, and analytics have been adopted by thousands of organizations around the world and across industries—from medium-sized businesses to more than 50% of the Fortune 500. | |
| Website | https://www.epicor.com/en-us/products/retail-management-systems-rms/propello/ | https://www.netsuite.com/ | https://www.oracle.com/erp/ | https://www.sap.com/ | https://www.unit4.com/ | https://www.workday.com/ | |
| Primary Tier | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Industries | |||||||
| Apparel | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| Construction | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| Field Services | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Financial Services | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| Food & Beverage | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| Hospitality | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| Manufacturing | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| Nonprofit | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Professional Services | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Retail & ECommerce | Yes | Certified | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| Transportation & Logistics | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| Wholesale Distribution | No | Certified | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| Applications | |||||||
| Accounting (General Ledger, Financial Reporting, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Budgeting and Cash Management) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Asset Management | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| CPQ (Configure Price Quote) | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| CRM | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| Distribution (Order Processing, Purchasing and Inventory) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| E-commerce | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| Field Services - Dispatching & Scheduling | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| Field Services - Mobile Field Management | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| Human Resource Management | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| Manufacturing - Quality Control | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| Manufacturing - Scheduling | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Manufacturing - Shop Floor Control | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| MRP | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| Payroll | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| Point of Sale | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| Product Lifecycle Management | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| Professional Services - Scheduling | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| Professional Services - Timesheets | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Professional Services – WIP Management | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Project Management | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Transportation Management | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Warehouse Management | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Developer Information | |||||||
| Number of customers - all products | 23,000 | ||||||
| Number of customers - this product | |||||||
| Technology | |||||||
| % of application that is web based (just need a browser on workstation) | 100% | ||||||
| On premise, cloud or hybrid | Cloud | On Premise | On Premise | On Premise | On Premise | On Premise | On Premise |
| Private or Public Cloud | Public | Private | Private | Private | Private | Private | Private |
| Tenant Architecture | Multi-Tenant | Multi-Tenant | Multi-Tenant | Multi-Tenant | Multi-Tenant | Multi-Tenant | Multi-Tenant |
| Generic Requirements | |||||||
| Customization/Configuration | |||||||
| Without changing source code | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release |
User-defined fields
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Available Next Year | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release |
User defined screens
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Not Available | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release |
| Multiple Companies | |||||||
| Share inventory across companies | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release |
| Share customers and suppliers across companies | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release |
| Automate balancing of transactions across legal entities | Not Available | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release |
| PO of 1 company automatically generates the sales order in another company | Not Available | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release |
| Multiple Currencies | |||||||
| Maintain source and home currency amount for each transaction | Not Available | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release |
| Date effective currency exchange rates | Not Available | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release |
| Work Flow | |||||||
| Can apply an approval process to any transaction such as a journal entry or any master file such as a supplier or inventory item | Not Available | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release |
| Can generate alerts/escalation if something expected is late or reminders | Available Next Year | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release |
| Configurable approvals or alerts without needing programming | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release |
| Mobility | |||||||
| Optimized for Android and iPhone | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release |
| Offline mode and synch when internet connected | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release |
| Sales tax compliance | |||||||
| Canadian sales tax compliance | Not Available | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release |
| US sales tax compliance | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release |
| Reporting/Business Intelligence | |||||||
| Reporting | |||||||
| Industry standard reporting tool and can change existing reports or add new ones | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release |
| Ad-hoc reporting (don’t need a programmer) with filtering, sorting and summarizing options | Available Next Year | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release |
| Dashboards | |||||||
| Based on real time updates from all transactions | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release |
| Role specific | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release |
| Configurable dashboards - don't need to be a programmer to create or change dashboard | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release |
| Analytics | |||||||
| Drag and drop dimensions | Available Next Year | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release |
| Visualization/graphic representation of data | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release |
Implementers of Nonprofit & Public Sector ERP Software
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Why You Should Hire 180 Systems as Your Nonprofit & Public Sector ERP Software Consultant
1. Independence
We are independent Nonprofit & Public Sector ERP software consultants and do not accept any compensation from vendors or implementers.
2. Requirements Analysis
Our analysis is mostly based on business process reviews rather than generic requirements checklists.
3. Strategic alignment
We identify requirements to attain critical success factors (CSFs) and use KPI’s to measure attainment of CSF’s as objectives for a Nonprofit & Public Sector ERP software implementation.
4. Nonprofit & Government Experience
We have extensive experience in Nonprofit & Public Sector ERP software selection and implementation with testimonials below.
5. Methodology
We have a documented best practice methodology with numerous proven templates to manage selections and implementations.
6. Efficient
We don’t waste anyone’s time. For example, vendors are asked to only respond to critical requirements in an RFP with the goal of 20% of requirements deemed critical.
7. Cost
Our fees are low because we have little overhead, and don’t exceed a maximum unless there is a change in scope and it has been approved.
8. Trusted Advisors
Our clients know that we will always act with integrity and honesty.
Testimonial
From clients we’ve helped with Nonprofit & Public Sector ERP Software selection and/or implementation
Michael had very good insights on our process and provided management with an independent voice and organizational help on meeting deadlines and that was very helpful. I also think his reports were done very well. They were very thorough, even though it was a difficult time with Hurricane Irma. Conditions made it really hard but he still did a great job. It was very valuable that he and I were able to talk on the side, as I was mulling over ideas of delaying some of the implementation at the time and he agreed with my take. I was afraid that it would be too much for the team to manage, and having Michael there on the side really helped. It turned out to be a good decision.
Michael helped in our System Selection. He was excellent. Michael provided a high level of expertise in the various software systems, and helped us sort out our requirements. He was very personable, and his billing rates were reasonable and appropriate, compared to the big consulting firms.
Michael helped us to do a Gap Analysis and a Process Review with review of some System alternatives. He is an extremely strong professional to work with, I only have good things to say. Michael is extremely knowledgeable, especially in ERP systems, and really knows about Business Process as well.
Michael was excellent. He kept us focussed, analyzed our situation and guided us through the process. He attended all the demonstrations and took notes so we could stay focussed on the demonstrations. He summarized the notes and sent them back to us quickly. When called with a question he was very responsive and would always get back to us in a timely manner.
Michael set up the process for determining our requirements with templates he had developed, and he would look over our shoulder and make sure we didn't get into trouble. That was his main role, and that's exactly what we wanted. All of these templates were an added bonus. We're happy with the process that went on and with our decision. Perhaps Michael could still play a role during the implementation, as a high level advisor to the project management team, maybe check in every week to ensure they are not forgetting something, or getting off track. We're in good shape having chosen our vendor and we would certainly consider using Michael again.
180 Systems is very professional, and they have provided excellent advice. We would not have been able to select the systems effectively without their help. We had a lot more confidence because of the process they went through with us. It made us rethink the approach to selecting software, and this was far better than what we had originally thought.
