| We believe that this Small Business ERP and MRP | | | | 4. Light, Mid-size and heavy Production. If we move |
| could fit to the majority of Illinois downstate | | | | down the state of Illinois, manufacturing plants are |
| businesses in Springfield, Peoria, Morris, Ottawa, | | | | showing up with heavy manufacturing accounting |
| Marseilles, Utica, LaSalle, Peru, DeKalb, Dixon, Rachelle, | | | | needs. If you are on the tight budget, please |
| Normal, Champaign, Vandalia, St Luis, Pontiac, | | | | consider SAP B1 as initial ERP option, as other MRP |
| Rockford. Our goal is to make SB1 available across | | | | will be higher in software licenses and consulting |
| the states of Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana and Michigan | | | | implementation hours cost |
| 1. Country Side ERP clients are underserved. This is | | | | 5. User Training. ERP requires you entry level and |
| our opinion and it probably coincides with yours. Well, | | | | decision makers training, and it should be considered |
| there are several reasons: travel time, travel cost, | | | | as breaking through ERP implementation phase, as |
| lower provincial hourly rates, higher demand for | | | | user resistance is a factor of MRP implementation |
| discrete and process manufacturing consulting that | | | | failure percentage |
| are typically priced higher than normal CPA type of | | | | 6. Chicago Suburbs. Here SB1 implementation is simple |
| ERP functional consulting. Please consider the fact | | | | and in essence a piece of cake. Schaumburg, |
| that majority of accounting system consultants and | | | | Naperville, Lisle, Downers Grove, Elgin, Lombard, |
| MRP software developers and data conversion | | | | Plainfield, Joliet, Oakpark, Oakbrook, Elk Grove Village, |
| specialists live closer to Chicago or Milwaukee | | | | Wheaton, Geneva, Aurora, Villa Park, Evanston, |
| downtowns | | | | Glencoe, Northbrook, Glenview, Lake Forest, Lake |
| 2. Illinois as Mid-America distribution hub. With the | | | | Geneva - these are the places where SB1 installation, |
| network of railroads and highways and being placed | | | | initial balances and implementation should be as |
| in the heart of Mid-West, IL businesses are | | | | smooth as purchasing merchandise in retail stores |
| positioned to be wholesale distribution hubs for USA, | | | | 7. Indiana and Wisconsin. When we are talking about |
| Canada, Mexico and international clients, especially | | | | implementing SB1 in Indianapolis, South Bend, Madison, |
| Europe and South and Central America, Brazil, | | | | Baraboo, Green Bay, Port Washington, Manitowoc, |
| Argentina and Chile. | | | | we are talking about some additional travel and |
| 3. IL Country side calls and billing centers. It is | | | | lodging cost. The same is applicable to Detroit, |
| common practice now when nation wide hospitals | | | | Ludington, Grand Rapids, Michigan City, Gary, New |
| and healthcare organizations hire local IL residents to | | | | Holland. |
| serve as their customer support | | | | |