Performing ERP version upgrades is known to be challenging and so it’s become common for companies to avoid upgrades as much as possible. There are many reasons due to which upgrades become challenging, costly and upsetting. Upgrade by definition is change of an existing state and any change introduces risks of functionality changes, protocol changes, impacts with integrated system and customizations, improper planning and doing things faster than the required speed and inadequate trainings and testing. Due to these risks or factors upgrade process and project duration can easily become unpredictable, repetitive and nightmare. Management level challenges include business operational benefits from upgrade, organizations appetite to digest upgrades and lack of a clear sketch of upgrade strategy.

Typically; companies spend huge amount of money and at time in the range of the original implementation cost to perform an upgrade. But on the other side upgrade is necessary to remain abreast with latest trends, technology, reduce maintenance and business operations improvements.

Alfazance has developed a rapid Cost-efficient services model for upgrading from AX 2009 or AX 2012 to D365 Operations or CRM (Older Versions) to D365 CRM or MS NAV (Older Versions) to MS NAV (Latest Versions) / Business Central or MS NAV (Older Versions) to D365 Operations reducing the Upgrade time by 40% and cost by 60%.

To Upgrade or Not to Upgrade

Avoiding upgrades requires more effort and is costlier, riskier and limits the business. Businesses must instead protect their ERP system investment through a small, frequent, well planned, and executed upgrade regimen that helps them stay on current and supported versions which are functionally and technologically enhanced.

Upgrading to latest versions of the Product brings functional enhancements that improve productivity. Its drives competitive advantage for the companies who require to improve businesses and cut costs using digital transformation.