An Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Consultant is either a contract employee or an employee who is part of a company that is hired to do any of the following: implement, upgrade, or support an ERP system. The main function of the ERP consultant is to help organizations move to ERP software.

The role of an ERP consultant serves to make the process go a lot smoother, accelerate time to value, reduce the chance of risk and provide the organization with much needed ongoing management and support

The main function of the ERP consultant is to help organizations to implement the ERP software successfully. A successful ERP consultant is able to understand a client’s business process, to determine where ERP systems would be most useful.

ERP Consultants’ relevant fields of study are information technology, business information systems, or management information systems. You have the option of letting a consultant help out with the full implementation of an ERP project, from matching your business requirements with the right software to managing change within the organization as a result of the software.

You know you have a good consultant when he/she is capable of communicating with users at all levels of the organization.