System Solutions: A Best-of-Breed Strategy

A Reality Check

Before we look at the steps needed to approach best-of-breed solutions, let’s pause for a dose of reality.

Unless you’re prepared to run a very aggressive, well-staffed information technology (IT) department, it’s best to stick with a single-system/single-vendor CMS. At most, consider managing two solutions, such as an order entry platform and a warehouse management system (WMS), particularly if the vendor of the order management system has extensive experience with integrating to the WMS.