Description
We are launching a new product offering called Cloud ERP. This is a fundamental shift in our ERP platform, and it requires intense coloration and sustained effort to bring this to market successfully.
This document will expand on the following.
Market Rollout
Phased rollout approach
The launch to the client partners on Q4 2023 will be the MVP version. It will have minimal bugs and workarounds. Acquiring and launching in specific markets will allow us to gather user feedback quickly and action on them before rollout to other customers.
According to Eric Reiss from the book Lean Startup, an MVP is “that version of a new product which allows a team to collect the maximum amount of with the least effort.
Product Update
Modules completed.
Work in progress
Planned handover date.
Reasons why we are bullish on the Cloud ERP.
Amazing integration between our various products. 7-star customer service and support. Market demand for a Canadian company providing cloud ERP solution. Existing product is Feature rich. No NRR cost (installation price). - to be decided General Cloud advantage including Faster implementation time Risk Management
Potential client partner Search
What's in it for the Beta customers?
There would a discount of 10,000 $ for them. They will be receiving a white glove treatment, where there feature request and bug requests will be triaged and acted upon ASAP. What are the expectations from the beta customers?
Constant feedback though which user insights and product features are implemented. Since we are looking for longevity in this partnership, it is important we have clients who understand technology and work towards a quality product which solves their use case. When do we reach out ?
Who does the reach out and the touch points?
will leading the reach out to new customers, we have potential interest in the product. Design prototypes will be used to validate Potential Customers interests as part of presales.
Resources, sales and support
Going to expand to a new geography a year. Sales team quota are based on new geography. Sales is going to try presales Cloud. This is going to be restricted to Alberta for now. The Client partners can decide if they would like to run their existing and the new cloud ERP in parallel. Pricing Strategy
Average ARR of 35,000$ invoiced on Day one Discount of 10,000 $ for the beta client/partners Items to be discussed.
We still need to create a rate card. will be leading this conversation Does the pricing of Data conversion remain same as the on prem ERP ?
Stakeholder Communication
to Start communicating with the following internal stakeholders and creating awareness from Q3 2023 Support
CS
Implementation
Dev leads
Physical and digital assets to be used strategically to build up awareness and a sense of pride. Pankaj to create marketing request to create these assets. Product demoes and email will be sent out regarding the project updates. Internal development will be introduced to the code base in Q3 and will start working in parallel through Q3 and Q4. Handover process needs to be defined with the outsourced dev team by end of Q3 2023, since Mobile programming is working within our Ci/CD process, this is not a issue. Academy to be updated with training material for Cloud ERP. Product to collaborate with marketing team on this. What are the materials needed for this? When does this need to be done?
Metrics
We can either use 3rd party software such as mixpanel or amplitude but these should be hosted in Canada or we use internal tools to track utilization. The advantage with 3rd party software is better dashboards and reporting.