Services — Selection Services

The right fit.

Choosing a ERP is one of the most consequential decisions a business makes. We cut through the noise — assessing your operation, understanding the options, and landing you on the right platform. Spoiler: it's usually NetSuite.

ERP Selection

The right
platform exists.

Selection — Step 1

We start
with you.

Before we mention a single product, we spend time understanding how your business actually works — your processes, your data, your team, your growth plans. The right ERP is the one that fits that picture.

  • Stakeholder workshops across departments
  • Process mapping & pain point capture
  • Data & integration landscape audit
  • Prioritised requirements document
Selection — Step 2

Shortlist.
Not a brochure.

We score platforms against your actual requirements — not vendor marketing. Salesforce, HubSpot, Zoho, Pipedrive, Microsoft Dynamics, and NetSuite all go through the same lens. The scores speak.

  • Weighted scoring against your requirements
  • Demos arranged with shortlisted vendors
  • TCO modelling over 3 and 5 years
  • Implementation complexity assessment
Selection — Step 3

Make the
case internally.

A recommendation without a business case doesn't get approved. We build the financial model, the risk register, and the narrative your leadership team needs to say yes with confidence.

  • ROI model with real numbers
  • Risk & mitigation register
  • Exec-ready presentation deck
  • Vendor negotiation support
Selection — Step 4

Decision made.
Now what.

We don't disappear after the recommendation. We hand you an implementation roadmap, an onboarding plan, and — if you need it — the right partner to deliver it. Selection doesn't end at sign-off.

  • Phased implementation roadmap
  • Partner introduction & scoping
  • Data migration planning
  • Internal readiness assessment
  • Why NetSuite

    The honest
    comparison.

    FeatureHubSpotSalesforceZoho CRMQuickBooksNetSuite
    Finance & Accounting
    Full GL / multi-entity
    Revenue recognition (ASC 606)
    Multi-currency & multi-subsidiary
    Close management & consolidation
    CRM & Sales
    Contact & pipeline management
    Quote-to-cash (native)
    Sales forecasting
    Operations & Inventory
    Inventory & warehouse management
    Order management
    Manufacturing / WIP
    Platform
    Single unified ecosystems (no version locks)
    Real-time reporting across all data
    SuiteScript / open API

    ✓ Native    ◑ Partial / add-on required    ✕ Not available

    The case for NetSuite

    Why businesses
    make the switch.

    01

    One system, not five

    Finance, CRM, ERP, inventory, order management, and reporting — all in one platform. No duct-taped integrations. No data living in three different places. One version of the truth.

    02

    Scales with you

    NetSuite is built for businesses that are growing. Multi-entity, multi-currency, multi-subsidiary — it handles the complexity that breaks simpler tools, without a rip-and-replace every three years.

    03

    Real-time visibility

    Management accounts in real time. Not at month-end. Not from an export. Live dashboards across the business that finance, ops, and leadership actually use to make decisions.

    04

    Audit-ready out of the box

    SOX compliance, ASC 606 revenue recognition, IFRS — NetSuite has the controls built in. Finance teams stop building compliance spreadsheets and start trusting the system.

    05

    Quote to cash, closed loop

    From opportunity in the CRM to invoice in accounts receivable — native and connected. No manual re-keying between systems. No revenue falling through the gaps between tools.

    06

    Platform, not just software

    SuiteScript, SuiteFlow, RESTlets, SuiteTalk — NetSuite is programmable. When you need something it doesn't do out of the box, you can build it — or find a partner who already has.

    CRM Migrations

    Switching
    done right.

    Migration — QuickBooks

    Outgrown
    QuickBooks.

    The most common migration we run. QuickBooks works brilliantly — until you have multiple entities, a complex product catalogue, or a finance team that needs real-time reporting. We've done this over 80 times.

    • Chart of accounts mapping & cleanup
    • Historical transaction migration
    • Opening balance reconciliation
    • Parallel run & sign-off support
    Migration — Salesforce

    CRM + ERP
    finally unified.

    Businesses running Salesforce alongside a separate finance system often pay for the integration more than the tools. Moving to NetSuite CRM unifies the data model and eliminates the sync problem permanently.

    • Contact & account data migration
    • Pipeline & opportunity history
    • Activity & notes transfer
    • Sales process reconfiguration in NetSuite
    Migration — HubSpot

    Marketing stays.
    Everything else moves.

    Many businesses keep HubSpot for marketing and move their CRM and finance to NetSuite. We design the integration so marketing data flows cleanly and your sales team works in one place.

    • CRM data migration to NetSuite
    • HubSpot ↔ NetSuite integration design
    • Lead-to-opportunity mapping
    • Marketing attribution preservation
    Migration — Microsoft Dynamics

    Outgrown Dynamics 365.

    Many businesses outgrow Dynamics 365 and move their CRM and finance to NetSuite. We design the migration so your data moves cleanly and your team hits the ground running in one unified platform.

    • CRM data migration from Dynamics 365 Sales to NetSuite
    • Dynamics to NetSuite integration design
    • Lead-to-opportunity mapping
    • Custom entity & field mapping to NetSuite equivalents
    Migration — Legacy

    Whatever
    you're on.

    Bespoke ERPs, industry-specific tools, systems held together with spreadsheets — we've migrated from all of them. The approach is always the same: understand the data, clean it, move it, verify it.

    • Legacy data extraction & profiling
    • Data cleansing & transformation
    • Custom migration tooling where needed
    • Full data validation & sign-off
    Case Study

    QuickBooks to NetSuite in 16 weeks.

    A 90-person manufacturing business had outgrown QuickBooks after adding two new entities and moving into international markets. We ran the full selection, migration, and go-live — on time, with zero data loss.

    16weeks
    Full migration
    100%
    Data verified
    3
    Entities consolidated
    Read the Case Study
    Client testimonial
    "3988 made a decision we'd been avoiding for two years feel straightforward. They knew every step before we did."
    - CFO, Manufacturing Business
    "

    How a migration works.

    1

    Data Audit

    We work with you to extract and profile everything in your current system. Volume, quality, gaps — all mapped before a single record moves.

    2

    Cleanse & Map

    Data cleaned, deduplicated, and mapped to the NetSuite data model. Decisions made on what comes across and what doesn't.

    3

    Test Migration

    Full migration run into sandbox. Your team validates against source records. Issues found here, not on go-live day.

    4

    UAT & Sign-off

    Finance team signs off on balances. Operations validates records. Formal UAT document completed before cutover.

    5

    Cutover

    Production migration run, reconciled against source, go-live confirmed. Old system archived, not deleted.

    Ready to build your
    NetSuite edge?

    Tell us what you're working with — we'll tell you what's possible. No hard sell, no commitment required.

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