Checklist: is your business a fit for M&C ERP?

Not every business needs M&C ERP — and we say that straight. A specialized system only makes sense when your problem belongs to that industry. This article is a self-assessment checklist divided into three business groups, ending with a section that many introduction articles don’t dare to write: when you should NOT choose us.

Group 1 — Japanese companies with subsidiaries/offices in Vietnam

Click each item to check it off:

• Have Japanese staff working daily with internal systems (procurement, warehouse, accounting, management)
• Have had situations where Vietnamese staff had to "re-translate" data for Japanese staff to see, or vice versa
• Must send reports to headquarters with manually aggregated numbers
• Japanese customers or partners demand Japanese-style documents (見積書, 納品書, 適格請求書)
• Want Japanese and Vietnamese staff to work on the same data, only differing in display language

≥ 3 ✓: the “each person in a different language on the same system” model is a legitimate reason to consider M&C ERP immediately, even if import business isn’t the focus yet.

Group 2 — Vietnamese businesses importing equipment/parts from Japan for distribution

Click each item to check it off:

• Order from Japanese suppliers with unit prices in JPY
• Track shipments via email with forwarders, don't know exactly where goods are
• Cost of goods sold currently doesn't fully include import duty + freight + import costs, or has to be manually combined at month-end
• Have customs declaration business with a 60-day supplementary filing deadline to track
• Sell to Japanese customers in Vietnam, need to issue Japanese-style documents
• Need per-product warranty/traceability (serial)

≥ 3 ✓: this is exactly the business group that M&C ERP builds ready-made for — shipments, declarations, actual cost, Japanese documents, serials.

Group 3 — Businesses drowning in Excel/scattered software

Click each item to check it off:

• Purchase orders in one file, shipments in another sheet, warehouse in another software, accounting in yet another software
• Every time you need to answer "where is this shipment, what's the cost" you have to ask 2-3 people then manually combine
• Afraid to migrate to ERP because you think you have to "rebuild everything from scratch" with unpredictable cost and time
• Want to start with a working demo before signing any contract

≥ 3 ✓: the problem you need to solve is “fragmented systems” — and the quickest way to verify is to try a system that already has industry business, not read marketing documents.

When you should NOT choose M&C ERP

More honest than extending the funnel:

• Businesses that don’t import, don’t work with the Japanese side — M&C ERP is a specialized solution for Japan-Vietnam import trade; for other business, a general ERP will be more suitable and cheaper.
• Too small scale, simple business — if total import-export is a few shipments per year and accounting can manage with spreadsheets, the cost of system migration may not be worth it.
• Only need accounting software — M&C ERP manages the business chain (procurement, transportation, customs, warehouse, sales, warranty), doesn’t replace the need for “just books”.

The quickest way to verify

Instead of continuing to read, the most effective way is to try it: send a request via the contact form, receive a demo account with sample data matching your industry — see for yourself how the chain from purchase order to 適格請求書 runs on your industry’s data.

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Related articles in the series

• B1. Why Japanese import businesses need a specialized ERP?
• B3. A document cycle in M&C ERP
• C1. Implementing M&C ERP with Fujigo