Is your legacy construction ERP holding you back?
Your system still works. That’s the problem. It works just well enough that nobody wants to touch it, while the workarounds around it keep growing.
By Rob Griffin, Founder and Principal · Updated
- 1Legacy construction ERPs rarely fail outright. They get expensive to integrate, hard to access remotely and dependent on one person.
- 2Replace it when the workarounds cost more than the move, not when the vendor tells you to.
- 3Drywall Interiors left outdated legacy software for Acumatica Construction Edition and stopped waiting on support to fix simple entries.
Sound familiar?
Common on Viewpoint Spectrum, Vista, Sage 300 CRE, Sage 100 Contractor, Foundation and GEAC.
Replace, or keep it another year?
Short answer: Keep it if it answers job-level questions and connects to your field tools. Replace it when you’re maintaining the system instead of running the business on it. The move should cost less than the workarounds it removes.
Most of our legacy-to-cloud moves are driven by three things: remote access for PMs and the field, integration with the tools the field already uses, and reporting that doesn’t need an export. Moving to a cloud construction ERP solves all three on one record.
From waiting on support to fixing it themselves
On their old system, a simple invoice mistake meant a full reversing entry and a wait, sometimes a full day, for support to remote in. After reviewing other options, Drywall Interiors chose Acumatica Construction Edition with Dominate Solutions.
“Before switching, we were relying on an out-dated legacy ERP and Excel to manage our projects, which made it extremely difficult to analyze project margins, revenues, and costs accurately.”
Questions we hear from companies in this spot
When should a contractor replace a legacy construction ERP?
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When the workarounds around it cost more than the move: exports for every report, custom integrations, limited remote access, and dependence on one person who knows the system. Plan the cutover for a fiscal year end.
What is the best replacement for Viewpoint Spectrum or Sage 300 CRE?
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For mid-market contractors, Acumatica Construction Edition is a common replacement because it handles job cost, AIA billing, retainage and certified payroll natively in the cloud, with unlimited users.
Can we migrate our history from the legacy system?
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Yes. Open items, balances and a defined window of history are migrated. How much history, and how clean it is, is the biggest variable in cost, so we look at your data before we price the work.
Start where you are. Six questions, and you’ll know which path fits your business.
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