What are the good ways to start ERP consulting business as i am fresher in business?

say you want to target the wine industry and managing their inventories, how would you go about finding leads and selling them? Also, is it possible that Oracle Partnership offers enough margin for you to profit on, I heard that some consultants only charge for implementation.

Although your IT level of expertise is an important factor, in a way this is one of the best periods to be in ERP consulting. The reason is that there are many ERP solutions out there to choose from and become an expert in. Whatsmore, you don't need to invest in becoming an expert in complex and costly software such as offered by Oracle & SAP which would also mean having to form around you a group of people whom you will be offering the services together as an agency. These days you can do some market research on cloud solutions with partner programs, relatively quickly develop an expertise on them and start selling implementation and consulting services around them. There is a large market of SMEs/local businesses and a similarly large number of solutions out there so this new type of ERP consultant who will act as intermediary and offer services to cover both parties' needs is a natural thing. SMEs will get a cheap and fast ERP tool and ERP vendors get to strengthen their customer base. At the same time the ERP consultant can charge a premium on top of the ERP package price for setup, data import, customisation and ongoing support (depending on their background and resources). So to answer your question, I'd structure my approach in this way: 1. Identify a niche industry you want to operate in 2. Identify a number of online ERP solutions which offer a solution for the said industry AND offer an official partner program 3. Shortlist two or three such solutions and study them extensively for a month or two setting up demo accounts and generally learning their functionality 4. Develop marketing material to sell your ERP consulting services based on those packaged (some partner programs provide that so you can skip this step to some extent) 5. Start approaching target companies from your industry with your offering. I'm pretty confident this is a sound method as we've researched the concept extensively when creating our own http://partners.megaventory.com Program and we've confirmed it by having signed up a number of ERP consultants already. Make sure to take a look at it if it matches your niche. Good luck.