Limitations of RFP Approach:

There are chances that various unrealistic requirements may get listed in the RFP. This is because of lavish "wish-list", prepared by the selection team for the desired features and capabilities of ERP solution. Various members of the selection team may not have adequate exposure of ERP system. Because of this, their list of requirements can be partly realistic. Sometime, the list of requirements can contain contradictory functional requirements, such like infinite capacity scheduling and real, finite delivery day, etc.

Another restriction of RFP approach lies in the insufficient real time experience in the implementation and adoption. RFP does not provide any opportunity to have a detailed experience on the proposed ERP before its selection. Mostly, vendors give demonstration of ERP solutions for a day or two days. With such acquaintance, there is little possibility of rightly reconfiguring the business system with the ERP package. So, the decision related to selection of the ERP, which fits best with the business, is rather complicated.